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Music at St Gabriel's

St Gabriel's Junior Choir

St Gabriel’s is thrilled to announce our new Junior Choir this autumn! Open to all children and young people aged 7-14, the choir will gather weekly for rehearsals after school on Fridays from 4-5 PM, beginning on 11 September 2026. Alongside our Friday rehearsals, the choir will have regular opportunities to participate in services and special events, including the Advent Christingle Service.

The Junior Choir is part of an exciting diocesan initiative to develop children’s music ministry across Redbridge. While this project is sure to enrich parish life at St Gabriel’s, we also know that music education and ensemble singing bring countless benefits to children and families. Through this project, children will receive high-quality musical training in a fun and faith-led environment. We hope our choristers will form lasting friendships, deepen their faith and involvement in the church, and develop valuable musical skills.

If you are interested in our upcoming choral programme, please visit the link below to sign up, or contact Alice with any questions (alice.belshaw@gmail.com). We hope your family will join us in this exciting new project!

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Adult Choir, Children's Choir, Music Group

Our music at St Gabriel’s seems to be recovering quite nicely after the difficulties of the pandemic. Our small but loyal and highly proficient Adult Choir continues to enrich our Sunday worship week by week, with our newly-formed Children’s Choir appearing on special occasions, and Music Group instrumentalists playing on the first Sunday of the month. We sing music from fairly tradition Anglican music (Complete Anglican Hymns Old & New).

Music Group

Some members of the choirs

We are very fortunate in having a church building that also makes an excellent and well-equipped concert venue, including an excellent August Forster Grand Piano and a recital-standard Organ that is rated as one of the best for some miles around. It is therefore very pleasing when we can then attract professional, semi-professional and amateur groups and artist to give concerts throughout the year, which will obviously help to put St Gabriel’s on the wider map and enhance awareness in the local community.