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.

This year is our 20th anniversary and to celebrate, we gave a sell-out concert on 24th May 2008 with Mozart Requiem and Charpentier Te Deum.

On 6th September 2008 we hosted a choral workshop, when singers from around the South West spent a day in Beaminster learning and performing Bach B Minor Mass.

Our final concert for 2008 will be on Saturday 13th December in St Mary's Beaminster - In dulci jubilo - featuring Arthur Somervell Christmas Cantata, Mozart Mass in Cmaj KV258 and choruses from Handel Messiah. Tickets will be on sale from 1st November - click here to join our mailing list for advance bookings.

Recent performances have included Stainer Crucifixion, Vaughan Williams Mass in G Minor, Bach Wachet auf!, Mozart Te Deum, Schubert Mass in C, Stainer Crucifixion, Brahms Requiem, Haydn Little Organ Mass and Te Deum, Vivaldi Beatus Vir and Mozart Vespers. In November 2007, 20 or so members sang with English Touring Opera in their production of Handel's Teseo at the Octagon, Yeovil.

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.