Welcome to

Bromley Parish Church

Pentecost

St. Peter & St. Paul of Bromley, Kent

Church Road, Bromley, Kent, BR2 0EG

020 8464 5244

The Choir

The church has a long and rich musical tradition which it maintains to the present day.

The Choir of Bromley Parish Church

Bromley Parish Church Choir helps to lead the worship every Sunday and on many other Feast days and church occasions. It is composed of volunteer boy and girl choristers from the local area, together with a committed group of adult singers of all voice parts.

The choir also undertakes tours both in the UK and abroad and has recently sung at Westminster Abbey, Southwark and Rochester Cathedrals and in Limburg, Germany.

Several CD recordings have recently been issued by the choir, including a disc of Christmas Carols.

Choristers

The volunteer choristers at Bromley Parish Church usually join the choir at the age of 7-11, and many have little or no previous musical experience. They rehearse before every sung service and on Thursday evenings. The Director of Music, Tom Corns, welcomes enquiries from children and their parents at any time. To see some of the many benefits of being a chorister or for more information click here.

Adult Singers

Bromley Parish Church Choir has a thriving adult membership of sopranos, altos, counter-tenors, tenors and basses, and we are always keen to hear from adults (including students and sixth-formers) who may be interested in singing with our choir. Please look at our music list to see what the choir is singing this term. A regular schedule of rehearsals and services follows. For further information, please contact the Director of Music, Tom Corns, by e-mailing music@bromleyparishchurch.org , or phoning 07984 032701.

Choir weekly rehearsal and service pattern

Thursday	6.30-8.00pm:	Choristers rehearse

Thursday	7.30-9.15pm:	Adults rehearse

Sunday	9.40-9.55am:	Choristers rehearse
morning	9.55-10.15am:	Full rehearsal
	10.30am:	Eucharist

1st, 3rd & 5th	5.30-6.15pm:	Full rehearsal
Sunday	6.30pm:	Evensong
evening

2nd Sunday	5.30-6.15pm	Full rehearsal
evening	6.30pm:	Evening service

4th Sunday	No rehearsal or sung service
evening

Director of Music

Bromley Parish Church has had a distinguished tradition of musical directors over the past 50 years, including:

Mary Walker	1947-1966
Michael Bailey	1966-1997
Neil Cockburn	1997-2000
Henry Fairs	2000-2004

Thomas Corns was appointed as Director of Music in June 2004.

Assistant Organist

Peter Spencer’s invaluable work as Assistant Organist has spanned some eighteen years.

Organ Scholarship

Bromley Parish Church offers the opportunity for a young organist (often a sixth-former) to work closely with the choir and music staff of Bromley Parish Church. Initially a one year position, the successful candidate will be given hands-on experience of choir-training, accompanying and voluntary playing and receives subsidised organ lessons from the Director of Music. The Organ Scholarship is currently vacant for the academic year 2006-2007 . For further information, please contact the Director of Music, Tom Corns, by e-mailing music@bromleyparishchurch.org or phoning 020 8464 5244.

Choral Scholarship

Bromley Parish Church is offering a Choral Scholarship for the academic year from September 2006. This award would be ideal for student singers of sixth-form age or above. For further details, please contact the Director of Music, Tom Corns, by emailing music@bromleyparishchurch.org or phoning 020 8464 5244.

The Organ

The Bromley Parish Church organ, built by J.W. Walker & Sons Ltd., was designed to support congregational worship, to accompany a traditional choir, and to be a worthy recital instrument for use alone or with other instruments. It has 3 manuals and pedals, 40 speaking stops, 6 couplers, 3 tremulants, and comprises 55 ranks with 2,708 pipes. The manual and pedal actions of the organ are mechanical; the stop control is electro-magnetic with a solid state capture combination action. The instrument was made and first assembled in Walker’s workshops at Brandon, before being dismantled and installed in the Church. The new gallery woodwork was also made by the organ builder.

The organ cases, gallery and carved pipeshades were designed by David Graebe. They are made of American red oak, with hand-carved pipeshades of American basswood. Various materials from many countries were selected for the construction: American maple for the main structure, and poplar for carcassing and framework; American basswood for the manual keyboards; Western red cedar for the trackers; African obeche for the wood pipes; African blackwood for the sharp keys and drawstop knobs. The natural keys are covered with cow bone. The action parts are made variously of Hornbeam and American maple, aluminium, titanium, and phosphor bronze, according to their particular functions. The organ weighs approximately 12 tons and is maintained by Martin K Cross. David Sanger acted as consultant.

Specification of the 1991 Organ by J.W. Walker & Sons Ltd.

Great Organ		Choir Organ
Bourdon	16’	Open Diapason	8’
Open Diapason	8’	Stopped Diapason	8’
Chimney Flute	8’	Principal	4’
Principal	4’	Open Flute	4’
Harmonic Flute	4’	Nazard	2 2/3’
Fifteenth	2’	Gemshorn	2’
Fourniture	IV	Tierce	1 3/5’
Double Trumpet	16’	Fourniture	III
Trumpet	8’	Trumpet	8’
Cornet	V	Cremona	8’
Tremulant		Tremulant
Swell to Great		Swell to Choir
Choir to Great

Swell Organ		Pedal Organ
Diapason	8’	Open Diapason	16’
Viole de Gamba	8’	Subbass	16’
Voix Celeste	8’	Quint	10’ 2/3’
Stopped Flute	8’	Principal	8’
Gemshorn	4’	Bass Flute	8’
Flageolet	2’	Choral Bass	4’
Mixture	IV	Mixture	IV
Bassoon	16’	Contra Trombone	32’
Trumpet	8’	Trombone	16’
Hautboy	8’	Trumpet	8’
Tremulant		Swell to Pedal
		Great to Pedal
		Choir to Pedal

Accessories

Drawstop – Gt & Ped combs cpld

Drawstop – Gens on Swell composition pedals

8 x 6 Divisional Pistons

8 x 6 General Pistons

Sequencer (working independently from Generals)

Advance & Retard Pistons below all three Manuals & either side of Swell Pedal

Mechanical key action.

Electric Stop action.

The Choir's trip to Nabburg

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