 From 1932 (apart from the years 1940–42) Hamilton Academy's mixed Choir presented an opera each year.In June 1946 over 80 members of Hamilton Academy's choir opened a week's performances of Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance" to a packed audience on the choir's first appearance on the stage of the Theatre Royal, Glasgow.From 30 June to 5 July 1947 the Hamilton Academy Choir performed in the Wilson Barrett Repertory Company's production of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" at the Alhambra Theatre, Glasgow.