A choir for every occasion

Beaminster Singers formed after the cast of the 1987 Beaminster Community Play stayed together to sing. Since then, the group has become a feature of the town's musical life, giving two or three concerts a year in the town and surrounding villages.

In Dulci Jubilo - 13th December 2008

Recent performances have included Brahms Requiem, Haydn's Little Organ Mass and Te Deum, Vaughan Williams Mass in G, Bach's Wachet Auf, Vivaldi Beatus Vir and Mozart Te Deum. In 2008 we marked our 20th anniversary with a concert featuring Mozart's Requiem.

Our next concert will be on Saturday 23rd May in St Mary's Beaminster. We are engaging four talented young soloists to join us in an evening of romance and drama featuring extracts from Carmen, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Madama Butterfly and Nabucco as well as some of the most moving and exciting choruses from Faure's Requiem, Mozart's Vespers and Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle.

For the autumn, we are planning a full performance of Haydn's Creation with Martin Hindmarsh.

We also perform in local festivals, at fund raising concerts, dinners and ceremonial occasions. We are available for private bookings at weddings and memorial services, where we can advise on the choice of music and arrange soloists as well as singing hymns and anthems.

This is what we sound like... click the icon to hear us sing

Kyrie from Mozart Requiem, recorded live at our 20th Anniversary Concert in May 2008.

part of How lovely are thy dwellings fair from Brahms Requiem, recorded live at a concert in November 2006.

a short extract from the Mendelssohn chorale Hear my Prayer (O for the wings of a dove) which was recorded live in November 2005.

We have a year-round calendar of fun fund-raising activities (cabaret evening, walks, wine and cheese, book/CD swap, coffee morning, plant sale, quizzes, suppers...) and regular worskhops on voice production and choral singing.