DORSET’s Artsreach rural touring charity is working on a unique collaboration with the Anglo-Chilean band Quimantú and community singers from several Dorset choirs to perform Misa de los Mineros, The Miners’ Mass, in a series of concerts across the county, starting in April.

The first Dorset concert takes place in Blandford Parish Church on Friday 4th April and features the singers of Palida Choir and Shaftesbury School Choir. The concert’s second half will feature music from Quimantu’s compelling repertoire of Latin American and world music alongside songs from Palida Choir, led by Karen Wimhurst.

There will be another concert in Cerne Abbas in May and the Dorset part of the project culminates with a concert at The Exchange in Sturminster Newton in June.

The musical journey culminates in two major concerts during Refugee Week 2025, at St Paul’s Church in Covent Garden.