Music at Holy Trinity
The musical life of the church is very active, with a choir and two music groups performing regularly during services. New members of any age, instrument and ability are encouraged to join.
The choir
The choir sings at the 9.30am Parish Communion service every Sunday throughout the year and also at special services. It aims to provide a mix of modern and traditional church music and regularly sings an anthem, canticles, responses and psalms.
We rehearse every Friday evening: the junior choir at 6.00pm with the full choir at 6.40pm until 7.30pm.
We are always glad to welcome new members and we are particularly keen to recruit basses and tenors. An ability to read music is not essential, but a sense of humour definitely is! If you enjoy singing and feel tempted to give it a go, just come along to a Friday rehearsal, and have a word with Derek Griffin, our Director of Music, or one of the choir members.
The music groups
There are two music groups at Holy Trinity. They both accompany the hymns and also play a piece of music at the beginning and at the end of the service.
Anyone of any age, instrument and ability is welcome to join the larger music group that plays on every fourth Sunday of the month at the 11am Come and Praise Service – which is usually a communion service.
A smaller group of musicians, who are prepared to give a more regular commitment, play during the 11am services on other Sundays and at the 10.15am combined service held on every first Sunday of the month.
Both groups are very informal and relaxed, and music is provided in books within church for instruments in C or transposed for you if you play an instrument not in C (such as a B♭ Clarinet). Music for the larger group is delivered to your door for you to practice during the week preceding the fourth Sunday.
