We are delighted to welcome Nigel Morris who joins us on Monday 19th January at 1pm to play an organ recital in memory of Geoffrey Holroyde, who died in December last year.

Geoffrey was the man who introduced the Teatime concerts and Monday recitals in 2008 when he was working hard to raise money for the historic organ at Holy Trinity. Geoffrey was instrumental in raising money for the organ and taking the lead on a successful bid to the National Lottery Fund which resulted in a complete restoration of the organ in 2012.

I am sure Geoffrey would be delighted to hear the 'Handel' organ that he loved so much being played by his old friend Nigel Morris… Please join us for a memorable Monday recital at Holy Trinity Gosport!

We are delighted to welcome back Lee Choral Society, directed by Richard Dewland, who bring us our annual New Year Concert and a very beautiful programme on Sunday 4th January, 3.30pm. Free entrance with retiring collection. Your donations help us to maintain our historic organ - thank you! Tea and cakes to follow.

Programme

Charpentier Messe De Minuit (extracts)

(Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei)

Mozart - Laudate Dominum

(Choir with soloist, Erin Nizolak)

Sans Dan Carol (trad. Cornish, arr. John Rutter)

Wenceslas (Choir with soloists; Erin Nizolak and Hector Walker)

• I. Wintertide

• II. Who Can That Be?

• III. Forth They Went

• IV. Winter Dark (sometimes noted as Interlude - Winter Dark)

• V. Sleeping in Winter’s Arms

• VI. Thank You

• VII. Fanfare - Winter Bright

• VIII. On St. Stephen’s Night

The Infant King arr. Willcocks

O Holy NIght - Adolphe Adams (soloist, Erin Nizolak)

LCS - Nativity Carol John Rutter

Vivaldi - Gloria,; 1st Movember, Gloria in Excelsis Deo

Biographies

In addition to our very own Richard Dewland, director of the Lee Choral Society, we are grateful to:

David Hall - a versatile musiciam who is equally at home playing cathedral evensong, running a children’s choir or directing a big band. He studied the piano with Laura Cole and Freni Cha and the organ with Anne Marsden Thomas at the Royal Acadamy of Music. In 1996, he was appointed organ scholar at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. In the following years, he played regularly at Chelmsford Cathedral and became Assistant Director of Music at Felsted School in Essex. David is now Director of Music at Twyford School in Hampshire and Musical Director of Finchcocks Piano Courses in Kent. He combines these three roles with freelance work accompanying, conducting and composing. Under his leadership, the children at Twyford School have take part in ten professional operas at Grange Park, have recorded two CDs and have sung in concert tours of France and Italy. David is the author of the interactive book and video series There’s More to Playing the Piano, which is an innovative introduction to music theory and keyboard harmony.

Erin Nizolak is an American soprano from Seattle. She earned her Bachelor of Music with a minor in English from Western Washington University, where she performed in choral concerts, art song recitals, opera scenes, and premiered a role in a newly composed operetta. She served a church cantor, finding in sacred music a space of discipline and devotion. After graduation, her family traveled to South Korea, Germany, and now England. Throughout these travels, and amid the joyful uproar of raising five children, music remained a steady thread. Erin returned to solo performance this past October at St Faith’s. She is grateful for the chance to lift her voice and share in the beauty of live music ad we are delighted that she has chosen to sing with LCS!

Hector Walker is a singer, conductor and composter from Farnham, Surrey. Having sung in choirs for as long as he can remember, including stints in the National Youth Choir and at the Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor (frequently performing at church services for Queen Elizabeth), Hector graduated from the University of Southampton in 2025 with a Bacherlor’s degree in music specialising in vocal performance, choral conducting and commercial composition. He has performed with numerous ensembles while at university, including as a baritone soloist for Faure’s Requiem with the Brockenhurst Choral Society; and as the conductor of the Southampton University Singers, the university’s largest choir, for three years. When not singing, Hector works as a music and theatre technician at Frensham Heights School and in his spare time enjoys songwriting and playing Dungeons and Dragons.

Celebrate on Christmas morning at a traditional service with hymns, incense and communion.

