St Mary's Choirs

The Parish Church Choir in its present form has been in existence since the early 1950s and sings "to the glory of God and for pleasant recreation". We welcome new choristers (preferably with sight-reading skills) and offer a varied repertoire of church music from the sixteenth to twenty-first centuries. We are grateful to all choristers for their enthusiasm and continuing dedication to the musical life of St Mary's Church.

Junior Choir

Throughout 2007, 17 boys and girls sang in the junior choir. Any child over the age of eight who is interested in singing is invited to become a probationer.

The juniors practise on Fridays from 7.00pm to 7.45pm and on Sunday mornings at 10.15am before the Parish Eucharist. They are responsible for helping to lead the congregation at the Parish Eucharist at
10:45 am. They learn hymns, psalms and anthems - both old and new - and perform one of their own anthems every week.

Many of the choristers also sing in choirs elsewhere. Learning to sing improves confidence and concentration and is a 'skill for life'. And when that life moves on, how wonderful it is to be wanted and welcomed wherever you go!

Senior Choir

The senior choir has sixteen sopranos, seven altos, five tenors and four bases. Responsibilities include singing for the Parish Eucharist and Choral Evensong each week and providing singers for weddings and funerals. The senior Choir reherarse 8:15pm to 9:15pm on Friday.

Click here for a list of music sung over the past year.

Judith Catterick MBE, Director of Music (742635) judy@beckets.eclipse.co.uk
Organists: John Rowlands; Ken Rook and Stuart Greenbank
Mistress of the Robes: Sarah Talks
Administration: Linda Gee
Librarians: Sheelagh Bennett and Ros Neat