visit our online listings at www.choirandorgan.com SCHOLARSHIPS & VOICE TRIALS Scholarships & voice trials Guide to , churches, universities and schools offering places for choristers, choral scholars and organists B. EALOVEGA Key: c = chorister, cs = choral scholar, o Contact (c & cs) Daniel Trocmé-Latter, = organ scholar [email protected]; Gap = offers opportunities for gap (o) Andrew Arthur, [email protected] year students www.cam.ac.uk/admissions/ Listings are by town/city, then undergraduate/musicawards by the name of the institution, Cambridge, St John’s College eg London, Westminster Abbey Scholarships c (boys) Trials Mr Nethsingha is available to hear potential applicants all year round Contact Juliet Francis 01223 760193, Aberdeen,A St Andrew’s [email protected] Scholarships cs, o www.sjcchoir.co.uk Deadline apply all year round. Canterbury, Christ Cathedral Contact Andrew Morrisson 01224 640119, Scholarships c (boys) [email protected] Open days St Edmund’s School & Choir www.cathedral.aberdeen.anglican.org House Trials 9 Nov, and also by appointment Contact David Flood 01227 865242, david. BangorB Cathedral [email protected] www.canterbury-cathedral.org/worship/choir Scholarships c (boys & girls; incl. funding Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral for instr & vocal tuition and exam fees), cs, o Choral scholars at King’s College, Cambridge Scholarships c, cs & o Gap yes Gap yes Deadline none Trials Open morning (Sing with the by appointment at various points through the year Scholarships c, o Choristers) at regular intervals, apply for E Contact Dominic Neville, 07727 138621, Trials throughout the year Edinburgh, Fettes College details [email protected], Contact Paul Legrave 01243 812487, Scholarships Auditions by appointment o [email protected] [email protected] Contact Contact Paul Booth 01248 354015, Tracy Doig 0131 311 6706 www.cardiffcathedralchoir.org www.chichestercathedral.org.uk [email protected] www.fettes.com Edinburgh, St Mary’s Episcopal www.bangorcathedral.org.uk Scholarships Birmingham Cathedral c (boys & girls), cs (men) Cathedral in conjunction with St Gap yes D Scholarships c (boys & girls), cs (men & Mary’s Music School, Edinburgh Deadline none women) Scholarships c (girls from year 5 and boys Scholarships c (boys & girls 9-13), Contact Veronica Stockdale, Music dept Gap yes from year 3), cs, o (for students at Derby, cs (male & female), o administrator, 01228 547916, Contact David Hardie, head of music, Nottingham, Birmingham or any other Be a chorister for the afternoon 15 Nov [email protected] [email protected] local universities), o 2019 (deadline 1 Nov); April www.carlislecathedral.org.uk Trials The director of music is happy to Deadline www.birminghamcathedral.com Cathedral none, although (c) early hear from applicants all year round. Scholarships c (boys & girls), cs (incl application preferred Scholarships cs, o Contact Alexander Binns 07760 766199, Auditions juniors 15-18 yrs), o (c) Nov, Feb, May; advisory Gap students or recent post-grads [email protected] Gap yes auditions and trials for younger years all Contact Samuel Hudson 01254 277 442, www.derbycathedral.org Deadline See website year round. [email protected] Dublin, Christ Church Cathedral Trials (o) autumn, (cs) autumn and spring, Trials (cs) all year round, (o) Feb www.blackburncathedral.com Scholarships (c) throughout the year c (girls), cs, o Contact (c) Mary Walls, admissions Brighton College Gap Contact Elspeth Manders 01245 294481, yes secretary, 0131 5387766, Scholarships c, o (boys & girls) Contact [email protected] Ian Keatley +353 1 677 8099, [email protected]; also Gap yes (post-grad) www.chelmsfordcathedral.org.uk [email protected] for younger years 7 to 9 Contact Sandy Chenery 01273 704341, Cheltenham College www.christchurchcathedral.ie www.stmarysmusicschool.co.uk /study/ [email protected] Dublin, St Patrick’s Cathedral Scholarships c (11+, 13+, 16+), cs, o choir-school www.brightoncollege.net Contact Director of music, Gordon Scholarships c (boys), o Bristol University / / (cs), (o) Duncan Ferguson, Busbridge 01242 265600, busbridge. Contact Stuart Nicholson, director of St Mary Redcliffe / St Paul’s, Clifton [email protected] [email protected]; music +353 1 453 9472, Scholarships c, o www.cathedral.net (11+) Mrs Lucinda Roskilly 01242 522639, [email protected] , in conjunction with Contact Megan Holmes 0117 331 4044, www.stpatrickscathedral.ie l.roskilly@cheltenhamcollege. King’s School, Ely [email protected] org; (13+, 16+) Ms Annalouise McQuilkin Scholarships c (boys years 3–8; www.bris.ac.uk/music/scholarships 01242 265 662, Scholarships c (boys & girls), cs, o Bristol, Clifton Cathedral girls years 7–11); sixth form awards (boys [email protected] Trials by appointment. Scholarships cs (men & women 16+), o Contact Daniel Cook 0191 386 4766, and girls years 12-13) www.cheltenhamcollege.org Gap Gap yes Cheltenham, Close School [email protected] sometimes Trials Deadline none, applications anytime by appointment Scholarships c, o www.durhamcathedral.co.uk Contact Contact Richard Jeffrey-Gray, Contact 01242 258070 Durham University, St Chad’s College (boys) Edmund Aldhouse, [email protected] www.deanclose.org.uk Scholarships cs, o (12 choral scholarships [email protected] (also www.facebook.com/cliftonmusicservice Chester Cathedral available plus two organ scholarships, each for informal pre-trial); (girls) Sarah Scholarships c, cs worth £1,000 p.a.) MacDonald sarahmacdonald@ C Deadline Auditions are available Trials Auditions in Mar prior to the start of kingsely.org for informal pre-trial; Cambridge University (all colleges) throughout the year the academic year, and in Oct. Admissions staff 01353 660702, Scholarships c (boys – King’s & St John’s Contact Philip Rushforth 01244 500974, Contact Roger Muttitt, director of music, [email protected] only – contact individual colleges), cs (men [email protected] [email protected] www.elycathedral.org, & women), o www.chestercathedralchoir.co.uk www.stchads.ac.uk/college/activities/choir www.kingsschoolely.co.uk

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Exeter Cathedral Leeds (RC) Cathedral / Leeds Deadline End of April. London, Trinity Laban Conservatoire Scholarships c (boys and girls), University / Huddersfield University / Trials Annual auditions for boys & girls of Music and Dance cs (counter-tenors or contraltos, t, b – Leeds College of Music take place during May. Scholarships cs (12 Trinity College through Exeter University or gap), o Scholarships cs (men & women, all voice Contact Norman Harper, director of London choral scholarships p.a., for male Gap sometimes (cs) parts), o. Also available: schools choral music, 020 7928 5256, and female undergrad. and postgrad. Be a chorister for the day 30 Nov 2019 scholarships, and choral conducting [email protected] students) Deadline as soon as possible (cs & o) scholarships www.southwark-rc-cathedral.org.uk Contact Ralph Allwood, London, St Martin-in-the-Fields Trials (c) late Jan; (cs) any time by Deadline none, but early in the year is [email protected] Scholarships cs (SATB), o arrangement advisable www.ornc.org/chapel-choir Deadline please enquire Contact (c) Mrs Lucy Lewis, Exeter Trials on application London, University of Greenwich Contact Jasmine Oakes 020 7766 1142, Contact (cs) Jessica Shears, Scholarships Cathedral School, 01392 422763, [email protected] c (David Fussey Choral [email protected], of Leeds Music Office Exhibition, available to any student already [email protected]; www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org www.exetercs.org; London, St Mary’s Battersea enrolled on a full-time course at the (o) Benjamin Saunders 0113 244 8634 (cs & o) Timothy Noon 01392 430923 Scholarships cs (SATB), o University of Greenwich) [email protected] www.dioceseofleedsmusic.org.uk Contact Deadline 30 Sep each year Leeds Church / Leeds University Tyrone Whiting www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk Contact Chris Shelley, director of student / Leeds College of Music [email protected] www.stmarysbattersea.org.uk and academic services, 020 8331 8905, Scholarships c, o London, St Paul’s Cathedral [email protected] Contact Simon Lindley 0113 255 6143, GlasgowG Cathedral (St Mungo’s or Scholarships c (boys), o www.greenwich.ac.uk/choir (mob) 07860 293591, Chorister experience day and