Choir & Music

St Matthew's Church Choir

We are very proud of our long-standing choral tradition here at St Matthew. The church choir can be heard singing in the parish every week at our Sunday Eucharist and consists of members of our congregations. The choir tackles a wide range of repertoire from early music and the Classical and Romantic periods to modern day contempoary works.

In addition to the choir's usual duties on a Sunday morning, they can also be heard at other seasonal events in the church's calendar such as our All Souls' service, the parish's Service of Nine Lessons and Carols, and during Holy Week to name a few.

Our Organist and Director of Music is Garry Johnson and our Assistant Conductor is Max Butterworth. Rehearsals take place on Thursday evenings from 7:15 pm until 8:30 pm. If you are interested in joining the choir then we would love to hear from you! Please complete the form below and we will be in touch. Alternatively, feel free to speak to Garry after the Sunday 9:00 am service.

The choir singing 'O Thou, the Central Orb' at Revd Liz's Licensing Service on the 25th September 2024

The choir at our Service of Nine Lessons and Carols on the 17th December 2023

St Matthew's Church Organ

During the most recent re-ordering of our church, it was decided to replace our aging Makin organ. Anthony Bogdan Organs Ltd were asked to make their recommendations as to the organ specification required to meet our needs.

After careful consideration, Viscount Classical Organs was selected to provide a new custom Envoy 33 Series two-manual organ with an extra five stops added for a West End division. The organ was installed during Holy Week in April 2018 and Anthony Bogdan voiced the instrument. The result is a fine sounding organ with sparkling mixtures, a full swell, and a solid English pedal division including a West End tuba.

The organ specification is given below.

Pedal	Great	Swell
Sub Bass - 32	Double Diapason - 16	Geigen Diapason - 8
Open Wood - 16	Open Diapason I - 8	Chimney Flute - 8
Open Metal - 16	Open Diapason II - 8	Echo Gamba - 8
Bourdon - 16	Claribel Flute - 8	Voix Celeste - 8
Principal - 8	Stopped Diapason - 8	Geigen Principal - 4
Bass Flute - 8	Principal - 4	Wald Flute - 4
Choral Bass - 4	Harmonic Flute - 4	Flageolet - 2
Mixture - IV	Twelfth - 2-2/3	Sesquialtera - II
Trombone - 16	Fifteenth - 2	Mixture - IV
	Mixture - IV	Contra Fagotto - 16
	Trumpet - 8	Cornopean - 8
	Clarinet - 8	Oboe - 8

Great to Pedal	Swell to Great	Tremulant
Swell to Pedal	Tremulant

Music Group

We are very interested to hear from all musicians who wish to offer their talents to assist us in worship. The music group allows us to experience alternative genres of church music that may lend themselves more to instruments other than the organ.

Again, if you would be interested in getting involved in this way then please fill out the form below.