John Moore Quire Concert at Shrewsbury Unitarian Church 13 March

Music Of the 18th & 19th centuries will be performed in a period costume concert at Shrewsbury Unitarian Church on Friday 13th March at 7.30pm.

Before church organs became the norm, music was performed by small groups of singers and instrumentalists.  The musicians were usually local people who played for all manner of events and celebrations so alot of the music draws on village dance tunes as well as religious themes. It's the music that people of Jane Austen's and Charles Darwin's time would have heard in their churches. Known as West Gallery Music, the tunes and words are kept alive by groups or Quires around the UK.

The John Moore Quire is Shropshire based and named after a Wellington composer born in 1820. Members of the Quire wear period costumes and introduce the stories behind the songs and tunes.  Admission is free.  There will be a retiring collection for funds to maintian the historic church building.

www.ukunitarians.org.uk/shrewsbury