The Parish Church Of St Luke, 30 Eardley Road, Sevenoaks, Kent. TN13 1XT Tel 01732 743045 Charity Reg. No:- 1127331
Music at St Luke’s
St Luke's is a central Anglican parish with a traditional style of worship. One of its most important
features is a musical tradition, nurtured over a number of years by successive clergy and Directors of
Music.
We have two choirs - Senior and Junior. The Senior Choir sing every Sunday at our 10.15 services,
aiding our worship with a prepared anthem and leading the congregation in a choral setting of the
Mass. The anthems are drawn from a wide range of music and the Mass settings are changed several
times a year. The Senior Choir rehearse on Thursday evenings.
The Junior Choir includes children from 6-11, who sing at our Family Eucharist on the first Sunday of
the month, and rehearse on Thursday afternoons. We also encourage our children to take part in the
service in other ways, especially those who are instrumentalists, and several have later graduated to
the Senior Choir.
The Choir aims at a high standard, but welcomes everyone. We have recorded two CDs, sung a
number of times in Rochester Cathedral and are due to sing in Southwark Cathedral in 2011. As well as
Sunday mornings, we sing during Holy Week at a variety of services, for special days like Ascension
Day and for some Choral Evensongs during the year. St Luke's hosts a triennial arts Festival and
participates in the annual Sevenoaks Festival, with the Choir playing an important part.
Our Musical Director is Nancy Wolfe, who trains both choirs and deputises as organist. Our principal
organist is Paul Isom, who is also Diocesan Organ Advisor. The whole team is committed to the
worship of God through music and the enjoyment of working together. If you would like to find out more
or join the choir, please speak with Nancy or email her at music@stlukes-sevenoaks.org.uk
Lunch Time Recitals
For ten months of the year (we miss January and August) each Wednesday at 12.30 St Luke's hosts a
recital which lasts about half an hour. We have a wide variety of recitalists, everything from arias to
Bluegrass to ensembles, all to a very high standard. The recitals also encourage young musicians,
especially from local schools and from national colleges of music.
The recitals are free, and enjoy wide support especially amongst those working in the town, who often
bring their lunch (coffee and tea are available) and people are free to come and go during the recital.
If you would like to give a recital please contact Ruth Morris our booking secretary and if you would like
to come along and listen please consult our recitals programme below - we're sure you will find
something of interest.
FEBRUARY 2012
1st
Greg Tassell - Tenor
8th
Hiroshi Kanazawa - Tenor & Barry Griffiths - Piano
15th
Jean Bentley’s Old Tyme Dance Band
22nd
Caroline & Richard Walshaw - Soprano & Organ
29th
Ingrid Cusido - Piano
MARCH 2012
7th
Holly Bingham -Soprano Dagmar Zeromska - Mezzo Soprano
14th
Marjorie Ouvry - Contralto, Suzanne Walker - Soprano & AliceTurner - Piano
21st
Pupils from Granville School
28th
Sophie Kochanowska & Kamilla Dunstan - Mezzo Sopranos