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

Our most recent performance was on Saturday 26th November 2011 in St Mary's, Beaminster when we featured a brass quintet led by David Bertie. The concert included Mozart's Coronation Mass and Monteverdi's Beatus Vir. Click here for more details. To buy tickets online, click the blue button on the left.

On 26th May we performed in St Mary's Beaminster, in a concert featuring Beethoven's Mass in C and Vaughan Williams's Serenade to Music and on 19th June we presented a programme of choruses and songs in a concert at Milton Abbey.

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

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.