November 2018 - Choir Schools Association

Celebrations All Round At Llandaff Cathedral School!

Congratulations to The Cathedral School in Llandaff, Cardiff, which has been judged by Estyn, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate for Education and Training in Wales as ‘Excellent’ in all five inspection areas. Praising the School’s “high quality of teaching” and the “extremely high standards achieved by pupils”, the report also recognises its care, support and guidance arrangements … Continue reading →

Ely Choristers Bring Cheer to Care Home Residents

“Carefully delivered music can provide significant benefits for older people, care staff and care settings, contributing to person-centred care. We recommend that regular participatory music programmes be considered essential for all UK care homes.” Live Music in Care November 2018 Live Music in Care is a new report published earlier this month supporting the A … Continue reading →

Salisbury Outreach Launch a Triumph!

Children from three Wiltshire primary schools made sure the roof was raised at the first-ever concert for Salisbury Cathedral School’s newly founded Voices InSpire project today (Friday, 23 November). Voices InSpire was offered to all local primary schools back at the end of June, and within hours of sending out the information all six places … Continue reading →

Chetham’s launches Fit to Perform Health Programme

Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester launched Fit to Perform to support its young musicians’ physical and mental well-being in September. “A professional musician is like a high-performance athlete”, says Sergio Martínez, a doctor and former pianist specialising in musicians’ injuries in Guatemala. For performers with packed schedules of practice and performance, and particularly for … Continue reading →

Salisbury Cathedral School Announces New Scholarships

Salisbury Cathedral School is introducing a brand new set of scholarships for children entering the school in September 2019. They will be awarded on the basis of excellence in various disciplines across different areas of school life – academic, music and sport. Children will hold the awards for the duration of their time at the … Continue reading →

Reigate St Mary’s Remembers Choristers lost in the World Wars

200 pupils of Reigate St Mary’s commemorated the loss of Godfrey Searle choristers in both world wars at the Garden of Remembrance within the school’s grounds. The school archives contain poignant letters received from choristers on the front line. In 1898, Godfrey Searle, then a young stockbroker and son of a former Mayor of Reigate, … Continue reading →

Watch out for these young composers!

CSA is delighted to announce the results of its Centenary Composition Competition 2018. We have three winners! Many congratulations to Benedict Braddock and Harry L’Estrange who are joint winners of the Under 14 Age Group. Benedict, 11, is a pupil at Dean Close Preparatory School, Cheltenham and a chorister in Tewkesbury Abbey’s Schola Cantorum. 10 … Continue reading →

Pupil’s ‘First Class’ connection with WW1

Martha Pill, 5, who attends Exeter Cathedral School, is proud to unveil her family’s first-class connection with World War One, through a set of commemorative postage stamps. To commemorate the signing of the Armistice treaty on 11th November 1918, Jersey Post collated historical photographs of local people who had significantly contributed to the war … Continue reading →