St. Alban's Church, Wickersley
'I worship and adore the true and living God'
The Church Choir & Domino
The Choir
St. Alban’s choir is an active, lively, social and inclusive 4-part (SATB) choir. Encouraging uplifting worship and a spiritual heart is at the centre of everything we do. Our 9.15am and 6.00pm services are accompanied by a robed, RSCM-affiliated choir, occasionally including our junior choir which we are striving to reintroduce. Our choir which is around 20 strong, meets weekly, working hard to rehearse music for the liturgical year. We sing anthems and hymns from a diverse range of sources. This is part of an effort to make the music accessible and relevant to both the choir and congregation, and to encourage participation of both; the choir are loyal and valued members of the congregation. The music which our choir leads is well-loved by our congregation who comment upon the way it lifts them in their worship.
Involvement in singing in other local churches has always been important to our choir and they have recently led services at Sheffield Cathedral. As well as visiting other churches, St. Alban’s has hosted a good range of events to welcome visitors to make music and participate in worship in Wickersley. In addition to this, the choir participates in two or three Royal School of Church Music events each year, in recent years singing in Kings College Chapel, Cambridge, York Minster and Lincoln Cathedral. In addition to their music ministry, some of our choir members have already completed or are completing RSCM medal examination awards.
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Domino (Instrumental Group)
Domino, meaning 'Unto the Lord,' is our instrumental group which plays at some of our special services. Our instrumentalists are exceptionally well-trained musicians, playing a wide range of styles and instruments. As well as providing music at services, Domino has also played as part of other social and community events in Wickersley and Rotherham. Part of ‘Make a cheerful noise’ includes teaching the children how to read music and play the recorder as part of developing the future of the music at St. Alban’s. As they develop, children will have the opportunity to join and play in Domino.
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