Wells Cathedral Chamber Choir

About us

Wells Cathedral Chamber Choir is an auditioned volunteer choir of about 35 members who sing services in the Cathedral when the Cathedral Choir is away, usually between 30 and 40 Cathedral services per year.

The choir also sings for weddings, funerals, Evensongs, and concerts in the wider Diocese of Bath and Wells. Every summer, we do a weekend residency in a different Cathedral or Abbey, this year at Exeter Cathedral from the 21st to the 23rd of August. Members sign up to the events they can commit to and attend weekly rehearsals on Thursday nights from 7.15-9pm. It’s a wonderful community of people. The choir is conducted by Carolyn Craig, Assistant Director of Music at Wells Cathedral, and accompanied by Edward Marshall, Organ Scholar at Wells Cathedral.

Highlights of the past year have included a concert in the Quantocks at Aisholt church, Compline led by Dr Barry Rose OBE, a summer residency at Worcester Cathedral, Patronal Evensongs at St Michael’s Dinder and Allerton Church supported by the new Patronal Festival Evensong grant from the Choral Evensong Trust, and of course our regular Cathedral services. All Saints’ and All Souls’, Advent and Christmastide services, and Ash Wednesday were particularly precious services in our Cathedral calendar this past year, and we look forward to singing services for Pentecost and for the Friends’ Weekend in coming weeks.

Enquiries regarding joining the choir are welcome at chamberchoir@wellscathedral.org.uk.