Arrangements during Lock-down / Covid 19 Restrictions
 

Updated 1st April 2021: 

During this period of restrictions on singing in church, the choir continues to meet weekly (normally a Monday  evening) via 'Zoom', to share common thoughts and fellowship, and to select the next hymn or anthem to perform. Over the intervening days each member individually records the chosen hymn/anthem at home while listening to a specially prepared 'master' track. The individual recordings are then centrally mixed into a single 'performance' of the music with appropriate accompaniment, and incorporated into the following Sunday's Morning worship video by the vicar/curate. A list of all the recordings made so far can be found at the foot of this page - a link to a Youtube video to each recording will be included over the coming weeks. Please note: For technical reasons, the accompaniment is computer generated, and therefore does not benefit from the skill, creativity and musicianship of our organist, Alex Best, or the quality of our new organ.

About the choir.

The St Mary's Festival Choir normally sings at special services throughout the year, such as at Easter, Christmas, Harvest Festival, Remembrance Sunday and Remembering Together. It also regularly sings at a Choral Evensong on the fourth Sunday of each month.

The choir is usually available to sing at weddings, when it will sing the hymns in support of the congregation, and will, at no extra cost, perform an anthem during the signing of the register, if required. Please discuss requirements for the choir with the Parish Administrator in the first instance.

New members to the choir are always welcome. Choir rehearsals are usually on a Friday evening from 6.00pm to 7.00pm, in church - but see below.

Choir Master: Graham Hinton  [contact]         

Organist / Pianist: Alex Best. 

Choir Calendar 2021 

Until live singing returns to church, the Virtual Choir will be making recording for the following dates: