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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:
Sundays in 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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