Earthly Voices Choir

What sort of choir are we?

We are a choir with roots in the acapella tradition, so in our concerts we sing mainly unaccompanied songs, and without scores. In recent years we have introduced instruments for some songs; keyboard, drums, and accordion.

We've used the accordion for 'Fairy tale of New York', a choir favourite.

For learning and rehearsals we provide audio clips, word sheets and scores. Most songs are arranged in four-part harmony - soprano, alto, tenor and bass. In the tenor section we have lady tenors as well as men.

Repertoire and Genres

We have a varied repertoire including most genres, one exception being Country and Western, but watch this space!

Here is a selection of songs we've performed over the last few years.

Pop music: Fairy Tale of New York (Pogues), Human (Rag and Bone Man), Run (Snow Patrol)

Folk music: Mary Mack, Wild Mountain Thyme, She's like the swallow

Jazz: Night and Day, Georgia on my mind

Classical: Ave Verum Corpus (Mozart), Locus Iste (Bruckner), and madrigals - The silver swan (Gibbons)

Opera: Torreador song (Bizet), Va Pensiero (Verdi)

Gospel: Done made my vow to the Lord, Courage my soul

World: Senzenina, Famba Naye

Christmas: Coventry Carol, Silent Night, In the Bleak Midwinter, Carol of the Bells

Sound Clips - Summer Concert 2025

Up on the Roof

Gerry Coffin and Carol King - Arrangement Gitika Partington

Wont let you drown

Lyrics and Arrangement - Anna Tabbush

Hope is the thing with Feathers

Poem Emily Dickenson - Music Christopher Tin, accompanied by Gillian Bragg

The Soul of Music

William Croft, arranged Emily Leather, accomapanied by Gillian Bragg