All Saints’ Church Choir

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All Saints’ Church has a 25-strong, robed, mixed-voice choir of adults and children, who regularly support the worship at the 10am Parish Communion, as well as singing Choral Evensong on the third Sunday of each month.

The choir is available to sing for weddings, baptisms, funerals and other special services held in All Saints’ Church. Please contact the Director of Music for further information.

The choir sings under the direction of Matthew Greenfield, who has been Director of Music of All Saints’ Church since September 2006, having arrived from Oriel College, Oxford where he was Assistant Director of the Chapel Choir. Matthew also works as a freelance organist, accompanist and composer.

Our Organ Scholar, Toby Humphreys, assists the Director of Music by occasionally accompanying, rehearsing and conducting the choir. He also takes responsibility for managing the choir’s music library.

The choir is affiliated to the Royal School of Church Music and many of the choristers and adults have attained medals through the RSCM’s Voice for Life scheme across the full range of levels from Light Blue to Gold. In addition, the probationers and choristers of the children’s choir receive training in music theory and aural skills.

The choir rehearsing in Southwark Cathedral in June 2010

Photograph: Peter Davies

The choir sings a broad repertoire of music from the Anglican choral tradition, from simple anthems such as Farrant’s Call to remembrance and Bruckner’s Locus iste to more complex works such as Stanford’s For Lo, I raise up and Tavener’s God is with us.

Annually, the choir sings Choral Evensong in one of the country’s Cathedrals. Over the past four years, we have visited Guildford, Portsmouth, Southwark and Salisbury Cathedrals, and we have been invited to sing in Chichester Cathedral in July 2012.

Joining the Choir

If you, your son or your daughter are interested in joining the choir, please contact the Director of Music who will be glad to hear from you. The choir rehearses weekly on a Thursday evening (children 6.30-7.30pm, adults 8-9pm) and on a Sunday at 9.30am before the Parish Communion and 5.15pm before Choral Evensong on the third Sunday of the month. Other occasional rehearsals are arranged as required around the times of the major church festivals.

The choir rehearsing in Portsmouth Cathedral in April 2009

Photograph: Peter Davies

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Last Updated 10 December 2011