The Adult Choir

Ross Parish Church has a long tradition of good music making. Its choir is highly regarded by the congregation, the local community and throughout the diocese with a well earned reputation. The adult choir is a group of about 20 singers who maintain the bulk of the musical services at St Mary’s. In recognition of…

The Youth Choir

There are many benefits to belonging to a well run children’s church choir, many are obvious and more is explained below. Ross Church Choir is one of the best in the area, this summer we have sung services in three cathedrals and received extremely favourable feedback on each occasion. We have a great group of…

Music Lists

Evensong

Choral Evensong is one of the very special services of the Church of England; you’ll find it taking place in the late afternoon on most days in cathedrals, and college chapels around the country. At St Mary’s we’re lucky to have a choir that is able to sing it on a regular basis in our…

The Organ

The three manual, romantic, organ at St Mary’s was built in 1921 by Hele and Co. of Plymouth. It was originally built with pneumatic action and incorporated sliderless chests, popular at the time. The action was partially electrified with solid-state switching in the 1980s. A major rebuild of the organ was undertaken in 2011. The…

Recordings

In addition the the recordings and video on this page you find live streamed services on our YouTube Channel Some recent recordings by the choir Most have been recorded in services, are otherwise unedited, and come warts and all with various liturgical (and other) noises off! Archive recordings Commercial recordings We’ve made a few CD…

Come, Sing & Sup!

An opportunity to come and join with a great group of singers. No preparation is expected and all are most welcome. The focus is very much on the enjoyment of those singing in the choir. To end the evening you are invited to join us for supper afterwards. Our next event will be on Sunday…

Choir Members page

You’ll find the current music list here And here’s the latest date list: Learning notes From the past Sumsion in G – Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis – Hereford Cathedral 18th February: MacMillan: O Radiant Dawn: Smith Responses: Batten 4th Evening Service Byrd: Teach me, O Lord

Round Byrd

Round Byrd is St Mary’s occasional choir, made up of experienced singers from across the West of England and South Wales, focussing on the “performance” of English Cathedral Music from the 16th and 17th Centuries in a liturgical context. We get together once a term, to rehearse and sing evensong in a single afternoon. New…