Join us in your beautiful parish church for an informal singalong of Christmas favourites with the piano on Christmas Eve.

Come and join us for a cosy afternoon of carols, mulled wine and mince pies in the beautiful setting of Holy Trinity and get into the Christmas spirit.

We are delighted to welcome back Gosport Solent Brass for their annual Christmas Concert at Holy Trinity.

Nothing captures the spirit of the festive season like the warm sound of a brass band at Christmas. The band will present a specially-chosen selection of concert favourites and Christmas classics as well as other Christmastime numbers, from fantastic fanfares to rousing carols. Join in for an evening of joy and celebration, with mulled wine and mince pies a-plenty, and enough tunes to leave you humming all the way to Christmas Day.

Booking information and further details can be found on the Gosport Solent Brass website. 

Conducted by David Burgess.

More details to follow…

Come and get ready for Christmas at our annual Christmas Fair on Saturday 29th November, from 10am to 2pm.

With cakes, crafts, books and jigsaws, preserves, bottle tombola, Christmas decorations, refreshments, raffles, Father Christmas and more…

We are delighted to welcome back Anthony Burns-Cox who will be bringing us his 'Organic Lunchtime Menu' next Monday, 17th November, at Holy Trinity, Gosport at 1pm! We look forward to welcoming Anthony and seeing you; a warm welcome awaits you… Anthony brings us a delicious programme of music and we look forward to sharing this with you. Free entrance with retiring collection! See you there.

Programme

Biography

At Oxford, Anthony studied with Dr Bernard Rose. An F.R.C.O., he was appointed Sub-Organist of Llandaff Cathedral and Director of Music in the Cathedral School. Later he became Organist and Choirmaster of Romsey Abbey, where he revitalised the choir.

He returned to teaching as Director of Music at Norman Court School. Foreign tours with his Choristers included recitals in Notre-Dame, Paris, and singing Sunday Mass in St Mark's, Venice. Anthony must be one of the few organists to have played the ‘cello in Chartres Cathedral: the senior choristers also used to play their instruments and on that day the cellist had fallen ill!

Since retiring from full-time Teaching. Anthony has specialised in organ playing. This has included Advanced Studies with Jacques van Oortmerssen in Amsterdam, Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin in Paris and Daniel Moult in London, which has led to an increasingly busy programme of recitals, including regular tours of Germany and France.

Everyone is warmly invited to Holy Trinity Church, Gosport (Trinity Green, Haslar Road) for our All Souls’ service on Sunday 2nd November at 3pm.

This gentle and reflective service is a chance to remember loved ones who have died. You’re welcome to have their names read out, and to light a candle in their memory.

Holy Trinity is a traditional Anglo-Catholic church, open to everyone. If you're a regular worshipper, occasional visitor or have never set foot inside a church before - we'd love you to join us.

Come and take a quiet moment of peace and remembrance with us.

We are really looking forward to next Monday's recital, 20th October at 1pm, when Joshua Hughes returns to play for us. When Joshua last played for us he was a student at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and he came to play for our annual celebration of the organ. He impressed us all! Join us to welcome him back. Free entrance with retiring collection; your donations help us to maintain our historic 'Handel' organ. Bring your lunch, sit back and start your week listening to superb music in a beautiful building. A warm welcome awaits you!

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach - Duettos, Nos. 1-4, BWV 802-805

Robert Schumann - Sketches for Pedal Piano, Op. 58, Nos. 1 and 4

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy - Fugue in E minor, WoO 13 (transcribed by Martin Schmeding)

Biography

After graduating from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire with a first-class bachelor’s degree, Joshua continued study at the Universität der Künste, Berlin, in the class of Prof. Henry Fairs. He is an Associate of the Royal College of Organists (ARCO), an Associate of the Royal Schools of Music (ARSM), and an Associate of Trinity College London (ATCL). Whilst in Germany, he played in recitals at the Marienkirche, Pauluskirche, Immanuelkirche (among others) and was able to explore the nearby Amalien organ (for which CPE Bach wrote his six organ sonatas). Highlights of this period included the opportunity to perform two recitals at the Stadtkirche St. Wenzel on the famous Hildebrandt organ, and to have premiered Szathmáry's Rubik's Cube as a semi-finalist in the 2023 Mendelssohn Hochschulwettbewerb (Mendelssohn University Competition).

