Choir at Stogursey '04 - click to view

Choir at Dorchester '02 - click to view

The Phoenix Singers started life in Devon during 1971 and has since become a prominent chamber choir in the Southwest. Now based in Taunton, members come from a wide regional area. The concert repertoire has expanded enormously over recent times, made possible by the ability and vast experience of the choir's members. With its very eclectic approach to styles and periods of choral music including various contemporary composers and arrangers, The Phoenix Singers performs programmes that often have religious themes and draws heavily on the composers of the 16th and 20th centuries. However, the summer concert always has a decidedly light-music content, with wine and food in close support. Of the two annual Christmas events the first at St. Mary Magdalene Church, Taunton, will involve guest performers from local schools and colleges or performing groups from further a-field and the second, just several days before Christmas, is the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at Taunton School Chapel.