Join us on Thursday 12 December for our end of term concert for family and friends, which will include new songs from this year, old favourites and plenty of Christmas music.
There will be refreshments and a collection will be made for donations to our charity for this year, Promiseworks, which offers mentoring to young people across Somerset.
The church will be open from 7.45pm and the concert will start at 8pm.
An appreciative audience of friends and family enjoyed our evening performance of uplifting songs – some new and some old favourites – at St John’s church, Wellington. We sang a range of folk, gospel, traditional and modern songs, mostly in four-part harmony. This was the final occasion of this term before our summer break.
Thank you to all who provided the delicious spread of food and drink we were all able to share afterwards.
This workshop withPip Wright’s choir Levow an Bts (World Voice) was a great success again working with our friends from Cornwall. Coaches from Penzance and Taunton met at Okehampton YHA site, which has a stunning view out across the fields, complete with ponies and sheep. Once again the weather was glorious and the singing a joy. The choirs enjoyed meeting each other and singing together under the inspired tutelage of Pip and Claire.
A workshop with choir leaders Ben and Dom has been arranged for our male choir members in the bass and tenor sections, so that they can enjoy singing with other men and learning from someone in their own vocal range. See news for a report on the event.
Join us on 10th December for a singalong performance of carols and seasonal songs in Wellington Park. This event is a great way to start your Christmas celebrations and to join your local community for a free and joyful event. Here is a short clip from last year 2022.
Join us for the Blackdown Community Choir’s annual Christmas concert for friends and family in St John’s parish church in Wellington. The concert will start at 8pm, with doors open from 7.45pm.
Blackdown choir sings at St John’s Wellington
The choir will be performing a selection of seasonal songs and carols at Dulverton by Starlight. on Sunday 3 Decelmber. This is a lovely festive occasion and well worth the trip.
Dulverton by starlight
Thursday 5th October from 6.30pm
St John’s Parish Church, Wellington
The choir sang at the licensing of the new vicar, Reverend Colin Simpson, to welcome him to St John’s Parish Church in Wellington, where we rehearse weekly and hold regular concerts. We performed a short selection of songs from 6.30pm before the formal service started at 6.45pm.
Performance at the licensing of the new vicar at St John’s in Wellington
Last chance to hear the Blackdown Choir this summer! Our final occasion of this term before we take a break for summer will be a free public concert at St John’s, Wellington.
We will be performing a wide range of music, mostly sung in four-part harmony, from folk and gospel to traditional songs in a variety of languages. Many pieces are short and accessible, some are fun and other truly moving. Come along and bring your friends.
The concert will be held in St Johns Church on Thursday, July 13, at 7.30pm. Admission is free, with drinks and cake in the interval.
The Blackdown Community Choir invite you to a concert at St John’s Church, Wellington at 7.30pm on Thursday 6th of July. Admission is free with any donations going to support Ukrainian charities.
It is an evening of Ukrainian music and song organised by the Blackdown Choir. They have recently funded two Ukrainian refugees to come and sing in the choir, as they understand how important singing is to restore the mind and to finding some peace in an often troubled world.
Choir leader Claire Stronach recently teamed up with Anna Pyshniuk, the leader of a small Ukrainian choir based in Bristol, and has invited them to share an evening of song and music in Wellington. Anna’s young daughter Kateryna is an accomplished pianist and has recently been awarded a place at the Royal Academy of Music. Kateryna will be performing some pieces at the concert.
We will be meeting in Okehampton with a choir from Cornwall, Levow an Bys’ (World Voices) to learn and share songs together. Further information for choir members in the Members’ Area
Following a successful outdoor concert in Wellington Park last December, the choir has been asked back to perform at this year’s event. The concert starts 2.30 p.m. and finishes 3.30 p.m.
The concert is for family and friends of choir members, when we take the opportunity to show what we have learned during the term and enjoy some singing together. Following the successful collection during 2021/22 of £500 for Somerset Sight, we will begin collecting for our new charity, yet to be announced.
This is a new venture for the choir. We hope to enjoy all the Christmas lights and decorations before singing a number of our songs, then joining all the other choirs and members of the public for singing around the Christmas tree at 5.45pm. Full details for choir members are in the Members’ Area.
Catherine Mowat, Claire Stronach, Claire Anstee and Pete Linnett will lead a day of singing to raise funds for MAP- Medical Aid for Palestinians. The venue is Staplegrove Village Hall, Taunton, TA2 6AL, from 10.30am to 4pm. Tickets (£30, concessions and children £15) from cemowat@gmail.com
