Choral Evensong Trust
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· Jun 19
Last Sunday was Trinity Sunday, the start of 24 weeks of "ordinary time".
We invite you, over the next few months of ordinary time, to join us on a journey to find the extra in the ordinary. To reflect on those aspects of Evensong which seem ordinary but are extraordinary.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
We invite you, over the next few months of ordinary time, to join us on a journey to find the extra in the ordinary. To reflect on those aspects of Evensong which seem ordinary but are extraordinary.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
Today - 22 November - is St Cecilia's Day, the Patron Saint of music.
It is also the Choral Evensong Trust's 10th anniversary - our Patronal Feast Day, if you will.
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It is also the Choral Evensong Trust's 10th anniversary - our Patronal Feast Day, if you will.
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Patronal Festival Grant Applications 2026 | Choral Evensong
Find choral services in cathedrals, churches, chapels and other choral foundations in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland.
www.choralevensong.org
November 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Today - 22 November - is St Cecilia's Day, the Patron Saint of music.
It is also the Choral Evensong Trust's 10th anniversary - our Patronal Feast Day, if you will.
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It is also the Choral Evensong Trust's 10th anniversary - our Patronal Feast Day, if you will.
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Today, two services of Choral Evensong, celebrating All Saints, with funding from the Patronal Festival Grant scheme.
Whiteparish, 6.00pm clarendoncofe.org/service/?e=1...
Turkdean, 6.30pm allsaintsturkdean.org.uk/nextservice/
Details of Patronal Festival Grants 2026 will be coming soon.
Whiteparish, 6.00pm clarendoncofe.org/service/?e=1...
Turkdean, 6.30pm allsaintsturkdean.org.uk/nextservice/
Details of Patronal Festival Grants 2026 will be coming soon.
November 2, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Today, two services of Choral Evensong, celebrating All Saints, with funding from the Patronal Festival Grant scheme.
Whiteparish, 6.00pm clarendoncofe.org/service/?e=1...
Turkdean, 6.30pm allsaintsturkdean.org.uk/nextservice/
Details of Patronal Festival Grants 2026 will be coming soon.
Whiteparish, 6.00pm clarendoncofe.org/service/?e=1...
Turkdean, 6.30pm allsaintsturkdean.org.uk/nextservice/
Details of Patronal Festival Grants 2026 will be coming soon.
Tonight at 5.00pm, Chapel Allerton Church are holding Choral Evensong with Wells Cathedral Chamber Choir.
All are welcome!
All are welcome!
October 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Tonight at 5.00pm, Chapel Allerton Church are holding Choral Evensong with Wells Cathedral Chamber Choir.
All are welcome!
All are welcome!
Tomorrow, Sunday 12 October, at 6pm the church of St Nicholas, Islip celebrates the feast of Edward the Confessor - born in Islip - with Choral Evensong.
October 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Tomorrow, Sunday 12 October, at 6pm the church of St Nicholas, Islip celebrates the feast of Edward the Confessor - born in Islip - with Choral Evensong.
We're very excited about the new Channel 5 series, MURDER BEFORE EVENSONG, which starts tomorrow (7/10) at 9pm.
IMPORTANT: For those less familiar with Evensong, please be aware it is not usually preceded by murder, but by a nice organ prelude.
For more info on Evensong, visit choralevensong.org.
IMPORTANT: For those less familiar with Evensong, please be aware it is not usually preceded by murder, but by a nice organ prelude.
For more info on Evensong, visit choralevensong.org.
October 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
We're very excited about the new Channel 5 series, MURDER BEFORE EVENSONG, which starts tomorrow (7/10) at 9pm.
IMPORTANT: For those less familiar with Evensong, please be aware it is not usually preceded by murder, but by a nice organ prelude.
For more info on Evensong, visit choralevensong.org.
IMPORTANT: For those less familiar with Evensong, please be aware it is not usually preceded by murder, but by a nice organ prelude.
For more info on Evensong, visit choralevensong.org.
Today is Holy Cross Day. Among the churches dedicated to the Holy Cross, are two celebrating Festival Evensongs thanks to the Patronal Festival Grants: Goodnestone (pictured) and North Bersted.