London, Westminster Abbey High) [email protected] Open day 8 Oct 2019 Scholarships c (boys only, incl. school Scholarships cs (men and women) www.leedsparishchurch.org.uk Deadline (c) enquiries welcome bursaries) Gap yes (students and postgrads) throughout the year, (o) see website in Chorister experience days Deadline Apply anytime Scholarships cs (men & women), autumn 2019 5 Oct 2019, 14 Mar 2012 Contact Andrew Forbes, c (boys & girls) Contact (c) Angela Palotai Deadline enquiries welcome throughout [email protected] Contact Christopher Ouvry-Johns 020 7236 6883, the year www.glasgowcathedral.org 0116 261 5374, chris.ouvry-johns@leccofe. [email protected] Contact (c) 020 7654 4981, org www.stpauls.co.uk [email protected], Scholarships c (boys), o http://leicestercathedral.org London, St Paul’s Cathedral School [email protected] Gap yes (cs, o) Scholarships c (boys) www.abbeychoirschool.org Deadline Scholarships c (boys and girls), Open day 2 Oct 2018 Apply anytime London, Westminster Cathedral Trials (o) tba, (c) 28 Feb 2020 cs (sixth form; alto, tenor, bass) Gap yes Scholarships c (boys 8-13), o Contact Helen Sims 01452 508212, Chorister for a Day 19 Jan 2019 Contact Clare Morgan 020 7248 5156, Open day please enquire [email protected] Trials 2 Feb 2019 [email protected] Contact Lucy Augar, registrar, choir school www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk Contact Saundra Slater, registrar at the www.spcslondon.com 020 7798 9081, Cathedral School, 01543 306168, s.slater@ London, Scholarships [email protected] Scholarships c (boys & girls), o lichfieldcathedralschool.com cs, o Contact Ian Keatley 020 7367 6703, www.westminstercathedralchoir.com Contact Katherine Dienes-Williams 01483 www.lichfield-cathedral.org, www.lichfieldcathedralschool.com susanna.bloomfield@ 547866, southwark.anglican.org [email protected] Liverpool Anglican Cathedral Scholarships cs (men & women) (£3,500 www.southwark.anglican.org ManchesterM Cathedral www.guildford-cathedral.org London, Temple Church pa + free accommodation in Cathedral Scholarships c (boys & girls), o Scholarships c (boys) Close), o (£5,000 pa + accommodation) Deadline none Deadline none Deadline please enquire Voice trials by arrangement with the HamptonH Court Palace, Trials throughout the year Contact Lee Ward, director of music, 0151 director of music Chapel Royal Contact Liz Clarke 020 7427 5650, 702 7291, Contact Christopher Stokes Scholarships [email protected] c (boys), cs, o [email protected] 0161 833 2220 Contact Carl Jackson 020 3166 6516, www.templechurch.com www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk London University, King’s College www.manchestercathedral.org [email protected] Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral London www.chapelroyal.org Scholarships c (boys & girls), cs, o Scholarships cs (men & women), o Hampton School Contact Sarah O’Keeffe (music Contact Joseph Fort, 020 7848 2333, N Scholarships Newcastle, Cathedral Church of cs (in conjunction with the administrator) 0151 708 7283, [email protected] Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace) [email protected] St Nicholas www.kcl.ac.uk/choir Scholarships Contact Iain Donald, director of music www.liverpoolmetrocathedral.org.uk London University, c (in partnership with 020 8783 4200, Llandaff Cathedral Royal Holloway Newcastle School for Boys, Gosforth, for [email protected] Scholarships c Scholarships cs (men & women), o boys entering Years 3 to 8); cs (men and www.hamptonschool.org.uk Contact Richard Moorhouse 029 2057 Contact Rupert Gough 01784 414970, women a, t, b in full-time education, from 5218, [email protected] [email protected] £2,012 pa + fees and free singing tuition; 4 Scholarships c (boys), cs (c-t, t, b – one of www.llandaffcathedral.org.uk www.chapelchoir.co.uk services per week); o each, lasting 1 year), o (annual) London, All Saints Church, Fulham Gap yes Scholarships cs, o Deadline none; enquire anytime Contact Organist and director of music, ’s organ scholar Contact Geraint Bowen 01432 374238, Jonathan Wikeley 07966 969746, [email protected] [email protected] (contact www.herefordcathedral.org anytime for further information) www.allsaints-fulham.org.uk