Choir/Music

NEW ADDITION Music In The Communion Service

MUSIC GROUP	CHURCH CHOIR	ORGANISTS	BRASS BAND

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Choir, music group, brass ensemble and any combination thereof. Let us know what is going on, tell us what you are
singing or playing, what you would like to sing and play, and where, and how; plans, developments, needs, whatever.
What are the Grange, Richardson and Carol Andrews Singers all doing?

The next Operatic do at the Civic, is it good, who's in it (anybody from the church?)?

Have you seen a good show recently? Where was it, who was in it? Tell us about it.

How many instruments in a full brass band? What are they? Who plays them in church?

Let's make this a Church Musical Forum which hopefully can be informative, entertaining and uplifting.

VOLUNTEERS TO RUN IT!! Please let Michelle or Ken Pattison know.

And don't forget the bellringers!

Ring the bell to find out about the All Saints bells!

All Saints Music Group

Piano - Dorothy Violin - Julia Bass guitar - Lee Cello - Louise Flute - Ruth Pattison Tenor recorder - Pat

Percussion & Keyboard - Carol Vocalists - Enid, Janet, Ruth Gallagher, Andrew, Gordon.

We play every third Sunday of the month!!

Aim: Music for all tastes and ages. A blend of modern choruses / hymns with traditional old favourites.

Practices: most Fridays at 7.45 pm. Use the contact page if you would like to join us, or if you have
any requests for worship. Enthusiasm is essential, some skill helps.

FRONT :		Joan Clay, Jan Parr, Enid Thompson, Ken Pattison
MIDDLE :		Dorothy Puchala, Val Allan, Louise Alban
BACK :		Carol Pattison, Lee Puchala, Pat de Martino, Ruth Pattison

Music Group

The Music Group will continue to provide opportunities for people to familiarise themselves with some of the new hymns and worship songs they are introducing, by playing and singing them before the services. In most services we try to use one traditional hymn, one new one and several that we have introduced previously. Before the service we play any new hymns that are coming up in the service, or in future services, as well as some chosen to help us focus on God and out worship of Him. We are always happy to try and include requests in our planning and are especially pleased if people introduce us to good songs they know from elsewhere.

All Saints Church Choir

FOURTH :		John Hacking, Bernard Sanderson, Brian Johnson, Andrew Hawkin
THIRD :		Ruth Gallagher, Valerie Garwood, Anne Johnson, Joyce McDowell
SECOND :		Christine Hacking, Greta Sanderson, Avril Blaine, Kath Foulds
FIRST :		Claire Holme, Rachel Alban

CHOIR CHAT AT ALL SAINTS HURWORTH

There are up to 16 of us in the choir at All Saints, mainly adults with a couple of young people, and we sing for three of the four 10.30 services in the month. We lead the hymns and canticles in the services of Morning Prayer, occasionally singing psalms as well. The 10.30 Communion Service, which is on the first Sunday of the month, is mainly sung and, as the new form from Common Worship is being introduced, we are using parts of a new setting composed for it by David Higgins, of St Oswald’s in Durham.

The choir is fortunate to be able to work with four organists who play for our services. We sing special choir items or anthems about once a month and enjoy preparing for and leading a full Service of Nine Lessons and Carols each Christmas. Occasionally we have been able to present choral offerings of varied types for other occasions in the Church year.

Each year a number of the choir practises for and sings in an event in Durham Cathedral with many other parish choirs from all over the diocese, organised by the RSCM (the Royal School of Church Music, to whom we are affiliated). This usually takes the form of an Evensong which gives us the opportunity to sing some of the music which many of us know and love but which is suitable only for evening services. Last year, however, the service was a Communion Service planned to help choirs in the diocese adapt to the new Common Worship form.

In order to vary our worship styles there is a Music Group which leads the worship for the 3^rd Sunday in the month with a mix of more modern worship songs and traditional hymns. A few of the choir also sing with this group.

The Choir can often be available to sing for weddings in the church. Please ask the Rector and give as much notice as possible.

The Choir practises on Friday evenings from 6.30pm in church and we would be very happy to hear from anyone interested in singing with us. As is often the case, male voices are particularly welcome !

Hymns

If you have a favourite hymn you would like to choose to celebrate a special event or just because you like it then please see Michelle. It would add something to the service if you were able to provide (in writing please) your reason for choosing it.

All Saints Organists

BACK :		Adrian Bramley, Caroline Hodgson
FRONT :		Valerie Garwood, Anne Johnson

All Saints Brass Band (Partial Group)

MUSIC IN THE COMMUNION SERVICE

The recent introduction of the new communion service stimulated the choir to look for some new music, which would fit the new service better than did the old setting. We came to like the music we sang in Durham last July so much that we decided to try it out at All Saints and started introducing parts of it in January 2002. So far we are singing the Gloria, Sanctus and Agnus Dei from this new setting by David Higgins.

It is always difficult to learn and adapt to new music so, in order to give the service a fair trial, we will be using it for the next six months or so and the choir will try to help the congregation become familiar with it in the following ways :

	The sopranos will sing the congregational part for the moment, missing out the areas where they effectively sing a descant above the tune.
	Copies of the music will be available with the books as the congregation comes into church. It is hoped that this will be helpful to those who cannot read music, as well as those who can, as it will be possible to see where the tune rises and falls with the words.
	Some members of the choir hope to be available after Morning Service on the 4th Sunday of February, March and April in order to help anyone who is interested to learn or practice the music, in any way people would find helpful. Just come back to the front of the church after collecting your coffee!

" I don't play accurately, anyone can play accurately,
but I play with wonderful expression".

- Oscar Wilde