Find out about upcoming Evensongs, and reports from past ones here choralevensong.org
Find out about upcoming Evensongs, and reports from past ones here choralevensong.org
September 14, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Today is Holy Cross Day. Among the churches dedicated to the Holy Cross, are two celebrating Festival Evensongs thanks to the Patronal Festival Grants: Goodnestone (pictured) and North Bersted.
Find out about upcoming Evensongs, and reports from past ones here choralevensong.org
Find out about upcoming Evensongs, and reports from past ones here choralevensong.org
Heartening news out of Lichfield Cathedral, where primary-school children came to sing with the choristers.
"Mrs Lamb was struck by their responses to the Magnificat and the Nunc Dimittis. The children were asked how it made them feel. One told her: 'It was like God was singing through my voice.'"
"Mrs Lamb was struck by their responses to the Magnificat and the Nunc Dimittis. The children were asked how it made them feel. One told her: 'It was like God was singing through my voice.'"
Education: Can singing evensong encourage pupils to engage in worship?
Clive Price hears about a successful church-school initiative
www.churchtimes.co.uk
September 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Heartening news out of Lichfield Cathedral, where primary-school children came to sing with the choristers.
"Mrs Lamb was struck by their responses to the Magnificat and the Nunc Dimittis. The children were asked how it made them feel. One told her: 'It was like God was singing through my voice.'"
"Mrs Lamb was struck by their responses to the Magnificat and the Nunc Dimittis. The children were asked how it made them feel. One told her: 'It was like God was singing through my voice.'"
Week 13 of our journey in finding the extraordinary through the ordinary:
CALM
Quiet at the end of the day.
Not an escape, but a pause. A deep breath for the soul.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
CALM
Quiet at the end of the day.
Not an escape, but a pause. A deep breath for the soul.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
September 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Week 13 of our journey in finding the extraordinary through the ordinary:
CALM
Quiet at the end of the day.
Not an escape, but a pause. A deep breath for the soul.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
CALM
Quiet at the end of the day.
Not an escape, but a pause. A deep breath for the soul.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
Today two churches celebrating their Patronal Festivals are doing so with assistance from the Patronal Festival Grants.
St Mary's, Slaugham, Evensong 4.00pm
St Aidan's, Carlisle, Evensong 4.00pm
You can find out about other upcoming Patronal Festivals and Evensong near you at choralevensong.org.
St Mary's, Slaugham, Evensong 4.00pm
St Aidan's, Carlisle, Evensong 4.00pm
You can find out about other upcoming Patronal Festivals and Evensong near you at choralevensong.org.
August 31, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Today two churches celebrating their Patronal Festivals are doing so with assistance from the Patronal Festival Grants.
St Mary's, Slaugham, Evensong 4.00pm
St Aidan's, Carlisle, Evensong 4.00pm
You can find out about other upcoming Patronal Festivals and Evensong near you at choralevensong.org.
St Mary's, Slaugham, Evensong 4.00pm
St Aidan's, Carlisle, Evensong 4.00pm
You can find out about other upcoming Patronal Festivals and Evensong near you at choralevensong.org.
Week 11 of our journey in finding the extraordinary through the ordinary:
FRESHNESS
New breath in ancient forms.
No two services are quite the same — even the timeless is alive.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
FRESHNESS
New breath in ancient forms.
No two services are quite the same — even the timeless is alive.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
August 31, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Week 11 of our journey in finding the extraordinary through the ordinary:
FRESHNESS
New breath in ancient forms.
No two services are quite the same — even the timeless is alive.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
FRESHNESS
New breath in ancient forms.
No two services are quite the same — even the timeless is alive.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
Week nine (missed it last week!) of our journey in finding the extraordinary through the ordinary:
REASSURANCE
The pattern holds.
Even when life shifts, the service remains — anchoring us in time.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
REASSURANCE
The pattern holds.
Even when life shifts, the service remains — anchoring us in time.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
August 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Week nine (missed it last week!) of our journey in finding the extraordinary through the ordinary:
REASSURANCE
The pattern holds.
Even when life shifts, the service remains — anchoring us in time.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
REASSURANCE
The pattern holds.
Even when life shifts, the service remains — anchoring us in time.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
Today is the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Kickstarting a weekend of Marian Patronal Festivals, Evensong tonight at 6.30pm at St Mary's Priory, Chepstow.
