The KELVEDON SINGERS now have no connection save their history with the town in which they were started nearly 40 years ago. Most of the present members have been singing together for many years, but welcome new members who share their sheer enjoyment of singing. Members come from a wide area of South Suffolk and North Essex and perform in churches and other venues for many different charities. Their repertory is broad: from Elizabethan madrigals and church music to spirituals and jazz. They often perform with instrumentalists and guest soloists and always welcome invitations to new venues.

The choir has for many years travelled in the Lot region of France, giving concerts in villages and singing mass at Cahors Cathedral. They were touched when told by an elderly Frenchman that he had been "as near heaven as he expected to be in life" when listening to them. On four occasions in recent years, the choir has also sung the weekend services in Ely Cathedral during the annual vacation of the resident choir.

The choir's director CHRISTOPHER PHELPS trained as a chorister and pianist at Gloucester, where he also studied organ with the famous organist-composer Herbert Sumsion. Chris trained at the Royal College of Music, going on to win international prizes for his conducting and working in Armagh, Vienna, Salzburg and Italy. After many years as Course Tutor and Head of Conducting at Colchester Institute, Chris now works freelance as a teacher and composer. He has recently recorded his own orchestral transcriptions of a César Franck organ work for the ASV CD label, conducting the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.