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The choir standing in a line in All Saints' Church, Writtle, singing from their copies at a Monday evening rehearsal, with the conductor at the piano

From Byrd to Bernstein

Writtle Singers is a chamber choir based in Writtle, near Chelmsford, singing in our village church, in cathedrals and on tour abroad.

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Our next concert

There is Sweet Music

, 4:00pm
All Saints' Church, Writtle

A selection of delectable song, secular and sacred, in celebration of music for the feast of St Cecilia.

£16 in advance, £18 on the door. Concessions £5. Under-16s free.

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A chamber choir, where every voice is heard

Writtle Singers is a mixed-voice chamber choir based in Writtle, near Chelmsford. With fewer than thirty singers, every voice matters, and our soloists almost always come from within the choir.

We sing music from the renaissance to the present day, much of it unaccompanied, and give at least four concerts a year: spring, summer, autumn and Christmas.

Christine Gwynn has been our Musical Director since autumn 1997. She has run many choral and vocal workshops, for established groups and people new to singing alike, and is also musical director of Valentine Singers, Crofton Singers and Jericho Ensemble. The choir also works with the internationally renowned vocal coach Ghislaine Morgan.

More about the choir
Four singers mid-phrase, scores in hand, one of them laughing
The musical director conducting from the piano, with tenors and basses singing

Never afraid to mix the old with the new

Most of our concerts are at All Saints' Church, and plenty of what we sing was written for church. Plenty of it wasn't.

Hear it on our CDs

  • Sacred: ByrdMasses

    and secular: Elton JohnCan You Feel the Love Tonight

  • Sacred: AllegriMiserere

    and secular: Jorge BenMas que nada

  • Sacred: DurufléRequiem

    and secular: Cole PorterMiss Otis Regrets

  • Sacred: BachSt John Passion

    and secular: ElgarThere is sweet music

And plenty in between

  • Henry VIII Pastime with Good Company
  • Gibbons The Silver Swan
  • Farmer Fair Phyllis I Saw
  • Debussy Trois Chansons
  • Holst Five Partsongs
  • Carter & Hudson Goodnight Sweetheart
  • Horovitz Horrortorio

The season ahead

Most concerts are at All Saints' Church, on The Green in Writtle.

  1. There is Sweet Music

    All Saints' Church, Writtle, 4:00pm

    A selection of delectable song, secular and sacred, in celebration of music for the feast of St Cecilia.

    Tickets: £16 in advance, £18 on the door. Concessions £5. Under-16s free.

    Tickets for There is Sweet Music

  2. Carols at the Mansion

    Copped Hall, near Epping, 3:00pm (gates open 2:00pm)

    Our regular Christmas concert at Copped Hall: log fires, and Christmas jumpers against the draughts.

    Tickets: £15, children aged 5 to 9 £8. Sold by Copped Hall.

    More about this concert

    Tickets for Carols at the Mansion

  3. Candlelit Carols

    All Saints' Church, Writtle, 5:00pm

    Tickets: £16 in advance, £18 on the door. Concessions £5. Under-16s free.

    Tickets for Candlelit Carols

  4. Spring Concert

    Programme to be announced.

    Tickets: £16 in advance, £18 on the door. Concessions £5. Under-16s free.

    Tickets for Spring Concert

  5. Summer Concert

    Programme to be announced.

    Tickets: £16 in advance, £18 on the door. Concessions £5. Under-16s free.

    Tickets for Summer Concert

Past concerts and repertoire

We travel well

Writtle Singers in concert dress, performing in York Minster
In concert at York Minster, 2007.

We've sung at

  • Chelmsford Cathedral
  • York Minster
  • Bolton Abbey
  • Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
  • Ingatestone Hall
  • Copped Hall, near EppingOur regular Christmas concert: log fires, and Christmas jumpers against the draughts.

And on tour in

PragueAntwerpZürichVienna

Our spring 2026 tour to Vienna was with the Valentine Singers.

Three CDs

£7 each, plus £1.50 postage and packing.

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  • Wroving CD coverWrovingMusic sung on tour
  • Wrejoice! CD coverWrejoice!Music for Christmas
  • Wrelax CD coverWrelaxMusic for voices from Tallis to Elgar

Monday evenings, 7:45 till 9:45

  1. 7:45pm

    We start

    All Saints' Church, The Green, Writtle. Every Monday in term time.

  2. The break

    Tea, and cake

    Yes, the cakes are home-made.

  3. 9:45pm

    We finish

    Members travel from as far as Dunmow, Braintree, Brentwood, Billericay and Walthamstow.

  4. After

    Often, the Wheatsheaf

    Monday night often finds us swelling the numbers in Writtle's delightful Wheatsheaf pub.

Choir members laughing over tea and cake in the rehearsal break
A tray of home-made chocolate brownies

Who we're looking for

Our members are generally experienced choral singers: confident musicianship, good tone and tuning, and a willingness to come to rehearsals regularly and well prepared.

If that sounds like you, come and sing with us at a few rehearsals first. After that there's an informal audition.

How to join

Or call our membership secretary on 07903 904011.

We sing in four parts: sopranos, altos, tenors and basses.

Basses standing and singing from their scores

At present we would be particularly pleased to welcome basses!

Keep Writtle singing

We're a registered charity (No. 1056334), and our supporters make the concerts possible.

Become a Friend of Writtle Singers

£57.50 a year

Includes a free ticket to every concert, worth £64 a year on its own.

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Also included

  • 10% off any extra tickets
  • A free drink at concerts with a bar
  • Free entry to our Come & Sing events
  • Invitations to our socials
  • A mention in the concert programme

The 50 Club. £12 a year for twelve monthly draws, with up to half the subscriptions paid out in prizes.

Join the 50 Club

Weddings and special events. We can offer groups of singers of varying sizes.

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