Kickstarting a weekend of Marian Patronal Festivals, Evensong tonight at 6.30pm at St Mary's Priory, Chepstow.
August 15, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Today is the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Kickstarting a weekend of Marian Patronal Festivals, Evensong tonight at 6.30pm at St Mary's Priory, Chepstow.
Kickstarting a weekend of Marian Patronal Festivals, Evensong tonight at 6.30pm at St Mary's Priory, Chepstow.
Today we are enjoying a quartet of Evensongs for Patronal Festivals around the country, made possible through the generosity of our Patronal Festival Grant donors.
Details of where and when are in the description for each church in the thread below. 👇
Details of where and when are in the description for each church in the thread below. 👇
Patronal Festivals 2025 | Choral Evensong
Find choral services in cathedrals, churches, chapels and other choral foundations in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland.
www.choralevensong.org
August 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Today we are enjoying a quartet of Evensongs for Patronal Festivals around the country, made possible through the generosity of our Patronal Festival Grant donors.
Details of where and when are in the description for each church in the thread below. 👇
Details of where and when are in the description for each church in the thread below. 👇
Week eight of our journey in finding the extraordinary through the ordinary:
CHALLENGE
Not always easy. Always worth it.
New music. Demanding texts. Deep questions. This is how we grow.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
CHALLENGE
Not always easy. Always worth it.
New music. Demanding texts. Deep questions. This is how we grow.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
August 9, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Week eight of our journey in finding the extraordinary through the ordinary:
CHALLENGE
Not always easy. Always worth it.
New music. Demanding texts. Deep questions. This is how we grow.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
CHALLENGE
Not always easy. Always worth it.
New music. Demanding texts. Deep questions. This is how we grow.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
Week seven of our journey in finding the extraordinary through the ordinary:
SKILL.
Practice meets purpose.
Musical skill becomes sacred offering.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
SKILL.
Practice meets purpose.
Musical skill becomes sacred offering.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
July 31, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Week seven of our journey in finding the extraordinary through the ordinary:
SKILL.
Practice meets purpose.
Musical skill becomes sacred offering.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
SKILL.
Practice meets purpose.
Musical skill becomes sacred offering.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
This Sunday, a quartet of Patronal Festival Evensongs - for a quartet of saints! - take place, thanks in part to the Grants supplied by the Choral Evensong Trust.
St Margaret, Ipswich
St James, Cawley
St Sampson. South Hill
St Anne, East Wittering
choralevensong.org
St Margaret, Ipswich
St James, Cawley
St Sampson. South Hill
St Anne, East Wittering
choralevensong.org
July 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
This Sunday, a quartet of Patronal Festival Evensongs - for a quartet of saints! - take place, thanks in part to the Grants supplied by the Choral Evensong Trust.
St Margaret, Ipswich
St James, Cawley
St Sampson. South Hill
St Anne, East Wittering
choralevensong.org
St Margaret, Ipswich
St James, Cawley
St Sampson. South Hill
St Anne, East Wittering
choralevensong.org
Week six of our journey in finding the extraordinary through the ordinary: COMMITMENT.
Faithful voices, week by week.
Evensong isn’t a performance. It’s a promise.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
Faithful voices, week by week.
Evensong isn’t a performance. It’s a promise.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
July 25, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Week six of our journey in finding the extraordinary through the ordinary: COMMITMENT.
Faithful voices, week by week.
Evensong isn’t a performance. It’s a promise.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
Faithful voices, week by week.
Evensong isn’t a performance. It’s a promise.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
Tomorrow, the closest Sunday to the Feast of Mary Magdalene (22 July), is celebrated with Patronal Festival Evensongs at St Mary Magdalene, Langridge, and Taunton Minster.
Check out their details at our website choralevensong.org.
Check out their details at our website choralevensong.org.
July 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Tomorrow, the closest Sunday to the Feast of Mary Magdalene (22 July), is celebrated with Patronal Festival Evensongs at St Mary Magdalene, Langridge, and Taunton Minster.
Check out their details at our website choralevensong.org.
Check out their details at our website choralevensong.org.
Week five of our journey in finding the extraordinary through the ordinary: JOY.
Gentle praise. Quiet gladness.
