On Sunday 12th June the University Chapel Choir sang for the Cathedral Service for Pentecost, singing Sicut Cervus by Palestrina and The Spirit of the Lord by Elgar as well as hymns and Stanford’s arrangement of Psalm 150. As throughout the year, the choir sang superbly under James Brown’s (Choir Director Scholar) direction.

Below are a few photographs taken during the rehearsal and after the service.

Anyone interested in applying for the Chapel Choir Director Scholarship for next academic year (2011-12) should complete the online application form by clicking on ‘Vacancies’ in the menu above.

Please note that the closing date for applications is 4pm on Wednesday 15th June and that those candidates who are short listed should be prepared to spend 15 minutes working with the choir on a liturgical piece of their choosing on Thursday 16th June, beginning at 5.30pm. After these auditions final short-listed candidates will be invited to interview at a time to be arranged in the following week.

If anyone has any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me via the ‘Contact’ page.

Welcome back after the Easter break! I hope you all had time to enjoy the weather in between writing essays, composing, preparing for performance exams and revising!

Chapel Choir begins again tomorrow, Thursday 28th April with a rehearsal from 5.30 – 6.30pm. I know that this term is a busy one with the pressure of coursework and exams, but your contribution to the Chapel through singing in the choir is very much appreciated so I hope that you will make every effort to be there as often as possible. If you know in advance that you’re not going to be able to make it, please drop me an email with plenty of notice so that we can adjust the choice of music if necessary.

Two particular dates to draw your attention to are the 26th May which is our annual service in St Augustine’s Abbey which this year actually falls on his Feast Day, and Sunday 12th June which is our third Cathedral service of the year, similar to the one at Candlemas.  You’ll also notice that on the 9th June we’re doing a Choral Evensong rather than a Chapel Eucharist for a change.

If anyone has any questions or wants to comment on anything then please don’t hesitate to drop me an email.

There is a service to mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in the Cathedral on Sunday 23rd January, to which all local choirs are invited to join together.

If you would like to be a part of this service then let me know. You will need to take your cassock and surplice with you but all music will be provided. The rehearsal is at 5pm in the Quire followed by the service at 6.30pm.

I hope that many of you will be able to be there.

This Thursday (7th October) is the first full choral service of the year.  The choir will be rehearsing at 5.30pm and leading the music at the 7pm Chapel Eucharist.  For more information on what is being sung, check the Michaelmas Term Music List.

Auditions for membership of the Chapel Choir will be held on Thursday 30th September for anyone who is interested in singing in the choir for the first time. If you were a member of the choir last year then you don’t need to re-audition.
To book an audition, follow the ‘Apply for an Audition’ on the website and fill in the requested information and I will be in contact shortly.