Welcome to the Saint Mary choir blog.

The church has both an adult and junior choir. We are affiliated to the Royal School of Church Music(RSCM). The junior choir are provided with tuition to enable them to gain their RSCM medals.

The senior choir is a SATB choir with its main responsibility to sing at the 10am Sunday service, including an anthem. See below for more details.

Our choirs do not require any fees to belong to them. New members to both the senior and junior choir are always welcome, whatever their standard. If you are interested in joining us please contact our Director of Music (Joanna) via the  Contact Us page.

Monday, 2 March 2015

28 March 2015 The Crucifixion by Stainer

Join us for a performance of John Stainers Crucifixion at 6:00pm on 28 March 2015 in St Mary Our Lady Sidlesham,

The Crucifixion: A Meditation on the Sacred Passion of the Holy Redeemer is an oratorio composed by John Stainer in 1887 and is scored for a full chorus of mixed voices with an organ accompaniment. It features solos for bass and tenor.

Stainer intended that piece would be within the scope of most parish church choirs; it includes five hymns for congregational participation. The text was written by W J Sparrow Simpson, the librettist of Stainer's two earlier cantatas, The Daughter of Jairus and Mary Magdalene. Stainer dedicated his work  "to my pupil and friend W. Hodge and the choir of Marylebone Church", who first performed it on February 24, 1887, the day after Ash Wednesday.
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