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Visiting
Choirs
Bath Abbey welcomes Visiting Choirs to
sing Sunday services (at 11.00 am and 3.30 pm) at times when the Abbey Choir
is on holiday. These times usually include:
- One or two Sundays after Christmas
- One or two Sundays after Easter
- Approximately Seven Sundays over the
second half of July, and August
- One or two Sundays to coincide with
local school half-term holidays i.e.
- mid February
- end of May
- end of October
Most choirs like to come for the whole
weekend and sing Choral Evensong on the Saturday. Early booking is advisable as
the Abbey gets heavily booked by other local organisations for concerts etc.
Visiting Choirs are given use of the Choir
Vestry in which to rehearse and robe. The Abbey’s magnificent Klais Organ
provides a versatile, colourful and stimulating accompaniment to choral and
congregational music. New wooden screens behind the choir stalls have created a
more friendly acoustic environment for singers.
Availability
At
the moment the following Sundays are available:
Sunday in 2010
Sundays in 2011
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Sunday 24th July 2011
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Sunday 31st July 2011
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Sunday 7th August 2011
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Sunday 28 August 2011
Accommodation
The Abbey is unable to provide
accommodation, but there are various places in the town where choirs stay:
Bath YMCA
International House,
Broad Street Place,
BATH
BA1 5LH
Tel:01225 325 900
Fax:01225 462 065
admin@bathymca.co.uk
www.bathymca.co.uk
Kingswood School
Lansdown Road
BATH
BA1 5RG
Tel 01225 734361
Fax 01225 734305
commercial@kingswood.bath.sch.uk
www.kingswood.bath.sch.uk
The University of Bath
Claverton Down
BATH
BA2 7AY
Tel 012255 386622
Fax 01225 386474
beds@bath.ac.uk
www.bath.ac.uk
Monkton Combe Senior School
Monkton Combe
Nr
BATH
BA2 7HG
Tel: (01225) 721116
Fax: (01225) 721115
commercial@monkton.org.uk
www.monktoncombeschool.com
In
addition Bath has many hotels and B&Bs. Bath Tourist Information Office can
provide further details:
Bath Tourist Office
www.visitbath.co.uk
For further details, please contact:
Mrs Cheri Bragg
Bath Abbey Office
12
Kingston Buildings
BATH
BA1 1LT
Tel (01225) 422462
Fax (01225) 429990
email:
cheri@bathabbey.org
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