We are a Community Choir welcoming all voices! We love to sing at community events. Our vision is to bring 'The joy of singing' .....and we see that on The faces of The people we engage with from all walks of life. We also put on a couple of variety conc...  moreWe are a Community Choir welcoming all voices! We love to sing at community events. Our vision is to bring 'The joy of singing' .....and we see that on The faces of The people we engage with from all walks of life. We also put on a couple of variety concerts each year raising funds for various needy causes.  

We are a Community Choir welcoming all voices! We love to sing at community events. Our vision is to bring 'The joy of singing' .....and we see that on The faces of The people we engage with from all walks of life. We also put on a couple of variety conc...  moreWe are a Community Choir welcoming all voices! We love to sing at community events. Our vision is to bring 'The joy of singing' .....and we see that on The faces of The people we engage with from all walks of life. We also put on a couple of variety concerts each year raising funds for various needy causes.  

Heartwood sings original arrangements of songs whose murky origins stretch back centuries and centuries, songs our grannies taught us and modern classics from The thriving contemporary folk scene.

Miracle Sound in The Chorus contest of The European Barbershop Convention 2009, singing "It's Only A Paper Moon" and "If I Had My Way"

The Major Minors Children's Choir were awarded The HVCS Children's Chorus Cup in The Hutt Valley Performing Arts Society Open Choir Category competition held on Wednesday 17 July 2013 in Lower Hutt,  New Zealand. We did it! We bet last year's scor...

Poem by John Gillespie Magee, Jr. Video: Ritvars Bluka Style: Līga Banga Live Performance at Latvian National Museum of Arts "High Flight" Oh! I have slipped The surly bonds of Earth and danced The skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I’ve c...  morePoem by John Gillespie Magee, Jr. Video: Ritvars Bluka Style: Līga Banga Live Performance at Latvian National Museum of Arts "High Flight" Oh! I have slipped The surly bonds of Earth and danced The skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined The tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung High in The sunlit silence. Hov’ring There, I’ve chased The shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air . . . Up, up The long, delirious burning blue I’ve topped The wind-swept heights with easy grace Where never lark, or ever eagle flew — and, while with silent, lifting mind I’ve trod The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand, and touched The face of God. www.latvianvoices.lv  less

Verse anThem by Henry Purcell sung by The dwsChorale Also known as The Bell AnThem Rejoice in The Lord alway, and again I say rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men The Lord is at hand! Be careful for nothing but in everything by ...  moreVerse anThem by Henry Purcell sung by The dwsChorale Also known as The Bell AnThem Rejoice in The Lord alway, and again I say rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men The Lord is at hand! Be careful for nothing but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving let your requests be known unto God and The peace of God, which passeth all understanding shall keep your hearts and minds through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Words from Philippians IV. vv. 4 - 7)  

An excerpt from Never a Brighter Star, a Christmas concert November 17, 2018. At The Aula Simfonia Jakarta

This was us appearing at The Mid Somerset Festival in March 2013 in The Female Choir Class. We came second!

Founded in 2012, The 50-voice intergenerational women’s Chorus, Belle Voci, has been using choral performances as a means for social good by supporting causes that primarily benefit women.  The community-based ensemble includes “coll...