Music & The Arts

Arts Exhibitions & Performance at St Mary’s

St Mary’s Church is a wonderful light, spacious, beautiful space for art, sculpture, performance, and other creative arts and exhibitions. We are keen to open this space for the visual and creative arts to be seen, enjoyed, and reflected on by all. Please get in touch with the vicar to discuss possibilities, we’d love to hear from you.

St Mary’s Bell Ringers:

Our wonderful bell-ringers meet for bell-ringing practice at St Mary’s on Monday evenings 8-9.30pm, led by Sally Schupke and Julian. New members hugely welcome – just turn up at St Mary’s on Monday evening from 7.45pm and ask for details and have a quick first go at ringing if you are new to it, or join in if there’s room if you’re an old master at the ropes. Please contact our Tower Captain Sally Schupke for more information, or Secretary Anne Nixon

St Mary’s Music Director/Organist:

Please contact Liz van Eykenhof for all things relating to St Mary’s church choir, and if you are interested in joining our newly developing all ages ‘music band’, and if you wish to discuss Liz playing the piano or organ at your event.

St Mary’s Church Choir:

We are blessed at St Mary’s with an established, small, choir for our sung parish communion and other services. The choir meets for rehearsals Thursday eveningsin St Mary’s 6-7pm, led by Liz. New members hugely welcome, and anybody who’d like to come along and try out the choir. Please contact Liz, email: Liz van Eykenhof

St Mary’s Music Band:

We currently have a small developing ‘music band’ at St Mary’s, playing once a month at our 2nd Sundays contemporary all age worship services. We would love to develop this new ‘band’ in the next few months – a great chance to come together and enjoy music-making with local friends, and leading hymns and songs in worship when possible. Please get in touch with Emily Jo or Rev Sarah if you are at all interested – whatever your age, or standard, or however dusty the instrument you have in the back cupboard!

Local Choral Society

We currently have a gap for a resident local choir or choral society to find a home at St Mary’s to rehearse in the week (currently Wednesday and Thursday evenings are possible in St Mary’s), and to use St Mary’s as your concert venue if you wished. Please get in touch with the Parish Office if you are interested.