All Saints' Choir Wokingham at Portsmouth Cathedral, July 2008
All Saints' Choir at
Romsey Abbey,
4th October 2008
All Saints' Choir at
Edington Priory
28th June 2008
New Choir Stalls Installed at All Saints
On Sunday 4th March 2007 new choir stalls were dedicated during the
morning service
As well as its singing activities, the choir enjoys a number of social activities including an annual dinner, curry evenings and, for the trebles, events such as going swimming or bowling and visiting theme parks.
For more details of the choir follow this link.
List of Organists, Choirmasters and Directors of Music (from 1855)
The Choir's main task is helping to lead the worship of the Parish of All Saints. Please follow this link to see the main Choral Services for 2008.
However, the Choir is also privileged to be able to take its music outside the Parish. This year the Choir is being allowed to sing at Portsmouth Cathedral, All Saints' Parish Church Ryde IOW, Edington Priory, Greyfriars' Church, Reading, and Romsey Abbey. For singing dates and photos please follow this link.
Last year, we were privileged to sing at Chester Cathedral (staying at The Retreat House) (23 - 29 July 2007). In 2006, we sang at Sherborne Abbey (staying at Sherborne School for Girls) (28 - 30 July 2006).
Under the previous Director of Music, the Choir began an additional series of day visits to Cathedrals by singing at Coventry in February 2005. In 2006, we sang at St George's Chapel, Windsor (18 March 2006) , St Paul's Cathedral (29 April), Coventry again (17 June), and Guildford (7 October). Last year, we sang at Christchurch Priory (23 June), at Greyfriars Church, Reading (15 July), and at Southwark Cathedral (6 October).
Before 2006 we sang at Tewkesbury Abbey
for a long weekend (29 - 31 July 2005), and at Bury
St. Edmunds (2004), and Brecon Cathedral
(2003). Each of the latter was for a week, and these links offer photos,
the music list, a poem and memories of the Choir's visits.