Choir members - you can find our
rehearsals page here
We have a thriving robed choir of around 15 members, ranging in age from
20 to over 80. Rehearsals are in the church on Thursday evenings between
7.30 and 9pm and for half an hour before each service.
We sing a huge range of musical styles, from Renaissance polyphony, to
the baroque glories of Purcell, to Victorian favourites by Stanford and Wood
and contemporary church music by composers such as John Rutter, Richard
Shephard, and Philip Moore.
The choir is required to sing at the 10.00 am communion service on the
second to fifth Sundays of each month (August is choir holiday) and at
6.30pm services except the third Sunday of the month. Four times a year
we sing a full choral evensong and we usually visit a cathedral at least once
a year to sing evensong. Recent visits have included Bristol, Winchester and Llandaff.
In 2016 we sang evensong in Merton College, Oxford and at Wells and Salisbury Cathedrals.
We released our first CD –"Skyline Sounds" in 2004 and our second, “Skyline Sounds II”, was released
during Advent 2008. We recorded our latest CD Skyline Sounds III in July
last year - it is
available to purchase here.
You can also
watch a video about how the latest CD was made here.
We are a friendly choir and have various social events during the year.
If you would like to find out more or to join Christ Church Choir, please
contact the Director of Music,
Tim Eyles, (Tel: 07817 361681) for an informal
chat. There are no auditions, but a reasonable degree of commitment is
expected.
You can buy our latest CD - Skyline Sounds III here.