Church Choir

All Saints is fortunate to still have a robed choir to support the services week by week. Currently this is an adult choir, but in time we hope to re-introduce children to enhance the singing and ensure that the choral tradition lives on into the future.

The Choir is affiliated to the Royal School of Church Music and takes part in local events provided by the RSCM Area Committee.

We practice in Church every Thursday evening, from 7.30pm, under the leadership of our Organist and Choirmaster Mike Jones. We are enthusiastic in our singing and worship and enjoy sharing fellowship together.

The Parish Church Choir is always on the look-out for new members. You don’t need previous experience, nor is reading music necessary, just a love of singing.
Give us a try………..

HELP US TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

MUSIC, FRIENDS and FUN

For more details please contact Mike via the “Contact Page” on this site.

 

The Organ

In 2015 the Parochial Church Council took the decision to extensively rebuild the three manual Westmorland Organ (originally by Makin Organs). The organ was originally installed in the early 1980’s but had become outdated and unreliable.

The rebuild was carried out by Phoenix Organs (Darwin) in October 2015 and the opening recital was given by Prof. Ian Tracey (Organist Titulaire – Liverpool Cathedral) in March 2016.

A full specification of the organ is provided below.

Makin Westmorland installed in 1982 and rebuilt by Phoenix Organs in 2015

GREAT				SWELL (enclosed)
1	Double Geigen	16ft		1	Geigen Diapason	16ft
2	Open Diapason I	8ft		2	Gedackt	8ft
3	Open Diapason II	8ft		3	Salicional	8ft
4	Clarabella	8ft		4	Vox Angelica	8ft
5	Octave	4ft		5	Principal	4ft
6	Wald Flute	4ft		6	Lieblich Flute	4ft
7	Twelfth	2 ft		7	Fifteenth	2ft
8	Fifteenth	2ft		8	Mixture	III Rks
9	Fourniture	IV Rks		9	Double Trumpet	16ft
10	Cymballe	III Rks		10	Trumpet	8ft
11	Trumpet	8ft		11	Oboe	8ft
	Swell to Great			12	Clarion	4ft
	Choir to Great				Swell Sub-Octave
					Swell Octave
					Tremulant
PEDAL
1	Contra Bourdon	32ft
2	Open Wood	16ft		CHOIR (enclosed)
3	Violone	16ft		1	Gedackt	8ft
4	Bourdon	16ft		2	Rohr Flute	8ft
5	Octave	8ft		3	Dulciana	8ft
6	Bass Flute	8ft		4	Nason Flute	4ft
7	Fifteenth	4ft		5	Flauto Traverso	4ft
8	Mixture	IV Rks		6	Nazard	2 ft 2 ft
9	Contra Bombarde	32ft		7	Block Flute	2ft
10	Trombone	16ft		8	Tierce	1 ft 2 ft
11	Clarion	8ft		9	Larigot	1 ft 2 ft
12	Schalmei	4ft		10	Clarinet	8ft
	Swell to Pedal			11	Tuba	8ft
	Great to Pedal				Tremulant
	Choir to Pedal				Swell to Choir
	10 General Thumb Pistons (A – J)
	6 Thumb Pistons to Swell, Great and Choir
	Thumb Pistons: SW-PD, SW-GT, GT-PD, CH-PD
	Foot Pistons: SW-GT, GT-PD
	6 General Foot Pistons
	6 Pedal Pistons
	16 Level Memory
	General Cancel