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The Choir

St. Andrew's Choir was reformed in 1985 for the installation of the then Rector Hugh Allen and has continued to meet regularly ever since. The job of the choir is to help to create the right conditions for worship through careful choice of music and thoughtful interpretation. In fact a choir is one of the oldest established forms of lay ministry in the church.

St. Andrew's Choir has eight singers - four sopranos, three contraltos, and a bass. We are always on the look out for new members - especially Tenors and basses.

The choir sing at the Eucharist at St. Andrew's on the second and fourth Sundays of the month and Choral Evensong on the first Sunday of the month.

We have two regular organists Mark Grant and Richard Monks.

The choir also sing at Weddings and Funerals.

Some members of the choir are also involved with Minehead Choral Society.

Our music comes from a wide range of sources, and hopefully provides both continuity with the past and the best of the ever developing modern repertoire. The choir is affiliated to the Royal School of Church Music which runs workshops throughout the year giving us the opportunity to sing with other choirs, try new music and improve our technical skills.

We have also found the music of Taize the ecumenical community in France, a great asset in worship because of its great devotional and liturgical resources.

Thanks to the tireless devotion (and persistence !) of our late choir master Gerald Stowell, the choir have rightly gained a reputation for the clear and free flowing singing of the psalms to Anglican chant.

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