Music plays an important part in the life of City United Reformed Church. Within worship, we draw upon a wide variety of styles and traditions. We are, of course, a diverse bunch of people, and it seems natural that this diversity would be reflected in the range of music, which we hope draws us together as a worshipping community. Our love and respect for our musical heritage is reflected by the fact that traditional and contemporary hymns from the denominational hymn book Rejoice and Sing account for the core of the congregation's repertoire. Alongside these, though, we include elements of world music, jazz, Taizé and songs from the Iona community and other contemporary, international and ecumenical sources.

We try to make musical activities open to everyone at City, believing that they should not be reserved for skilled and experienced musicians. Although we care about the quality of the music we make in worship, musical 'standards' are not pursued to the exclusion of all else. It is more important to us that music is made to be a meaningful experience for as many people as possible.

Led by our Music Director, Myfanwy Gibson-Evans, the Music Group, a mixed bag of instrumentalists and singers, varies in number between (approximately!) 3 and 8, according to the availability of its members. It takes part in many services, leading the congregational singing, introducing new songs and contributing items of its own to support the theme of the service. The Music Group normally rehearses at 5.30 p.m. every Wednesday and gathers at 9.45 a.m. before the Sunday service for warming up. Other occasional sessions are held to try out new music and plan the season ahead. They are always looking for new voices and new instrumentalists. Please ring the church office on (029) 2022 5190 for details, and JOIN US!

The church has a fine three manual organ, (originally by Norman and Beard and rebuilt by the Dean Organ Builders in 1985) and a Blüthner grand piano. These instruments are often used for rehearsals and concerts.