Mid Wessex Singers

In September 2004 Ian MacLeod Jones became Musical Director.  This started a long association with musicians from Wells Cathedral as Musical Directors with access to accompanists, soloists and instrumentalists.  Founder member, Janet Hayter, remembers that time.  ‘The first Christmas Concert led by Ian Macleod Jones from Wells was on 4th

  Rowena Wallace was a founder member of the Mid Wessex Singers and was still singing with us in the weeks before her death on 12 May 2024.     Many choir members were honoured to attend her funeral service on 31 May and sing one of her favourite pieces

January 2024, the start of a new year for the Mid Wessex Singers, but not any old year.  The choir was formed 25 years ago in September and preparations begin for our Silver Anniversary celebrations with our concert in May. Our Musical Director, Alice Dicker, had researched and trawled through

In 2024 we are celebrating 25 years of Mid Wessex Singers. The inaugural meeting, organised by co-founders James Turner and John Goacher, was held in September 1999. Thirty four members were recruited – three of those members are still singing with the choir today! One original member, Janet Hayter, has

  If you are a member of the Mid Wessex Singers choir, Christmas starts in early September, the 5th to be exact. Cast your mind back to September, wall to wall sunshine, boiling temperatures – would summer ever end? The West Street Church Hall in Somerton was sweltering – doors

  A few of the Mid Wessex Singers getting into the Christmas spirit on Thursday 14 December entertaining the crowd eating and drinking at the Kitchen, Great Bow Wharf, Langport.

Enjoy the build up to the festive season by joining the Mid Wessex Singers on our Christmas Journey. Our concert is on Saturday 16 December at 7.30 pm in St Michael’s Church Somerton. There will be old favourites for audience participation as well as choir performances and seasonal readings. Tickets