Choir of St. Mary's Church Oldswinford

Choir of St. Mary's Church Oldswinford The choir at St. Mary's Oldswinford is a four part choir supporting the worship at this historic parish church.

09/06/2026

This Sunday is RSCM Music Sunday and the hymns we sing will celebrate singing and worship.

In the morning at 10am we will be singing our own hymn, titled Old Swinford. The music was written in the early 1990's by a lay reader William (Bill) Ingley and the words by Rev. David Busk who was curate at the time. As far as I know this has not been sung for over 30 years.

In the evening we will be singing choral evensong featuring music by Vaughan-Williams, Bill Ingley and the anthem is the Choristers Prayer by Piers Maxim which is very suitable for Music Sunday.

All are welcome..

Future Events: On the 26th of July the Wyre Forest Chamber choir are coming to St Mary's to sing Choral Evensong and will be singing music by Howells, Sanders and Attwood.

In October there is a proposed come and sing choral evensong of which more details to follow.

We are always on the look out for new singers, young and older. Singing brings many health benefits, especially for mental health. It is fun and we are a very sociable group. If you feel moved to do some singing, please message this page, speak to one of the clergy, one of the choir or our Director of Music.

04/05/2026

Apologies that it has been quiet on this page recently during a period of change.

We are approaching the second Sunday of the month and therefore our monthly Choral Evensong.

The music for this month is as follows:

Responses: Oxley
Canticles: Vaughan-Williams
Antherm: Paul Isom - King of All Ages

We are looking to grow and would welcome anyone who would like to come and sing, young or older. We are a friendly and sociable group. Please do consider whether you might be being called in this direction remember as well as being fun, singing is good for your health and well-being.

10/01/2026

Tomorrow is our first choral Evensong of the year. Featuring music by Oxley, Stanford and Atwood. Please join us at 6:30 tomorrow evening.

28/12/2025

This morning was our Director of Music's last Sunday at St. Mary's. He finished the service fittingly with a rousing and technical voluntary, played exceptionally. We give thanks to James for six and a half years of wonderful music, where we have discovered new music and often quite challenging music. We wish James and Jess all the best as they start a new chapter of their life with a family. We hope our paths will cross and that they will not be strangers.

07/10/2025

All are welcome to join us for this months Choral Evensong on Sunday at 6:30pm. The music is as follows:

Preces and Responses: Oxley
Canticles: Stanford in B flat
Anthem: Harris - Behold the Tabernacle of God

We are always looking to welcome singers, of all ages, if you are interested in joining us please talk to a member of the choir or message us. Singing is very rewarding and has health benefits. We sing a variety of music from Thomas Tallis to John Rutter.

We look forward to seeing you on Sunday.

10/07/2025

This Sunday the choir breaks up for summer. All are welcome to join us for Choral Evensong at 6:30.

Featuring music for three parts. The music is by Wood, Purcell and our very own Will Croft.

14/04/2025

All are welcome to join us at St Mary's during this varied week of worship. There are services every day this week including. The choir will be providing the music on Good Friday evening for a reflective service of music and readings. On Easter Sunday we go from reflection to joy. From a dawn service centred around the holy fire at 5:30 then with the parish Eucharist at 10:00. We conclude Easter day with a service of choral evensong at 6:30, featuring music by Joanna Forbes L'Estrange, Charles Wood and Richard Shephard.

We hope to see you sometime over the next week.

06/03/2025

We are now in Lent and this weeks choral evensong reflects that. The responses are those written for our choir in 1994 by William Stevens-Ingley or Bill Ingley, he was a reader at St Mary's having also been a reader at St John's, now the home of Side by Side on the ring road. He also played the organ. The canticles are by Thomas Tertius-Noble and are set in B minor. The anthem is the very powerful Lenten/Passiontide anthem by Kenneth Leighton, Solus ad Victimam, translated as "the only victim".

All are welcome to join us on Sunday at 6:30pm.

06/02/2025

All are welcome to join us on Sunday evening for our February choral evensong. Featuring John Sanders Responses, the lovely set of canticles in G by Herbert Sumsion in G. And Charles Woods fine anthem, O Thou Central Orb.

We hope to see you there on Sunday evening.

08/01/2025

This Sunday is our first choral evensong of the year. Featuring music by Bramma and George Dyson. The anthem is by the contemporary composer Joanna Forbes L'Estrange.

Please join us at 6:30 this Sunday and experience the continuation of an ancient and spiritual act of worship.

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Church Road, Old Swinford
Stourbridge
DY82

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+441384395410

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