Greenbank Church

Links to our Music Organisations

The Church Choir          The Youth Choir           Age Gap - The Praise Band

Music in our Church

Music plays an important role in our worship at Greenbank and we are fortunate to enjoy a wide variety of styles and formats of music and related activities that take place in our church. These activities provide opportunities for church members and the local community to be involved with the church’s music, be it taking part in our musical organisations or simply listening to an extensive range of music. 

The various musical activities of the church include the following:

• The Church Choir,

• Age Gap Praise Band,

•  Monthly Recitals.

In addition we have hosted a number of concerts by outside musical organisations, most recently the Training Choir from NYCOS who gave a superb concert in our church one evening in August 2011.

The current Organist and Choir Leader is Peter Howard. If you would like to become involved with the music, or find out more about Greenbank’s musical activities, then please contact Peter via the Church Office.

Forthcoming Musical Events at Greenbank

• Saturday 21^st January 2012 at 1pm – Recital (performer to be confirmed)

• Saturday 18^th February at 1pm – Recital by John Weeks

• Saturday 17^th March at 1pm – Organ Recital by Robin Erskine

• Sunday 25^th March at 6:30pm – Songs of Praise Service with The Choir and Age Gap

• Saturday 21^st April at 1pm – Organ Recital by Peter Howard

The Church Organ 

Our services are usually led by the Allen Digital Organ (model MDS 60). A decision was taken to purchase this organ after it became apparent that a significant amount of work would be required to restore the pipe organ at great cost, and so the current organ was installed in the Church in 1996 during the 25^th Anniversary of Allen Organs.

This three-manual versatile instrument is used to lead the sung worship at morning services, weddings and funerals. It also features regularly in our recital series, where we have been fortunate to welcome a range of talented organists who have brilliantly explored the many tone colours of the organ.

The Clavinova

The Clavinova was purchased a few years ago, to help widen the variety and scope of the music here at Greenbank.  The Clavinova is capable of many functions. It can reproduce the sounds of thousands of different instruments from a Grand Piano to the Bagpipes!  It also has lots of synthesizer sounds, and memory banks of rhythms and backing music.

We use the Clavinova to accompany the Church Choir, modern hymns and worship songs and for smaller gatherings in the Church, like the Healing Service held in the Centenary Chapel.

We hold Copyright Licences from CCLI.   We have licences for song words reproduction, music reproduction, a video licence and a Performing Rights Society Licence. If you do any copying you should let the Choir Secretary know as she have to send off a list every year.

Links to our Music Organisations are

The Church Choir              The Youth Choir                 Age Gap - The Praise Band