About Our Choir

Founded 1926, the Society currently has around 80+ members from throughout the West Midlands. Performances of two major classical choral pieces are in March/April and November, coupled with a Christmas Concert of seasonal words and music and a Summer Concert generally in July, with lighter and more varied pieces, often including some by contemporary composers.

Our History

The choir, originally called the Wombourne Choral Society, was founded in 1929 by Harry England. Formerly a professional baritone, he had been headmaster of Enville School near Kinver, and organist of Enville Church. Following Harry’s death in 1942 in his late eighties, Miss Groves, head of music at the Technical High School, became the choir’s second conductor. She left the district in 1958 and was then succeeded by Dennis Powell who remained the conductor until 1993. (At some stage the original Wombourne Choral Society changed its name to Wombourne and District to reflect the fact that many of its members come from much further afield.)