The English Choral Experience, directed by Paul Spicer, is back for their eighteenth, and sadly, their final week. They will be rehearsing their usual wonderful variety of music by Purcell, Stanford, Todd, Wetherell, Wesley, a piece by the assistant conductor Thomas Mottershead and, finally, Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem.

The week will culminate in on Saturday 27 July at 7.00pm in the Abbey (free entry but donations welcome).

The Consort will also sing Compline on Thursday 25 July at 9.15pm and will lead the Eucharist service on Sunday 28 July at 10.30am.

During the week the Abbey will be open (9.30am - 6.00pm) for visitors to come and listen and also to see the exciting multi media exhibition, which makes this week into a mini Arts Festival.

There will be an Artist in Residence, Mariette Voke, working during the week and on Friday there will be demonstrations of stone carving by Lottie O’Leary and metal sculpture by Rachel Higgins.

The exhibition also includes paintings by Julienne Braham and Brontë Woodruff, fabrics by Abigail Bury, weaving and photographs by Monica Darnbrough, glass by Margaret Johnson, pottery by Merryn Lloyd and textiles by Jan White.