POLYMNIA We are a chamber choir based in Olney, Bucks. The choir was formed in 2006, and is named after the Greek muse of sacred song. We perform a wide variety of music to a high standard. " Such wonderful a capella passages, ending in perfect chords" Ron Driver, University of Bedfordshire

Future Concerts

Saturday May 16th 2009, St. Mary's Church, Bletchley

Saturday June 6th 2009, St Mary's Church, Harlington

Saturday 12th December 2009, St Mary's Church, Harlington

Contact us:

We are available to sing at weddings and special events; please phone Alison Tabori on 01234 713381 or Chris Crispus Jones on 07947 722243.

For more information, or to go on our mailing list, please email us

Bedford concert, October 2007	John Byron

John Byron, Musical Director

John Byron read music at Cambridge University and is active as pianist, composer and teacher.  He has been repetiteur of the Danesborough Chorus since 1989.  He studied piano with John Bigg and Renée Reznek and has recently continued his studies with Philip Fowke.

In 1980 he was invited to participate in the Park Lane group series of concerts on the South Bank in London. His concerto repertoire is substantial, including composers as diverse as Rachmaninov, Greig, Poulenc, Schumann, Gershwin, Beethoven, Mozart and Bartòk and last year he performed the Rachmaninov Second Piano Concerto with the Milton Keynes Sinfonia in the Milton Keynes Theatre.

John has written a series of pieces for chorus and orchestra, which have been performed by the Royal Scottish Junior Chorus, the Milton Keynes Chorale, the Danesborough Chorus and the Open University Choir.  His composition for four performers at two pianos, Different Worlds, was premièred by Piano 40 in the Purcell Room in London and is due to be performed in the Royal Festival Hall.  In 2007 he was awarded a PhD from the University of Northampton; his research was on the music of the French composer Tristan Murail.