Services at St Michael’s are sung by an  SATB mixed, robed choir. A sample music list linked further down this page.

St Michael’s choir sings for Sunday Mass and for Feast Days, for Evensong & Benediction on the first Sunday of the month and for mid week Plainchant Vespers. Please contact mountdinhaminfo@gmail.com if you are interested in joining the choir or would like to have a choir for a wedding, funeral or baptism.

Repertoire:
The music in the liturgy at St. Michael’s is Cathedral-style repertoire, ranging from plainchant, renaissance polyphony, Baroque and romantic styles, through to 20th century and contemporary settings. Plainsong propers (psalms), from the English Gradual, feature in the Anglo-Catholic music and liturgy of St Michael’s and are sung for all services. The current music list is linked further down this page.

Choir practice:
Choir practice is held in church on Tuesdays at 19:00 and on Sundays at 10:00 before the Mass at 11:00. St Michael’s welcomes guest conductors and choir trainers and singers for special services and events. Read more about our music leaders and associate musicians on our People page here.

Contact:
To find out more, please email mountdinhaminfo@gmail.com. For a map and directions to St Michael’s church, click here.

Join us!
The choir welcome new singers with a good ear and sight-reading skills plus a willingness to be part of a team. Camaraderie and companionship are a feature of the choir which enjoys regular socials to the local pub. Choral and organ scholarships may be awarded for exceptional musicians who are able to commit to regular practices and services.

Partnerships & Outreach:
St Michael’s extends an open invitation to Exeter Cathedral Choir and the University Chapel Choir. Members of St. Micheal’s choir also sing with other church choirs in Devon and Dorset, St Andrew’s Colyton and Sidmouth Parish church. In 2024-5 members of this choir have joined with others dedicated to St Michael; at Shute near Axminster, at Heavitree, Exeter and at St. Michael’s Mount in Cornwall.

Our singers are also affiliated with other vocal ensembles which sing concerts and Choral Evensong at Cathedrals and Abbeys across the British Isles. Members and friends of the choir also take part in Mount Dinham events which include the annual national Heritage Open Days.

Residential tours:
In the last decade these have included Yorkshire, Wales, Norfolk, Dorset, Fulda (Germany) and Mineo (Sicily). St Michael’s hosted an Anglo-Belgian choral collaboration in 2014 and members of the choir toured to Sicily in 2024.