Before moving to Germany, Joshua studied at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, with teachers Daniel Moult and Nicholas Wearne. Whilst at RBC, he performed with the organ department in their annual Christmas concerts, had first-hand experience on historically significant organs in France and Holland on department study trips, participated in masterclasses with Nathan Laube, Erwan le Prado, Eric Lebrun and Sietze de Vries, and performed at St Paul's Cathedral, London. During part of his undergraduate study, from 2019-2021, Joshua was also Director of Music at St Paul's Church in the Jewellery Quarter (Birmingham).

A significant part of his undergraduate studies was a semester abroad on the Erasmus Programme in the first semester of his third year, where he studied at the University of Music and Theatre "Felix Bartholdy” Leipzig, with Prof. Dr. Martin Schmeding and Johannes Trümpler.

Gosport Solent Brass bring together the ‘most powerful of art forms’, music and dance, offering an evening of classical and contemporary sounds.

Booking information and further details can be found on the Gosport Solent Brass website. 

We are delighted to welcome back Oliver Macfarlane who will be playing for us at Holy Trinity Church, Gosport, at 1pm on Monday 15th September. We always enjoy Oliver's recitals and admire his performance every time. Monday's recital features music by Buxtehude, Liszt, Saint-Saens, Jirak and Widor. Start your week in the right place at the right time: Monday 1pm at Holy Trinity Gosport. A warm welcome awaits you. FREE ENTRANCE with retiring collection; your donations help us to maintain our important historic, 'Handel' organ - thank you!

Biography

Oliver Macfarlane is an organist based in Guildford. His full-time music education began at Winchester School of Art, followed by four years at the Royal College of Music, where he gained his graduate and performing diplomas in both piano and organ. Oliver studied organ with Richard Popplewell, Gillian Weir and also at the International Summer Academy in Haarlem, Holland. In recent years he has embarked on further organ studies specialising in French repertoire with Ben van Oosten in The Hague. He has given many organ recitals including at the London churches of St Brides Fleet Street, St George's Hanover Square and St Michael's Cornhill, and also the cathedrals of Bristol, Truro, Worcester and St Giles' Edinburgh.

Currently he is Organist at Christ Church Esher, and a deputy organist for St Mary s Stoke D'Abernon, Cobham in Surrey.

Oliver Macfarlane had a career in broadcasting production with the BBC. In Television Classical Music he was series editor of performance output where his portfolio of programmes included the BBC Proms, the prestigious Young Musician of the Year competition, the conducting series Maestro, concerts from the Barbican, and several opera and ballet relays from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. In 2013 Oliver left the BBC to concentrate on playing the organ.

Tea-time concerts are back at Holy Trinity, Gosport, following our summer break during August. We start the Autumn Series with our good friends, Los Ladrones, conducted by Geoffrey Porter, and we look forward to an afternoon of fun and superb singing.

Join us to welcome the quintet on Sunday 7 September at 3.30pm to welcome them and celebrate their performance. Free entrance with retiring collection. Tea and cakes to follow… we look forward to welcoming you!

Programme

The Waterman or The Gardener's Daughter (1774) by Charles Dibdin

Extracts from The Beggar's Opera (1728) by John Gay arr. F. Austin (1920)

Biography

The Los Ladrones Vocal Quintet was established in 2013 and its membership has been stable since the start. All singers are experienced amateurs in the local operatic field. Nigel Smith is an accompanist who is in great demand. Geoffrey Porter has been Musical Director for several local operatic societies and both Solent Male Voice Choir and the Hampshire Police Male Voice Choir.

We are delighted to welcome back our annual 'treat' recital from Thailand on Monday 21st July when David Price joins us at 1pm at Holy Trinity Church, Gosport. Please join us to welcome David and enjoy his wonderful programme of music. We look forward to welcoming you there.

