Choir
We welcome enquiries about new members.
Opportunities exist for student choral or organ scholarships.
To ask to be added to the choir mailing list please contact the Choir Director.
Saint Andrew's has an established choral tradition and the Choir sings at most of its main services. The Choir support Sunday morning Eucharist services, leading congregational hymn singing and regularly providing a communion motet (see main page for current times); it also leads Choral Evensong most weeks. Choir practice is held on Fridays at 6pm, and those singing for live services are asked to be present c.45 minutes before the start of the service to warm up and refresh material.
Our repertoire draws on the rich tradition of Anglican choral music for anthems, psalms and canticle settings, with various settings of the Eucharist designed for congregational participation in singing available, including Taizé, the Addington (RSCM) setting and settings composed by our former Director of Music, the Revd Richard Evans.
Home-recordings (made on mobile phones and self-mixed) 2020/21:
A number of choral scholarships are available each year for students. These are competitive (by audition) and commit scholars to singing twice on a Sunday during University term-time and attending all relevant rehearsals. Organ scholarships are also available, with playing opportunities on a rota basis for in-person services.
Our church instruments include a Steinway grand piano, and a recently rebuilt pipe organ with two manuals and footboard.
We welcome new members. Anyone wishing to join should contact the Choral Director.
- Weekly rehearsal in person (Fridays 6pm-7.15pm)
- Two weekly Sunday services – morning Eucharist and Evensong
- Occasional other services for special festivals
Opportunities exist for student choral or organ scholarships.
To ask to be added to the choir mailing list please contact the Choir Director.
Saint Andrew's has an established choral tradition and the Choir sings at most of its main services. The Choir support Sunday morning Eucharist services, leading congregational hymn singing and regularly providing a communion motet (see main page for current times); it also leads Choral Evensong most weeks. Choir practice is held on Fridays at 6pm, and those singing for live services are asked to be present c.45 minutes before the start of the service to warm up and refresh material.
Our repertoire draws on the rich tradition of Anglican choral music for anthems, psalms and canticle settings, with various settings of the Eucharist designed for congregational participation in singing available, including Taizé, the Addington (RSCM) setting and settings composed by our former Director of Music, the Revd Richard Evans.
Home-recordings (made on mobile phones and self-mixed) 2020/21:
- Sea Roar and Sound Break – a Lenten soundscape meditation on psalm 98, singing in a time of silence
- Ley, The Strife is O’er
- Richard Evans, St Margaret’s Mass:
Kyrie
Gloria
Sanctus and Benedictus
Agnus Dei
A number of choral scholarships are available each year for students. These are competitive (by audition) and commit scholars to singing twice on a Sunday during University term-time and attending all relevant rehearsals. Organ scholarships are also available, with playing opportunities on a rota basis for in-person services.
Our church instruments include a Steinway grand piano, and a recently rebuilt pipe organ with two manuals and footboard.
We welcome new members. Anyone wishing to join should contact the Choral Director.
Saint Andrew's Choir, May 2017