
Past Event
Be A Chorister For The Afternoon
Saturday 13th September 2025 (past)
Free - 2pm-6pm
St Mary & St Giles Church, Stony Stratford
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Event Description:
Free event for singers who would like sing music for Evensong with the Willis Pipe organ. Singers aged 8 and above - this is your chance to learn and sing some lovely music for Evensong with the Willis Pipe Organ, conducted by Marcela Campaña with Jacob Collins playing the organ.
Singers of all parts - Trebles, Sopranos, Altos, Tenors and Basses - please book in advance to help us ensure we have sufficient music scores on the day. We may also send out information about practice resources before the day if you want to try out the music beforehand.
Music to be sung (chosen by Jacob Collins):
- Introit: Charles Wood “Never weather beaten sail”
- Psalm: 66
- Canticles: Herbert Brewer “Magnificat & Nunc Dimitus in D”
- Preces & Responses: to be decided
- Hymns: to be decided
- Anthem: Malcolm Archer “At the round earth’s imagined corners”
Schedule for the afternoon:
- 1:30pm Singers arrive and collect musical scores
- 2:00pm-3:15pm Choral singing part 1
- 3:15pm-3:30pm Refreshments and comfort break
- 3:30pm-4:45pm Choral singing part 2
- 4:45pm-5:00pm comfort break and get in position for singing Evensong
- 5:00pm-5:50pm Choral Evensong
- 5:50pm hand back scores and depart
This is a free event as part of Heritage Open Days. Refreshments (tea/coffee/squash and cake) will be for sale during the afternoon and donations towards the maintenance of the Willis organ and the cost of this event will be gratefully received.
More details available at https://www.musicforallsmsg.org/whats-on/festival/
Please complete this the booking form if you would like to participate as a singer in ‘Be a chorister for the afternoon’ on Saturday 13th September 2025.
If you are under the age of 18 please ask your parent or guardian to complete this form with you. For singers aged 8-12, one parent or guardian is requested to stay in the church for the afternoon.
* Event details accurate at the time of publishing; please check the organiser's website for the latest updates.
Event Location:
St Mary & St Giles Church, Stony Stratford
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