Programme

Biography

David Price was educated at Stockport School, where he began his musical studies under Geoffrey Barber. After A level examinations he then became a full-time student at The Royal School of Church Music, studying the organ with Martindale Sidwell, choir training with Michael Brimer, singing with Robert Poole and composition with Derek Holman. In 1963 he was awarded the 'Limpus Prize in the examination for fellowship of the Royal College of Organists, and two years later gained the Choirmaster's Diploma.

The early years of his professional career were spent back in the North West of England, where he was Head of Music at Peel Moat School, Stockport, Director of the Maia Boys' Choir, and Assistant Organist at St. George's Church, under Arthur Rooke. In 1969 he moved to East Anglia, where for 24 years he was Director of Music of Taverham Hall Preparatory School, Norwich, and for a period also Master of the Music at the Priory Church of St. Nicholas, Great Yarmouth - the largest Parish Church in England!

In 1993 he took early retirement from the chalk face be able to devote more time to examining and adjudicating work, and also private teaching. He has been a Guild Advisor for the Royal School of Church Music since 1974, and in 1996 was appointed Education & Training Officer for the Norfolk & Norwich Area. In the same year he was invited to become Master of Music at the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Norwich. For the first five years of its existence, he was an Assistant Director of the I.A.P.S. Choral Course under Ralph Allwood.

An examiner for the Associated Board since 1979, he has undertaken overseas tours in Eire, Cyprus, Hong Kong on numerous occasions, Indonesia twice, Malaysia twice, and Singapore three times whilst examining all the while extensively throughout the UK. Now retired after 36 years on the Practical Panel, he still marks theory papers online from his retirement home in Thailand!

Simply delighted to welcome back Solent Community Choir who will be singing at our tea-time concert on Sunday 6th July at 3.30pm. Regular concert goers will remember SCC's previous appearances at Holy Trinity with warmth and pleasure. They are bringing us another super music programme on Sunday, which we are sure to love. Join us for another wonderful afternoon of music in a strikingly beautiful building - tea and cake to follow. Free entrance with retiring collection; your donations will help us maintain our historic 'Handel' organ - thank you!

Programme

Sing We Alleluia

Althouse

Ave Maria

Caccini

Lullaby of Broadway

arr. Blunn

Agnus Dei

Brian Lewis

Blackbird

Lennon/McCartney arr. Snyder

What the World Needs Now

Bacharach arr. Shaw

Soloists

Kaysie Clements: God help the Outcasts

from the Hunchback of Notre Dame

Evie Laren: Slow It Down

by Benson Boone

Robson Warder: Shh!

Charles Beale, from the Jazz Piano Grade 4 book

Annabel Mathew: I wish you Love

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Blue Skies

Irving Berlin arr. Blunn

Harbour

Anna Tabbush

Both Sides Now

Joni Mitchell arr. Blunn

From Now On

The Greatest Showman arr. Blunn

High and Lifted Up

Pace Arr. Henderson

Biography

This vibrant Community Choir hails from Stubbington. Each week they gather at Holy Rood Church. The Choir is led by musicians Wendy Blunn and Nick Blunn who write a lot of their own arrangements.

There are no auditions. There is no age limit. The Choir is all about enjoying singing a variety of music together as well as a varied social event programme.

Previous tours have included: Cologne, Madrid, Budapest, Florence, Venice, Malta, Bordeaux, Bruges, Croatia. They have just returned from Poland where they sang in Krakow including in the underground salt mines. The programme is varied, from modern to the more traditional, pop, gospel, soul and lots more. They love to get out in the local community, bringing joy to others through their singing.

Join us for a summer afternoon in the beautiful surroundings of Trinity Green for a sing-a-long of some of your favourite hymns and a refreshing glass of Pimm’s. All are welcome.

Please share your favourite hymns at the link below. The most popular suggestions will be included in the hymn sheet!

We are pleased to welcome back the fabulous Gosport Solent Brass, for classical favourites, showtunes, big band numbers and lots more.

