THE PEOPLE

Charles Pavey
... has been one of Powick Community Choir’s regular accompanists since 2012, Charles studied at Trinity College of Music in London and Homerton College, Cambridge. He first lived in Malvern in the late eighties when he taught at Dyson Perrins C.E. High School and was organist at the Church of the Ascension.
After teaching for seven years in Plymouth he returned to Malvern where he remains. He now teaches piano, organ and keyboard in the area and is organist and choirmaster at Holy Trinity Church in Malvern. He conducts Malvern Male Voice Choir, previously conducted Malvern Light Opera Society and was founder conductor of the St. Richard’s Hospice Singers.
Charles is an accompanist for Worcester Gilbert & Sullivan Society, having also conducted the society’s production of Ruddigore in 2013. Beyond music, Charles’ other passions are rail travel, reading, good weather and time to enjoy his garden.

Ruth Melhuish
... is a pianist, flautist and singer who studied at the Royal College of Music and Bristol University.
She trained as a music therapist at the Roehampton Institute in London in 1991 and works as a music therapy clinician and researcher, specialising in adult mental health and dementia.
Ruth is an experienced piano accompanist and chamber musician who has worked with community choirs in Worcestershire and London, and sings with the Malvern-based chamber choir Severn Voices.