Our superb choir leads us each Sunday at our 10am service and embraces a wide variety of musical traditions. We welcome men, women and children to join us for practice each Thursday, 6.30-8.00pm in church and 9.30-10.00am each Sunday in the Parish Centre.
The choir has about 50 members, although on most Sundays throughout the year there are around 30 singers. This means that hymns and anthems can be sung in full harmony each week. The Director of Music believes in an all-inclusive policy, and everyone can join the choir, and NO audition is necessary.
The choir is often invited to lead the singing in other churches, and at Epiphany the choir leads the beautiful Epiphany Procession at Chichester cathedral.
St Paul’s also has a link with the Paul Gerhardt Church, Alt Schoenberg, in Berlin and this is something very dear to many existing members of the choir. The link was 30 years old in 2016, and a piece by Patrick Larley – The Tree of Peace (based on the words of Bishop Bell and Dietrich Bonhoeffer) was commissioned to celebrate the strength of this partnership. The last 10 years has seen this link grow through the wonderful medium of music in worship, and our trips to Berlin, and their trips to Chichester, strengthen our relationship.
There are a growing number of children and young people in the ‘front row,’ and as they learn and gain confidence in their music skills, their achievements and progress are celebrated through the Royal School of Church Music’s (RSCM) Bronze, Silver, and Gold award scheme.
For more information on our choir please contact our Director of Music – Chris Larley email | choir@stpaulschichester.org