Scholarships c, o (scholarships for sixth- London, Dulwich College Scholarships formers from the locality) c (boys), cs, o Contact Deadline enquiries always welcome Mrs Elsa Tatevossian Contact Michael Haynes 01434 602031, [email protected] [email protected] www.dulwich.org.uk London, Royal Hospital, Chelsea www.hexhamabbey.org.uk Scholarships The Royal Hospital Organ Scholarship (£4,250 bursary and L accommodation at low rent, age 18-27) COURTESY EXETER CATEHDRAL Lancing College Contact William Vann, organist and Scholarships cs (boys & girls age 13+/year director of music, 020 7881 5249, 9), o (16+/year 12) [email protected] Deadline mid-Dec before year of entry www.chelsea-pensioners.org.uk Contact Mrs Sarah Linfield, 01273 465805, London, St George’s (RC) Cathedral, [email protected] Southwark www.lancingcollege.co.uk Scholarships c (boys & girls)

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Contact Michael Stoddart 0191 232 1939, Deadline (c) anytime; Salford, St John’s (RC) Cathedral Deadline 31 Dec [email protected], (music scholarships, o) Jan 2020 Scholarships cs (men & women) Trials Jan, but the director of music is michael.stoddart@ Trials (c) termly Deadline none available to hear potential choristers all stnicholascathedral.co.uk Contact Sam Gladstone 01235 543034, Contact Martin Barry 0161 443 4104 year round www.stnicholascathedralmusic.co.uk [email protected] www.salforddiocese.org.uk/music/ Contact Thomas Corns, 01926 403940, www.radley.org.uk cathedral-choir [email protected] Scholarships c, cs www.stmaryswarwick.org.uk Contact Tracy Bigwood, 01603 218 306, Scholarships c (boys & girls) Scholarships c (boys & girls), o www.warwickschool.org.uk [email protected] Deadlines none; enquire anytime Deadline (boys) 11 Jan 2019, (girls) 25 Jan www.cathedral.org.uk 201, (o) please enquire Scholarships cs (men), c (boys & girls), o Nottingham, St Mary the Virgin Trials By appointment at any time Trials (boys) 19 Jan 2019, (girls) 2 Feb Be a chorister for the day 12 Oct 2019 Scholarships cs Contact Andrew Bryden 01765 603496, [email protected] 2019, (o) Sep 2019 (auditions) – see Deadline autumn 2019 Contact John Keys, director of music, Salisbury Cathedral website www.riponcathedral.org.uk Trials ongoing scholarships@stmaryschoirnottingham. Be a chorister for the day Rugby School 12 Oct 2019 Contact music office 01749 674483 com and 10 Oct 2020 (children in Years 2,3 & 4) Scholarships cs (13+), o (16+) www.wellscathedral.org.uk www.stmaryschoirnottingham.com Voice trials workshop (Years 2, 3 & 4) Contact Richard Tanner, director 9 Nov 2019 and 7 Nov 2020 of music, 01788 556207, Scholarships c (boys & girls) Voice trials (boys in Years 3 & 4) 18 Jan Be a chorister open afternoon (boys) Oxford,O St Edward’s School [email protected] 2020; (girls in Years 3 & 4) 1 Feb 2020 taster afternoon & Evensong Scholarships Music scholarship (13+ www.rugbyschool.net Deadline please enquire 10 Nov 2018; (girls) 9 Feb 2019 and 16+) Informal pre-audition Director of music Voice trials workshop Open days 2 main open days and a regular (boys) 26 Jan 2019 David Halls, and assistant director of music Trials (boys) by appointment mini-open day per term StS Albans Cathedral John Challenger, are also able to offer an Contact Registrar Nicola Jones 01865 Auditions (girls) 9 Mar 2019 Scholarships o informal ‘pre-audition’. 319200, director of music Alex Tester, Contact Choirs administrator 01962 Gap yes – pre-university, undergrads and Contact (c, o) David Halls 01722 555125, [email protected] 857219, choirs@winchester-cathedral. postgrads considered (bursary and fees of [email protected]; (c) Kathy Davies org.uk; Ali Dugdale, The Pilgrims’ School www.stedwardsoxford.org 07979 378926, chorister.recruitment@ Oxford University c.£14-15,000 pa and rent-free accommoda- 01962 854189, salcath.co.uk Scholarships c tion (s/c 1-bed flat)). [email protected] Deadlines enquiries welcome; bit.ly/1TJczdc, bit.ly/32oNTC9 Contact Owen Rees 01865 279173 www.winchester-cathedral.org.uk, 1 Oct 2019 for Sep 2020 www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/orgscholars Scholarships www.thepilgrims-school.co.uk Oxford, Magdalen College Contact Lizzie Smyth 01727 890245, cs (a,t,b, normally with Winchester College University of Sheffield or Sheffield Hallam Scholarships c (boys 7-12 yrs, held at [email protected] Scholarships c, o University), o Magdalen College School), cs (undergrad), www.stalbanscathedral.org Contact Deadline 16 Mar, but Thomas Corns is Malcolm Archer or Ali Dugdale o (2 for undergrads) St Andrews University available to hear potential candidates all at The Pilgrims’ School (for Quirister places Gap enquire Scholarships cs (men & women), o year round. only) 01962 854189, admissions@pilgrims- Deadline early September Deadline 1 May 2019; (overseas students) school.co.uk Contact 01865 286701, Contact Thomas Corns 0114 263 6069, 31 Jan 2019 [email protected] www.winchestercollege.org [email protected] Trials 23 Feb 2019 (London); by appoint- Winchester, Pilgrims’ School www.magdalencollegechoir.com www.sheffieldcathedral.org ment (St Andrews) Shrewsbury School see Winchester Cathedral (above) Contact Chris Bragg 01334 462226, Scholarships c (boys & girls), o Windsor Castle, St George’s Chapel [email protected] Contact Kathryn Burningham, 01743 Scholarships c (boys, age 7-9), o PortsmouthP Cathedral www.stsalvatorschapelchoir.co.uk 280583, [email protected] Contact (o) Chapter Office 01753 848888, Scholarships c (boys 7-14 and girls www.shrewsbury.org.uk [email protected]; 11-18), cs (c-t, t, b), o Scholarships cs, o Southwell Cathedral (c) Music administrator 01753 848797, Gap yes (or while studying at the Gap undergrads & postgrads Scholarships o [email protected] Universities of Portsmouth, Chichester Contact Oliver Waterer, 01437 720128 Contact Paul 01636 817297, www.stgeorges-windsor.org or Southampton) Deadline (c) Oct each year, (cs, o) Oct & [email protected] [email protected] www.stdavidscathedral.org.uk www.southwellminster.org.uk Scholarships c (boys & girls), cs (A, T, B), o Feb each year Gap Trials Stowe School cs, o (pre- & post-university) (c) by appointment, (cs, o) Nov & Be a chorister for an afternoon Mar each year Scholarships c (boys), cs (sixth formers, Scholarships Music scholarship (ages Contact Dr David Price male c-t, t, b), o 13 & 16) (boys) 24 Nov 2019; (girls) 18 Jan 2020 Deadline 023 9282 3300 ext. 225, Gap yes (but no accommodation) Contact Admissions 01280 818323 choral and organ scholarships [email protected] Open days none; get in touch to organise www.stowe.co.uk are advertised in Nov; closing date will be www.portsmouthcathedral.org.uk visit advised in the application pack. Choristers Deadline none; enquire anytime T (boys & girls): late January 2020, but please Trials By appointment Tewkesbury Abbey direct enquiries at any time to Nicholas RadleyR College Contact James Thomas 01284 748739, Scholarships c (boys), cs (men), o Freestone, as a late place may be available. Contact Nicholas Freestone, assistant Scholarships c (boys, yrs 2-8; music [email protected] Contact Simon Bell 01242 258000, sabell@ director of music, 01905 732917, scholarships yr 9), o (yr 12) www.stedscathedral.co.uk deanclose.org.uk www.scholacantorum.org.uk nicholasfreestone@worcestercathedral. org.uk St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh, offers choristerships for boys and girls Scholarships c (boys & girls), cs (a, t, b), o www.worcestercathedral.co.uk Deadline as soon as possible Wycliffe College Contact Director of music 01872 276782, Scholarships c (boys & girls), cs (boys [email protected] & girls) www.trurocathedral.org.uk Deadline please enquire Contact Fiona Lawson-Best 01453 820412, [email protected] www.wycliffe.co.uk WakefieldW Cathedral Scholarships c (boys & girls) Recruitment & trials Tests take place at Y any time of year, but the main recruitment time is May/Jun to Sep Scholarships c (boys & girls, at Minster Contact Thomas Moore School), cs (a, t, b, normally with York 01924 373923, thomasmoore70@ Univ.) googlemail.com Gap in special circumstances www.wakefieldcathedral.org.uk Deadline enquire any time Warwick, St Mary’s Collegiate Trials as advertised Church Contact Robert Sharpe, director of music, Scholarships c (boys attending Warwick [email protected]

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