Announcements

The Trustees Annual Report (TAR) and Accounts for 2023 has been added to the About Us page on the website and will be reviewed at the AGM.

The Annual General Meeting of the West Gallery Music Association, Registered Charity number 1171664 will be held on Saturday 8th June 2024.

The new Red Book 3rd Edition is now available. It is A4 portrait coil bound to lie flat on a music stand. Details can be found via the link on

Details of and the booking form for the 2023 WGMA Autumn Singing Weekend have been added on a dedicated webpage accessed via the Calendar.

General Meeting of the West Gallery Music Association, Registered Charity number 1171664While it had been intended that this meeting would be held during May this has not proved practicable.The trustees

More details on the RISM database solution that the WGMA is looking at for use as a possible Anthems Database. The information contains some background material and two videos of

A new facility has been added to allow members and others to access Recordings made by the WGMA at events over many years. These recordings were made at West Gallery

A new article has been added on the Smithson Manuscript which has recently been found and to which Francis Roads has been given access. This can be found under the

A new article on Frances Anne Head (1788-1847) and her Choral Psalmody (1840) has been added based on research carried out by Tam Mucklow. This can be found under the

A new article on Country Psalmody in Cumbria has been added based on research carried out by Paul Guppy.

Paul Guppy has produced a new music book with material drawn from the National Chartist Hymn Book (c. 1840).

On 25th June, The Madding Crowd gathered at Brook in the New Forest to sing the Anacreontic Song at the request of Viral History. This song was the signature tune of the Anacreontic Society, a Gentlemen’s Glee