Gloucestershire based Sabrinensis was conceived in 2017, with the idea of combining singing and the spoken word. Initially our concert focused on poets, often with a Gloucestershire connection: Ivor Gurney, John Clare, FW Harvey (Gloucester Three Choirs Festival 2019) and Edward Thomas (Gloucester Three Choirs Festival 2023). The name Sabrinensis comes from the Roman name Sabrina, the goddess of the River Severn which flows through Gloucestershire on its way to the sea. The word Severn is an Anglicisation of the word Sabrina.