St Vigeans Church DD11 4RD
Choir
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The choir would welcome new members. Members meet in the church on Sundays at 10.30 a.m.(an hour before the morning service) for a short practice.
Please speak to any choir member or just go up the stairs to the organ loft to meet with them. Currently practising each Sunday 10.30 a.m. before morning worship.
St Vigeans choir is a consistently loyal group of worshippers whose regular church attendance record is outstanding. The young and older members negotiate the steep, bending stairs up to the organ gallery for 10.30 each Sunday to rehearse the hymns and choir items for that morning’s service: an Introit sung when the Bible is brought in; a longer piece during the uptake of the offering and a short verse after the three-fold Amen, allowing church members a quiet interlude before leaving. Four-part harmony (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) is rehearsed for special occasions but the emphasis each week is on all voices singing the “tune.”
Anyone who can sing in tune would be welcomed into the camaraderie of the group. |
In June 2013, The British Institute of Organ Studies awarded a Grade II certificate to St Vigeans organ, recognising it “as a good example of a Harrison and Harrison organ from 1875” – Grade II only was awarded due to tonal alterations made in the 1920s and there was a complete overhaul in 1978 under the leadership of the minister Rev. R. L. Glover, himself an organist.
The two manual organ was installed at a cost of £395 in 1875—an unusually early date for a country church in Scotland. The certificate ensures that the organ is listed in the Institute’s Register of Historic Pipe Organs, “as being an instrument of importance to the national heritage and one deserving careful preservation for the benefit of future generations.” A close inspection of the organ and its stops can be arranged for anyone interested. |
