Calendar of Events

Page last updated 26th August, 2008

Many choirs have their own websites with details of their events. Go to Quires page for more details.

Please note that @ signs have been changed to -AT- in email addresses.

2008 dates

August 2008

Sat 3nd - Fri 8th August

SIDMOUTH FOLKWEEK Mon-Thurs in Sidmouth Parish Church
West Gallery workshops led by WGMA members and shapenote workshops led by Babylon Lane
Visit the FOLKWEEK WEBSITE

Sat 9th August

Georgian Psalmody Workshop and Evensong
9:30am - 4:30pm: Workshop; 6:00pm: Evensong, All Saints, Lanchester, County Durham,
as part of the Lanchester Early Music Festival
Leader: Sally Drage; Cost: £7
More details with a booking form can be downloaded from HERE
Contact: Chris Gardner, 32 Denesyde, Medomsley, CONSETT, Co.Durham DH8 6PX
or Win Stokes by email

September 2008

Sat 6th September

The Ninth Oxford Church Visitation visiting college chapels and churches in Oxford.
For full details click HERE

Wed 12th - Fri 14th September

Conference - The Archaeology of Post-Medieval Religion
The Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology and the Society for Church Archaeology are pleased to announce a forthcoming joint conference on the archaeology of religion in Britain from 1580 to 1900.
To be held at the Maids Head Hotel, Norwich.
For more details and contact details click HERE

Sun 14th September

Wolds Apart
2:00pm - 5.00pm, Workshop led by Paul Guppy
St. Paul's, Sculcoates, Hull, HU2 0DU
Contact: Gordon Corrick 01482 805804 or
Roger Hateley: 01430 810495 or email

Tue 16th September

Sussex Harmony
7:30pm: Concert, Hurstpierpoint Festival
Contact: Jan Green 01273 887958 or email OR
Rachel Jordan 01273 476837 or email

Fri 19th September

Called to be Saints
Concert, St.Luke's & St.Andrew's, Priston nr Bath
Contact: Eileen Wilson 01275 852942 or email

Sat 20th September

West Gallery Workshop led by Francis Roads
6:30 pm, St Michael and All Angels Church, Sunninghill, Berkshire, SL5 7DD
For more details and music click HERE

Sun 20th September

Norfolk Gallery Quire
Harvest Concert, Hilgay parish church, Norfolk
Contact: Chris Gutteridge 01760 755993 or email

Sat 27th September

West Gallery Workshop hosted by Bristol Harmony
and led by Caroline Price, director of 'Stream of Sound'
10:45am-4:30pm, Elmgrove Centre, 90 Redland Road, Bristol BS6
Contact: Toby Parker email

October 2008

Sat 4th October

Sussex Harmony
Old Ale Service, St.Thomas a Becket, Cliffe, Lewes, Sussex
Contacts: Jan Green 01273 887958 or email OR
Rachel Jordan 01273 476837 or email

Sun 12th October

Vital Spark
6.30 p.m, evening service / concert, Upton on Severn Baptist Church, 45-47 Old Street WR8 0HN.
Enquiries: Maurice Portsmouth 01684 592079 and check the church website

Sun 12th October

Wolds Apart
Rehearsal (2:30pm) & Evensong (6:00pm) Cancelled

Sat 18th October

The West Gallery Quire
Afternoon workshop - West Country Carols - (for the Methodist Music Society)
Methodist Church, Sidwell Street, Exeter.
All welcome: final sing in the largest gallery in the West.
Contact: Alan Weeks tel.01404 822028 or email

Fri 24th - Sun 26th Oct

West Gallery Music led by Francis Roads
Benslow Music Trust, Little Benslow Hills, Benslow Lane, HITCHIN, Herts SG4 9RB.
from 7pm Fri to 4pm Sun; Course 08/273; resident: £180; non-resident: £145
Contacts: tel.01462 459446 or email or visit their website

November 2008

Sat 1st November

32nd Three Quires' Day
Christchurch, Prince Edward Road, Lewes, Sussex
Contacts:
Jill Thompson tel: 01273 623533 mob.07718-655624
Tony Singleton tel: 01580 753431 or email:

Sat 15th November

A Devon West Gallery Day (hosted by The West Gallery Quire, Crediton)
10am - 4pm, Cheriton Bishop Village Hall. (doors open 9.30 a.m. for coffee)
Workshops of parochial psalmody focussing on "Devon Manuscripts"
More details to follow.
Contact: Tam Mucklow and Edmund Gooch, email

Sat 29th November

Festival of Village Carols, Grenoside Village hall
More information from the Village Carols website

Sat 29th November

Cornish Carols Workshop
10:00 - 4:00pm, Praa Sands Community Centre (postcode TR20 9RB); leader Peter Meanwell.
Contact: Linda Collins, 01736 763339

December 2008

Sat 6th December

"Going the Rounds", with the Madding Crowd, Stinsford near Dorchester
Contact: Brenda Bennett 01962 866963 or email

Sun 28th December

Byfield Carols with Immanuel's Ground
Cross Tree Inn, Byfield, Northants. NN11 6XL.
Contact: Sheila and Edwin Macadam tel. 01865 865773 or email

2009 dates

Sat 28 March

South West Quires' Day VI
11:15 am - 6:00 pm, at Ruishton Village Hall, near Taunton.
Contact: Toby Parker email

Sat 4th April

33rd Three Quires' Day
Christchurch, Prince Edward Road, Lewes, Sussex
Contacts:
Jill Thompson tel: 01273 623533 mob.07718-655624
Tony Singleton tel: 01580 753431 or email:

Sat 31st October

34th Three Quires' Day
Christchurch, Prince Edward Road, Lewes, Sussex
Contacts:
Jill Thompson tel: 01273 623533 mob.07718-655624
Tony Singleton tel: 01580 753431 or email: