Enjoy our choir
St. Mary's Choir and St. Mary's Festival Choir exist to provide music for services each Sunday and on major feast days. We are a friendly group of about 20 people, of all ages and varying degrees of formal musical education. The choir sings an anthem every Sunday morning and most evenings. We take part in Diocesan events at Rochester Cathedral several times a year, which gives us the chance to sing with other choirs. The primary requirement is a willingness to sing and work together - and to have some fun along the way! Rehearsals are on Thursday evenings - new members are always welcome.
The St. Mary's Festival Choir is an expanded version of the Choir that sings four or five times a year at St. Mary's. Members include those who cannot make the regular weekly commitment to the church choir but who would like to sing on an occasional basis. The main event is the Summer Concert accompanied by the St. Mary's Orchestra - works have included Haydn's The Creation and The Seasons. Gounod's Petite Messe Solennelle, Dvorak's Te Deum and Mendelssohn's Hymn of Praise. Other regular events include a performance of All Souls Tide (early November) of the Faure's Requiem (with orchestra) and a Passiontide oratorio on Palm Sunday.
Contact:
Peter Fall, 020 8464 1239
Enjoy our choir (second version!)
St. Mary's Choir provides music for church services each Sunday, for weddings and on other occasions. We are a friendly group of about 20 people, of all ages and varying degrees of musical knowledge. The choir sings an anthem every Sunday morning and on most Sunday evenings. The main requirement is a willingness to sing and work together - and to have some fun along the way! Rehearsals are on Thursday evenings - new members are always welcome.
The St. Mary's Festival Choir is an expanded version of the Choir and performs twice a year in St Mary’s. Anyone who would like to sing, but cannot commit themselves to the regular services and rehearsals, is welcome to join in on these occasions. Friends from the congregation and from other local churches find their way into this happy crowd. We sing a sacred cantata, such as Stainer’s “Crucifixion” on Good Friday, and a work such as Fauré’s Requiem or excerpts from Handel’s “Messiah” at the beginning of November each year, raising money for local charities. We also sing carols in residential homes before Christmas.
