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 10:30 am service and consists of members of our congregations. They tackle a wide range of repertoir from 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 Holy Week, the parish Service of Nine Lessons and Carols, and our All Souls' service to name a few.

Our Organist and Director of Music is Garry Johnson, and rehearsals are 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 get back to you. Alternatively, feel free to speak to Garry after the Sunday 10:30 am service.

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

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 alternatice 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.

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 specificaiton required to meet our needs.

After careful consideration, Viscount Classical Organs were 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 as follows:

Great

Double Diapason I - 16
Open Diapason II - 8
Claribel Flute - 8
Stopped Diapason - 8
Principal - 4
Harmonic Flute - 4
Twelfth - 2-2/3
Fifteenth - 2
Mixture - IV
Trumpet - 8
Clarinet - 8
Great to Pedal
Tremulant

Swell

Geigen Diapason - 8
Chimney Flute - 8
Echo Gamba - 8
Voix Celeste - 8
Geigen Principal - 4
Wald Flute - 4
Flageolet - 2
Sesquialtera - II
Mixture - IV
Contra Fagotto - 16
Cornopean - 8
Oboe - 8
Swell to Great
Swell to Pedal
Tremulant

Pedal

Music Group

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

St Matthew's Church Organ

The organ specification is as follows:

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