Welcome to the Powick Community Choir website.
We have rehearsal sessions at Powick Parish Hall on Thursdays from 7:00pm to 8:15pm and Sundays from 4:15 to 5:45. There is no requirement to attend both sessions, although many members do. We suggest that you contact Tom Wells (number below) to check the venue and time in case there are any last minute changes.
We would welcome enquiries from anyone who would like to join our choir. Previous choral experience or the ability to read music would be an advantage. If you wish to enquire about booking the choir for events such as weddings, civil partnerships or other celebrations please do contact us via....
Tom Wells, Musical Director on 01905 831752
About the Choir
Powick Community Choir, under the musical direction of Tom Wells, has been growing and developing since its beginnings in early 2010. We draw our members from a wide local area and hold rehearsals on Sunday afternoons between 4.15 pm – 5.45 pm and Thursday evenings from 7.pm – 8.15 in Powick Parish Hall. Our membership rarely drops below 70 and we sing an eclectic range of music from choral classic to music from stage and screen. We also enjoy singing music written by our Musical Director and we are able to perform regularly with a professional orchestra.
We have performed in a wide variety of venues: Malvern Priory, Malvern Theatres, Worcester Cathedral, St. Mary’s Church Kempsey, and Pershore Abbey, to name but a few, and each December hold our ever popular Christmas concert at Stanbrook Abbey, Callow End (5 Christmas concerts) to sell-out audiences. The choir raises thousands of pounds for local charities (See below).
In 2017 we entered the Upton Choir Festival, the first competition we have ever entered. We were proud to be awarded the Judges Prize for the Best Performance. In 2018 we went one better at Upton and were awarded the prize for the 'Most Outstanding Choir'
An introduction ...
Charities supported - We plan to support the following charities in 2024
Severn Freewheelers Emergency Voluntary
Blood Bike Service
Provides a free out of hours Motorcycle Courier Service to hospitals. They ride to play a part in saving people’s lives, to help the NHS divert money that would otherwise be spent on taxis or expensive couriers. They had 671 calls for help in February 2024 alone, and 7881 in the past year. At NO COST TO THE NHS. Freewheelers transport blood, pathology, microbiology specimens, patient notes, x-rays, breast milk and other medical supplies, plus every night deliver to local ambulance bases. In 2008 they were awarded the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. They depend fully on public sponsorship and donation.
Alzheimer's Research UK
The UK's leading dementia and Alzheimer's disease research charity. Their vision of a world where people are free from the fear, harm and heartbreak of dementia. I think many of us here will know of some-one who has been affected by it and although there is treatment now to slow it down in the early stages, there is, as yet, no cure. Hopefully one day they will find one.