Gainsborough is a town of 20,000 people in the north-west of Lincolnshire. The town is situated on the banks of the River Trent which forms the border between Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire. Formerly, major employers included Track Marshall and Rose Packaging and, currently, the town has many diverse small employers. The town has two outstanding architectural highlights - an Elizabethan "Old Hall" and the Parish Church.

Gainsborough has a wealth of artistic and cultural activities including a theatre club and amateur operatic society as well as a major performing venue - the Trinity Arts Centre.

Gainsborough Choral Society was founded in 1860 and is one of England's longest-established Societies. In 1991 we commissioned Dr. Colin Hand to write a choral work for us and The Gainsborough Psalms were performed later that year and were subsequently published. The Choral Society has a close association with local schools and performances regularly include concerts involving the pupils of Queen Elizabeth's High School. In addition, we often give support to the local Primary Schools' Music Festival. Our performances are at All Saints' Parish Church (connect website) in November, December and March each year.