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.
The organ
We are fortunate to have a fine organ – a three-manual instrument with tracker action – built in 1903 by J W Walker, with a case designed by C E Ponting.
The organ was refurbished in 1986 by Bishop and White of Ringwood when the tracker action was lightened and additional stops provided. Visiting organists give recitals at the church from time to time.
Contact
- Derek Griffin (Director of Music)
- E-mail:
-
Saturday 22 November 2008, 10.00am–12.01pm | Holy Trinity
Coffee Morning in aid of the Salisbury Sudan Link
Coffee, tea and home-made cakes & biscuits. Keith Whittock will also be selling his Christmas cards - new designs as well as some old favorites.
-
Sunday 23 November 2008, 9.30am | Holy Trinity
Sudan Sunday
At both the 09:30 and 11:00 services at Holy Trinity, we will be welcoming Richard Budd to present his and his wife Claire’s Grace Secondary School Sudan Project.
Richard is a photographer from Dorchester. He has visited the Sudan twice with Bishop Tim on behalf of the Diocese and taken photos for use in publicity and display material. During one visit he was struck by the complete lack of any education for students desperate to learn and grow. Richard and Claire aim to raise £70,000 to build Grace Secondary School, and already have enough to build one classroom. There will be a colourful and exciting presentation on behalf of the project. All our collections this weekend will go towards this cause.
-
Monday 24 November 2008, 2.30pm | St Nicholas
Women’s Fellowship
Talk by Mrs Barbara Anderson-Smith on Being in the Services.
-
Thursday 27 November 2008, 10.00am | Waves
Waves and The Children’s Society
Please join us for coffee and mince pies. Christmas cards will also be on sale.
More events
Would you like to print your Christmas greetings to Holy Trinity and St Nicholas friends in the December magazine?
More news
“Many of you know that I enjoy going to the cinema. Among the many great films I’ve seen one of my favourites is The Shawshank Redemption. ”
Continue reading
