Music at St Mary's

St Mary's Choir

St Mary's choirSt Mary's choir is a friendly group of singers of mixed ages, which leads the worship at St Mary's.

We are keen to recruit further members. No auditions are necessary.

For further information please come to a practice any Friday in church at 8pm or contact any of the following:

Julian Zerfahs - Director of Music
Dave Miller - Organist
Oliver Mateley - Assistant Organist
Keith Wiseman - Assistant Organist

View information on the organs of St Mary's.

St Mary's recital programme

St Mary's is a popular venue for concerts in Potters Bar and a full programme is performed using local musicians. Our free Lunchtime Concerts have been running for more than 30 years and offer a popular programme of varied music and a light lunch on the first Tuesday of each month (lunches from noon, recital starts at 12:30, with lunches resuming afterwards).

Ashley Wagner Rarescale Quintessimo

The programme for 2025 is as follows:

4 February Neil Crossland - Piano
4 March Simeon Walker - Piano
Saturday 15 March 7:30pm Hertfordshire Philharmonia - Vaughan Williams: Lark Ascending, Mozart: Symphony No 40, Haydn: Symphony No 83 (La Poule), Barber: Adagio for strings
Saturday 22 March 7:30pm Potters Bar Choral Society - Handel Messiah
1 April Micheila Connolly & Damian Carter - Piano & baritone
Saturday 5 April 7:30pm Alessandro Borgomanero & Sarah-Jane Bradley – Violin & viola
6 May Anna le Hair & Arwen Turner - Piano & violin
Saturday 24 May 2pm Children's piano recital
3 June Yoon Seok Shin - Piano
Saturday 14 June 7:30pm Hertfordshire Philharmonia - Borodin: Prince Igor Overture, Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1, Brahms: Symphony No 2
Saturday 21 June 7:30pm Potters Bar Choral Society - Pastyme with good compamy
Saturday 28 June 7:30pm "Strings and Pipes"
1 July Alice Bishop & Timothy Peake - Soprano & piano
5 August Sally Quantrill & Lydia Bosworth - Flute & piano
2 September Pavlos Triantaris & Marily Kritikou - Organ & soprano
7 October Simon Philip-Mckenzie & Lewis Kelly - Viola & piano
Saturday 11 October 7:30pm Hertfordshire Philharmonia - Elgar: In The South, Binge: Saxophone Concerto, Elgar: Enigma Variations
4 November Bernice Clark - Soprano
Saturday 29 November 7:30pm Hertfordshire Philharmonia - Haydn: Symphony No 101, Hummel: Trumpet Concerto, Beethoven: Symphony No 3
2 December Vanessa White & Tom Jesty - Violin & piano
Saturday 13 December 7pm Choirs R Us Christmas concert

Recitals are at 12:30pm unless otherwise stated.

Please contact Dave Miller for more information.

For future local and national organ concerts, see www.organrecitals.uk.