The Benefice considers its musical tradition to be very important and maintains a small choir under the direction of Jane Brown.
Its current membership is made up entirely of retired people so it holds its practices on Friday afternoon at 4.00pm and meets in the church where the 10.30 service is held. 
It also occasionally joins St Mary's choir either at Richmond or within our benefice for special choral occasions.
Anyone wishing to join the choir can either ask after a service or contact us for more information, or simply turn up to join at a choir practice which is usually held in the church where the following Sunday's service will be held.
Nunc Dimittis
Do have a look at this video of St James, Melsonby with a lovely setting of the Nunc Dimittis sung by Churchwarden Ian Black