We are thrilled to welcome back Gabrielle Lewis on Monday 16th June at 1pm. Gabrielle joins us from St Andrew's Church, Calstock, Cornwall; she last played at Holy Trinity in May 2024. Gabrielle is bringing us a delightful music programme with something for all to enjoy. Bring your lunch, sit back and listen to beautiful music in a heavenly building… the best start to your week. A warm welcome awaits you. See you there!

Programme

Toccata und Fuga in A Minor

D Buxtehude (c.1637-1707)

Trio Sonata No 5 in C(BWV529)
1* Movement: Allegro

J 5 Bach (1685 - 1750)

Pastorale: To a Wild Rose Op 51 No 1
Arranged for organ by Charles P Scott

Edward Macdowell (1860-1908)

Sonata da Chiesa

Hendrik Andriessen (1887-1964)

Biography

Gabrielle Lewis grew up in Herefordshire, Teesside and Shropshire, then read music at Reading University, graduating with a BA (Hons) in 1986.

Since then she has trained and worked as a teacher of music, at Devonport High School for Girls in Plymouth, then privately in addition to other work. She studied the piano from an early age and the organ from teenage years, having lessons with Paul Derrett, John Longstaff, Kevin Bowyer and Graham Williams and gaining the ALCM, LRSM and ARCO diplomas. At present she is organist in the parish of Calstock and tutors organ, piano, singing and flute. Previously she has been Director of Music at the Church of the Ascension, Crownhill, Plymouth and since living in Cornwall from 1986, has had opportunities to perform, including organ recitals locally and around the country, choir accompaniment and orchestral/continuo playing.

Join us for our annual Summer Fete, a fun-filled day for all the family with stalls, bouncy castle, face-painting, ice cream and more.

Bring your friends, neighbours and the whole family – everyone’s welcome!

We are delighted to welcome back Stubbington U3A Choir, conducted by Jay Deeble, who will be performing for us at our tea-time concert on Sunday 1st June starting at 3.30pm. They are bringing us a super music programme, full of old favourites from many countries across the world. Join us to welcome Jay and the Choir - a warm welcome awaits you. Free entrance; your donations will help us to maintain our historic 'Handel' organ. Tea and cakes to follow!

Programme

East, West - Home's Best

Biography

Our choir is part of the University of the Third Age movement, where: We do something brilliant today.

We draw from the local U3A centres of Fareham, Gosport, Locks Heath and Stubbington. We meet weekly on Monday afternoons at the Hall on Mays Lane, Stubbington. We sing songs of all kinds: Folk songs, Traditional songs, Gospel songs, Songs from the Shows, and anything else we fancy!

Our conductor is Jay Deeble and our accompanist today is Azalia Nugaleva. Both are well known and respected local musicians. You may already have come across them somewhere else, with another hat on.

We enjoy singing for other people and sharing our music. Thank you for having us.

We are thrilled to welcome back, John Collins, who will be playing another unique organ recital for us at Holy Trinity Church, Gosport, starting at 1pm. John's recitals are always very special, bringing us music from his specialist repertoire. Please join us to welcome him and enjoy his playing. Bring your lunch, sit back and enjoy another remarkable half hour of music played on our historic Handel organ. A warm welcome awaits you!

Programme

Biography

John Collins has been organist at Christ Church, Worthing, since June 2017. Before, this he was at St George's Worthing, from June 1984.

Special interests include: the Iberian, Italian and English keyboard repertoires from ca. 1500-1830, in which areas he gives regular recitals, and undertakes research and lectures for the Royal College of Music, Royal Academy of Music and Royal College of Organists.

John regularly publishes articles and reviews of scores and CDs for a number of Journals, assists David Patrick of Fitzjohn Music in editing and publishing English 18th century voluntaries, and frequently translates texts from Spanish and Portuguese for academic institutions and publishers in Spain, Portugal, Brazil and the UK.

We are delighted to welcome back Gosport Solent Brass for their Spring Concert: An Evening of Magic and Fantasy. 

