COME AND SING WEST GALLERY MUSIC

with

SACRED HARMONY

We aren’t the usual type of choir. We don’t have weekly rehearsals, hold auditions, wear dinner jackets or evening gowns or perform long pieces by famous composers.

We are based in North-East Cheshire, drawing members from the neighbouring counties too and sing West Gallery Music – forgotten church music from the 18^th and early 19^th centuries, written by provincial English and American composers. Our musical director, Sally Drage, researches and edits music that has largely been ignored or even lost altogether for over two hundred years. But this music isn’t stuffy. Far from it! It’s refreshingly unpredictable, and the Victorians threw it out for being too exuberant and frivolous or even irreligious!

So we invite you to come and sing forgotten 18th- and early 19th-century English church music – anthems, psalms, hymns and carols – and find out why pieces that were once popular are now perfect for social singing.

All voices are welcome. We sing in parts, so some ability to note read is an advantage, but all music is taught. 

We meet to practise The Centre in Poynton, 107, Park Lane, SK12 1RB, on the 3rd Sunday afternoon of each month, from 2.30 to 4.30, and currently pay £4 each per practice, including refreshments. 

For further details please contact Sally Drage:

E-mail: sacredharmony@drage.me.uk or Text: 07977 903561

and visit the West Gallery Music Association’s website: www.wgma.org.uk