Badminton Benefice
Festival of Music 2025
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BADMINTON BENEFICE FESTIVAL OF MUSIC 2025
Welcome to the official webpage for the Badminton Festival of Music 2025
We’re delighted to welcome you — whether as an audience member, performer, or curious visitor — to explore everything this unique festival has to offer. Taking place between May and October 2025, the festival brings together the rich musical traditions of our local communities, set against the beautiful backdrop of our historic parish churches. Here, you’ll find all the information you need about concert dates, venues, participating artists, and how to get involved. We warmly invite you to join us on this musical journey through the heart of the Cotswolds.
Opening Launch Event
"Come & Sing" - 18th May 2025 at St Mary's Church Hawkesbury
We warmly invite you to take part in our opening event at St Mary's Church, Hawkesbury — a Come & Sing celebration open to singers of all ages and abilities. Join us as we explore a variety of modern music in a relaxed and welcoming environment, with all pieces taught both by ear and with sheet music. Whether you're an experienced chorister or just love to sing, this is your chance to connect with others and make music together.
Click the link below to take part — no entry fee required, just your voice!
Who We Are
Benjamin HW Humphries - Organist and Choirmaster, Badminton Benefice
Ben enjoys a busy time playing the organ across various churches in the benefice, in addition to guest appearances at churches in Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and beyond. This role also extends to preparing the choir at St Mary's Hawkesbury for regular choral services and special feast days.
When not at the organ console, Ben also accompanies the Cirencester Singers and runs an independent production company, BHWH Productions, specialising in audio-visual production for live events including concerts, weddings, funerals and other ceremonial occasions.
Amy Garry - Voices Together & Cirencester Singers
Amy teaches singing in Gloucestershire and leads community choirs Cirencester Singers, Cirencester Singers Juniors and Churn Valley Singers. She also runs projects and workshops in schools and other settings through her organisation ‘Voices Together’.
Amy has also been a soprano in Hawkesbury Choir since 2023 and enjoys the opportunities this brings to sing in the beautiful churches within the Benefice.
Our Churches
Parishioner Gilian Davison has lovingly created a series of detailed sketches capturing the unique charm and character of the churches within the Badminton Benefice. Each drawing reflects not only the architectural beauty of these historic buildings but also the deep sense of place and community they represent. With a careful hand and a thoughtful eye, Gilian’s work offers a visual pilgrimage through the Benefice, celebrating the spiritual and cultural heritage woven into the fabric of our rural parishes.
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