The Church of St Peter, Great Berkhamsted

The Choir

the choir

The Church Choir of St Peter’s Berkhamsted is a substantial group of singers which includes both children and adults, with boys and girls on the treble and soprano line, and adult alto, tenor and bass sections.

The choir is led by Adrian Davis, Director of Music, assisted by Jean Wild with Jonathan Lee as organist.

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Repertoire

the choir

St Peter’s choir sings every Sunday at 9:30am (except during August), with one Choral Evensong a month at the 6pm Sunday service as well as a number of other important services during the year.

We sing a wide range of music, including traditional hymns, psalm chants and anthems from the Renaissance, Victorian and modern periods. Our repertoire includes choral pieces by composers such as Tallis, Palestrina, Gibbons, Stainer, Vaughan Williams and Britten, as well as new works specially written for the choir. Our monthly choral evensong draws on the rich and varied Anglican repertoire of responses, canticles and anthems from composers such as Stanford, Howells and Purcell.

The choir have recently been on highly successful concert tours to Venice in 2009, and to Vienna in May 2011.

Several members of the choir also sing with the RSCM Cathedral Singers at various cathedrals throughout the year.

Join us

We welcome new singers, and accept both girls and boys on the soprano line, as well as adult singers on the other parts.

We are especially keen to develop the skills of young choristers and to inspire them with an appreciation of our beautiful musical tradition for life. Children can join the choir any time after their sixth birthday and we encourage them to work towards Royal School of Church Music Chorister Awards.

For further information or to discuss joining the choir please contact:

Rehearsals

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Children

Tuesdays 5.15 pm - 6.15 pm
Fridays 7:00-8:30pm

Adults

Fridays 7:30-8:30pm

 

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A regular choir diary is provided to keep parents and singers up to date with forthcoming rehearsals and services.

There are normally no rehearsals during half-term holidays. During August the choir is usually on holiday - please check the choir diary for this year's dates.

 

 

 

 

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Bless, O Lord, us Thy servants who minister in Thy temple. Grant that what we sing with our lips we may believe in our hearts, and what we believe in our hearts we may show forth in our lives. Through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

The Choristers’ Prayer