At this concert of epic magical and fantasy film themes, the band opens the gates to the world of Harry Potter, The Lord of The Rings, Ghostbusters, Hook, Into The Woods, Pirates of the Caribbean and Disney's Fantasia plus many, many more.

Tickets are £11.55 for Adults and £9.92 for Concessions

Biography

Gosport Solent Brass prides itself in providing quality music for concerts and civic events across Gosport and Hampshire. As of January 2025, the band is ranked in the First Section of the West of England Brass Band Association and annually competes in the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain and occasionally at local contests across the South.

Families are warmly invited to come and join for a free Easter Egg Hunt on Trinity Green on Easter Day.

Children can explore the grounds surrounding the church to find the brightly coloured plastic eggs and then collect their chocolate egg reward.

Each child will be able to collect up to two plastic eggs per session. There will be three sessions of 30 minutes long, between 2 and 2.30pm, 2.30 and 3pm, and 3 and 3.30pm. Between each session the plastic eggs will be hidden again.

Refreshments will be available. All are welcome.

Conducted by Stuart Hales.

More details to follow…

We are delighted to welcome back Liz le Grove and Paul Hart on Monday 17th March at Holy Trinity Church, Gosport, starting at 1pm. A marriage made in heaven, this organ and trumpet recital promises to be very special indeed. The music programme is unique to our recital series and includes one of Liz le Grove's own compositions. Please join us to enjoy and celebrate these two awesome musicians for a half hour of gorgeous music in the splendid surroundings of this beautiful church. A warm welcome awaits you - bring your lunch, sit back, relax and enjoy the music.

Programme

Biographies

Paul Hart began playing the bugle in a marching band at the age of nine years. He then progressed to playing the trumpet in school and county bands. He joined the Royal Marines School of Music in 1987, after being impressed by the Royal Marines’ performance at the Royal Tournament. He initially studied cornet and violin at the School of Music, before transferring to solo cornet. During his period of training he won several prizes, including the Bronze medal for the Cassel Prize.

He passed out of training early and joined Commader-in-Chief Fleet Band. After this he was drafted back to the Royal Marines School of Music Staff Band at Deal, until the closure of Deal Barracks in 1996. He became Principal Cornet of the Royal Band and then Solo Cornet Instructor at the Royal Marines School of Music. He passed his promotional course for the rank of Sergeant in 2000, gaining the Dip ABRSM diploma in conducting. He also holds the CT ABRSM qualification in instrumental teaching and the LTCL diploma in Trumpet Performance. During his time in the Royal Marines he played many solos at prestigious venues and events, including at the Royal Albert Hall and for an estimated audience of eleven thousand at the International Festival of the Sea.

Paul left the Royal Marines Band Service in 2004, to pursue a career in performing and instrumental teaching. He teaches brass and conducts for Southampton Music Services. He has been Director of Music for the Southampton Concert Brand and Assistant Director of Music for the Southampton Youth Brass Band, which he has conducted during tours to China and France. He frequently performs as a soloist at concerts and recitals.

Elizabeth Le Grove grew up in Suffolk. She studied music at the University of Wales, Bangor, and was awarded a Bachelor of Music honours degree in 1980. She then spent three years as Assistant Organist at Bangor Cathedral, before taking the Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) course at Durham University. In 1984 she was awarded the PGCE, together with the Royal College of Organists’ Fellowship qualification (FRCO) and diploma in choral training and conducting (CHM). She later gained the M Phil degree for musical analysis.

She taught at schools and colleges before being appointed in 1996 to the post of Director of Academic Music, Higher Training at the Royal Marines School of Music. Here, she taught on the Bandmasters’ Course and she was Course Leader for the Royal Marines School of Music Bachelor of Music honours and Master of Music degree programmes. In 2004 she completed a Doctorate in Education at the Institute of Education, University of London. She retired from the Royal Marines School of Music in 2023. She is Director of Music at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Hambledon, and she plays the organ regularly in concerts, recitals as well as church services.

In 2004 Paul and Elizabeth made a trumpet and organ CD entitled Celestial Trumpet. This was followed by a second CD two years later, entitled Golden Trumpet. Both recordings are on the Clovelly label.