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Abbey Choristers Celebrate Terry Wogan
Westminster Abbey choristers will be singing later this morning at the Service of Thanksgiving for Sir Terry Wogan KBE DL. The service will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 2, on air from 11.30am. Speakers will include Ken Bruce, who will read W B Yeats’ The Song of Wandering Aengus; Chris Evans will give a … Continue reading →
Cathedral Attendance Growing
Congregations are growing in our Cathedrals along with the number of children attending organised educational events. Over half of more than 330,000 young visitors were aged under 11. https://www.churchofengland.org/media/2859050/2015_cathedral_statistics.pdf
Ely Releases New Chorister Video
Take a look at Ely’s new video which captures chorister life at King’s School Ely and Ely Cathedral. https://t.co/QvluSoYXL7 Beautiful and original!
Farewell and thank you Choristers!
More than 200 boy and girl choristers from CSA Member schools and cathedrals have sung their last Evensong in the last few days before moving on to pastures new. Well done and thank you for all the hard work, commitment and talent you have brought to your time in the choir stalls. CSA hopes you enjoy the next … Continue reading →
Choristers Sing for Her Majesty!
The choristers of St Paul’s were joined by choristers from the Chapel Royal for a very special thanksgiving service for Her Majesty The Queen’s 90th Birthday on 10 June. And didn’t they do well?! The choristers loved every minute of being part of such a wonderful occasion with the music playing a central part in … Continue reading →
Sporting Winners!
Congratulations to choristers from St Martin’s Ampleforth for their victories at the annual CSA Sports and Choral Evensong event recently. For the third year in succession the Girls’ Choir Rounders Team and the Boys’ Choir Football Team were the winners at this year’s competition hosted by Lincoln Minster School. After the sporting events the combined … Continue reading →
David Flood is new COA President
Dr David Flood, Master of the Choristers and Organist at Canterbury Cathedral since 1988, became President of the Cathedral Organists’ Association earlier this month. He succeeded Martin Baker, Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral, and will hold the post for three years. David was Assistant Organist at Canterbury before moving to Lincoln in 1986. He received an … Continue reading →
WACKy Racers raise £7k!
Chorister mum Roxanna Panufnik and friends have just cycled 26.5 miles from Windsor to Westminster Abbey to raise money for the FCM’s Diamond Fund for Choristers! So far their total is £7k but it’s not too late to contribute at http://www.justgiving.com/Diamond-Cycle Well done the WACKy team!
Choir Schools and Outreach
More than 85% of CSA members are doing outreach work to promote the creative arts in their communities. It’s five years since the government’s National Singing Programme (Sing Up) finished, but the majority of Chorister Outreach Programmes (COP) are still in place. Most run programmes to promote singing in primary schools but many also include … Continue reading →
Exeter Chorister is 2016 ‘Composer’
12 year-old Theo Collins, a pupil at Exeter Cathedral School and a chorister at the Cathedral, is the 2016 winner of CSA’s David Willcocks Composition Competition for choristers. Theo and his parents enjoyed a trip to Portsmouth to hear his introit ‘Sing a New Song’ performed for the first time by Portsmouth Cathedral Choir at … Continue reading →