Not all joy shouts. Sometimes it’s sung in soft tones and steady voices.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
Gentle praise. Quiet gladness.
Not all joy shouts. Sometimes it’s sung in soft tones and steady voices.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
July 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Week five of our journey in finding the extraordinary through the ordinary: JOY.
Gentle praise. Quiet gladness.
Not all joy shouts. Sometimes it’s sung in soft tones and steady voices.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
Gentle praise. Quiet gladness.
Not all joy shouts. Sometimes it’s sung in soft tones and steady voices.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
The @churchtimes.bsky.social today reporting on our Patronal Festival initiative.
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
In the parish: How to celebrate patronal festivals
Pat Ashworth reports on a new initiative to encourage churches to celebrate their patronal festivals
www.churchtimes.co.uk
July 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The @churchtimes.bsky.social today reporting on our Patronal Festival initiative.
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
Week four of our journey in finding the extraordinary through the ordinary: WISDOM.
Scripture and tradition echoing through time.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
Scripture and tradition echoing through time.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
July 13, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Week four of our journey in finding the extraordinary through the ordinary: WISDOM.
Scripture and tradition echoing through time.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
Scripture and tradition echoing through time.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
Tomorrow sees a brace of Patronal Festivals:
St Thomas, Groombridge
www.stthomasgroombridge.org.uk/events
St Thomas a Becket, Lewes
st-thomas-lewes.org.uk/whats-on/
St Thomas, Groombridge
www.stthomasgroombridge.org.uk/events
St Thomas a Becket, Lewes
st-thomas-lewes.org.uk/whats-on/
July 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Tomorrow sees a brace of Patronal Festivals:
St Thomas, Groombridge
www.stthomasgroombridge.org.uk/events
St Thomas a Becket, Lewes
st-thomas-lewes.org.uk/whats-on/
St Thomas, Groombridge
www.stthomasgroombridge.org.uk/events
St Thomas a Becket, Lewes
st-thomas-lewes.org.uk/whats-on/
Week three of our journey in finding the extraordinary through the ordinary: PEACE.
Stillness that settles the soul.
Evensong invites quiet in a noisy world. Step inside. Let peace unfold.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
Stillness that settles the soul.
Evensong invites quiet in a noisy world. Step inside. Let peace unfold.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
July 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Week three of our journey in finding the extraordinary through the ordinary: PEACE.
Stillness that settles the soul.
Evensong invites quiet in a noisy world. Step inside. Let peace unfold.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
Stillness that settles the soul.
Evensong invites quiet in a noisy world. Step inside. Let peace unfold.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
A veritable feast of Patronal Festivals tomorrow, on the feast of St Peter & St Paul.
Bexhill-on-Sea
Bolton
Bournemouth
Cattistock
Cowsfold
Folkington
Muchelney
Wivelsfield
(Shout out to Bolton Parish Church for singlehandedly covering the Northern Province!)
Bexhill-on-Sea
Bolton
Bournemouth
Cattistock
Cowsfold
Folkington
Muchelney
Wivelsfield
(Shout out to Bolton Parish Church for singlehandedly covering the Northern Province!)
June 28, 2025 at 10:02 AM
A veritable feast of Patronal Festivals tomorrow, on the feast of St Peter & St Paul.
Bexhill-on-Sea
Bolton
Bournemouth
Cattistock
Cowsfold
Folkington
Muchelney
Wivelsfield
(Shout out to Bolton Parish Church for singlehandedly covering the Northern Province!)
Bexhill-on-Sea
Bolton
Bournemouth
Cattistock
Cowsfold
Folkington
Muchelney
Wivelsfield
(Shout out to Bolton Parish Church for singlehandedly covering the Northern Province!)
Week two of our journey in finding the extraordinary through the ordinary: FAITH.
Held in word, breath, and harmony. Evensong is faith you can hear: shaped by scripture and sustained by song.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
Held in word, breath, and harmony. Evensong is faith you can hear: shaped by scripture and sustained by song.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
June 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Week two of our journey in finding the extraordinary through the ordinary: FAITH.
Held in word, breath, and harmony. Evensong is faith you can hear: shaped by scripture and sustained by song.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary
Held in word, breath, and harmony. Evensong is faith you can hear: shaped by scripture and sustained by song.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary