Join the Church Choir
Our RSCM-affiliated choir sings for the weekly Sunday services, including a monthly Choral Evensong when we are joined by a wider group of singers, as well as singing at important annual festivals like Christmas and Easter.
We also sing for Weddings and Funerals, and have a wide repertoire of suitable material to enhance these milestone events.
At least twice a year we visit a Cathedral, Abbey, or Minster church to sing their weekend services when the resident choir is on holiday. We have up to thirty capable and experienced singers in the choir on these occasions.
The church choir is directed by Simon Shaw - please send all music enquiries to him at
Our organist is James Bryant, who accompanies the choir and plays incidental organ music & voluntaries in services.
We welcome prospective new singers - whether they can join us regularly or occasionally.
Some music-reading ability is useful, but choir voices do not need to be exceptional. "To enjoy singing" is the main qualification!
We rehearse in the side chapel every Thursday at 7.30pm
If you like to sing, come along to try it out - what have you got to lose?
As well as the local volunteer singers, we have a Choral Scholars scheme, whereby local college students can receive an honorarium for singing with us during term time. Choral Scholar vacancies currently exist - contact Simon as above for more details.
We undertake at least two cathedral visits each year... with the help of our singing Friends of Waltham St Lawrence - from near and far.
| ↓ Visiting Choir at Bath Abbey - July 2025 | ↓ and at Salisbury Cathedral - Feb 2025 |
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↓ At the War Memorial on Remembrance Sunday |
↓ The 1860 'Father' Willis organ |
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↓ The Choir and Friends at St Albans Cathedral in August 2022. |
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↓ Video clip from Sunday Eucharist at St Albans - singing Byrd's "Ave Verum Corpus" |
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↓ 2015 Choral Evensong at Southwark Cathedral directed by Chris Bond - the first such visit. |
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↓ A short clip from the rehearsal at Southwark Cathedral... |
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↓ Spring 2017 at Portsmouth Cathedral |
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↓ return visit to Portsmouth in October 2017 |
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↓ at Chichester Cathedral in April 2018 |
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↓ at Guildford Cathedral in July 2018 |
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