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The Great Witley Operatic Society started out as the Choir of Great Witley Women's Institute in the 1940s, but in 1952 it became independent, and staged a performance of HMS Pinafore.

No longer a 'Village Choir', the Society now attracts fine singers from all parts of Worcestershire for its annual staged performances at the Swan Theatre in Worcester, where the ever popular music of Gilbert and Sullivan features strongly.

In recent years the repertoire of the Great Witley Operatic Society has expanded considerably, and this special Golden Jubilee concert includes music from a wide range of Musical Theatre, from Grand Opera and Viennese Operetta through to American Musicals, and of course some Gilbert & Sullivan.

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Britain's finest Baroque Church.  St. Michael and All Angels Church, Great Witley,  A443 Worcester - Tenbury Wells road, 10 miles north-west of Worcester.    As the parish church for the villages of Great Witley and Little Witley  it is used regularly for services and concerts. The church is open to visitors daily. The church, now almost fully restored, displays a splendour which is unique amongst country churches in Britain, with exquisite gilded decorations throughout, numerous paintings by Antonio Bellucci, ten painted glass windows depicting scenes from the New Testament, highly decorative carving and a large monument by Rysbrack. It also has a fine organ, its case being from the instrument on which Handel played.   Many musicians consider its acoustics for music to be as fine as any building of its size outside London