The Kingsland Group of Parishes
Kingsland Church Choir
The Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels Kingsland has for long been noted for the strength of its choir. There are around 20 regular members, of all ages. Some of the younger members have in recent years gone on to become Hereford Cathedral choristers. One such boy went on to become Organ Scholar at Christ Church Oxford, then Assistant Organist at Canterbury Cathedral, Organist and Master of the Choristers at St David’s Cathedral and now Director of Music at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral.
The choir sings a great variety of church music, including the psalms. The normal pattern of choir services is as follows, though there have to be changes to accommodate major festivals (notably Christmas, Easter, Pentecost) and special services (for example Mothering Sunday, Rogation Sunday (when a Eucharist is held on a local farm) Remembrance Sunday, Education Sunday).
1st Sunday:
11.00 am Choral Matins (with canticles, etc)
6.30 pm Sung Eucharist (BCP, Merbecke setting)
2nd Sunday:
11.00 am Sung Eucharist (Common Worship Order 1, Kingsland Setting - Cullen or Salisbury setting -Hubbard/Cocking)
3rd Sunday:
11.00 am Sung Eucharist (BCP, Merbecke setting)
6.30 pm Evensong (BCP)
4th Sunday:
11.00 am Eucharist (Common Worship Order 1, Kingsland Setting - Cullen or Salisbury setting -Hubbard/Cocking)
5th Sunday:
Whole-group services rotate round the parishes. The choir sings (11.00 am) when it is Kingsland’s turn
There is an Advent Carol Service, a Christmas Carol Service, and carol singing round the village. There are special musical observances over the Lent and Holy Week period. The choir normally sings at Aymestrey Church for their Harvest Festival. It takes part in the annual RSCM Festival held in Hereford Cathedral. There are occasional outings, for example to the London Eye, to theatres in London, Birmingham and Malvern, to the Birmingham Symphony Hall & National Exhibition Centre, and to St David's Cathedral in Pembrokeshire.
The choir rehearses each Thursday evening at 7.15 pm.
Anyone interested in joining the choir should contact the Organist and Choirmaster:
David Noon - Telephone 01568 708672.
The choir is affiliated to The Royal School of Church Music
Hymn tunes ‘Kingsland’: there are two hymn tunes sometimes known by the name ‘Kingsland’. Click on the following links to hear them both: