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 ELY PHOTO LIBRARY Key: c = chorister, cs = choral scholar, Contact (c & cs) Peter Foggitt o = ([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 Scholarships c (boys) Trials Mr Nethsingha is available to hear potential applicants all year round A Contact Juliet Francis 01223 760193, Aberdeen, St Andrew’s Cathedral [email protected] Scholarships cs, o www.sjcchoir.co.uk Deadline apply all year round. Canterbury, Christ Cathedral Contact Christopher Cromar, master of Scholarships c (boys) music 01224 640119, Open days St Edmund’s School & [email protected] House www.cathedral.aberdeen.anglican.org Trials By appointment, throughout the year Contact Flood 01227 865242, BangorB Cathedral [email protected] Young choristers at Scholarships c (boys & girls; incl. funding www.canterbury-cathedral.org/worship/ for instr & vocal tuition and exam fees), cs, o choir Gap yes Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral Contact Philip Rushforth 01244 500974, Contact Roger Muttitt, director of music, Deadline none Scholarships c, cs & o [email protected] [email protected] Open morning (Sing with the Gap yes www.chestercathedralchoir.co.uk www.stchads.ac.uk/college/activities/choir Choristers) at regular intervals, apply for Trials by appointment at various points Cathedral details through the year Scholarships c, o Auditions by appointment Contact Dominic Neville 07727 138621, Trials throughout the year E Contact Paul Booth 01248 354015, [email protected], Edinburgh, Fettes College Contact Richard Paterson 01243 812487, [email protected] [email protected] Scholarships o [email protected] www.bangorcathedral.org.uk www.cardiffcathedralchoir.org Contact Tracy Doig 0131 311 6706 Birmingham Cathedral Cathedral www.chichestercathedral.org.uk www.fettes.com Scholarships c (boys & girls), cs (men & Scholarships c (boys & girls), cs (men) Edinburgh, St Mary’s Episcopal women) Gap yes D Cathedral in conjunction with St Gap yes Deadline none Mary’s Music School, Edinburgh Contact David Hardie, head of music, Contact Veronica Stockdale, Music dept Scholarships c (girls and boys from Scholarships c (boys & girls 9-13), [email protected] administrator 01228 547916, year 3), cs, o (for students at Derby, cs (male & female), o www.birminghamcathedral.com [email protected] , Birmingham or any other Deadline none, although (c) early www.carlislecathedral.org.uk local universities), o application preferred Scholarships cs, o Cathedral Trials The director of music is happy to Auditions (c) Nov, Feb, May; advisory Gap students or recent post-grads Scholarships c (boys & girls), cs (incl hear from applicants all year round. auditions and trials for younger years all Contact John Robinson 01254 277 442, juniors 15-18 yrs), o Contact Alexander Binns 07760 766199, year round. [email protected] Gap yes [email protected] Trials (cs) all year round, (o) Feb www.blackburncathedral.com Contact Brighton College Deadline See website www.derbycathedral.org (c) Mary Walls, admissions Trials Dublin, Christ Church Cathedral Scholarships cs, o (boys & girls) (o) autumn, (cs) autumn and spring, secretary, 0131 5387766, Scholarships Gap yes (post-grad) (c) throughout the year c (girls), cs, o [email protected]; also Gap Contact Admissions Dept, 01273 704200, Contact Elspeth Manders 01245 294481, yes for younger years 7 to 9 [email protected] [email protected] Contact Ian Keatley +353 1 677 8099, www.stmarysmusicschool.co.uk /study/ www.brightoncollege.org.uk www.chelmsfordcathedral.org.uk [email protected] choir-school University / / Cheltenham College www.christchurchcathedral.ie (cs), (o) Duncan Ferguson, / St Paul’s, Clifton Scholarships c (11+, 13+, 16+), cs, o Dublin, St Patrick’s Cathedral [email protected] Scholarships c, o Contact Director of music, Gordon Scholarships c (boys), o www.cathedral.net Contact Megan Holmes 0117 331 4044, Busbridge 01242 265600, busbridge. Contact Stuart Nicholson, director of Ely Cathedral, in conjunction with [email protected] [email protected]; music +353 1 453 9472, King’s School, Ely www.bris.ac.uk/music/scholarships (11+) Mrs Lucinda Roskilly 01242 522639, @stpatrickscathedral.ie Scholarships c (boys years 3–8; Bristol, Clifton Cathedral l.roskilly@cheltenhamcollege. www.stpatrickscathedral.ie girls years 7–11); sixth form awards (boys Scholarships cs (men & women 16+), o org; (13+, 16+) Ms Annalouise McQuilkin and girls years 12-13); o (sixth form) Gap yes 01242 265 662, Scholarships c (boys & girls), cs, o Deadline applications anytime; formal Trials by appointment [email protected] Trials by appointment. trials (girls) Jan, (boys) Feb/Mar Contact Richard Jeffrey-Gray, www.cheltenhamcollege.org Contact Daniel Cook 0191 386 4766, Contact (boys) Edmund Aldhouse, [email protected] Cheltenham, Close School [email protected] [email protected] (also for www.facebook.com/cliftonmusicservice Scholarships c, o www.durhamcathedral.co.uk informal pre-trial); (girls and all sixth form) Contact 01242 258070 Durham University, St Chad’s College Sarah MacDonald sarahmacdonald@ www.deanclose.org.uk Scholarships cs, o (12 choral scholarships kingsely.org for informal pre-trial; CambridgeC University (all colleges) Chester Cathedral available plus two organ scholarships, each Admissions staff 01353 660702, Scholarships c (boys – King’s & St John’s Scholarships c, cs worth £1,000 p.a.) [email protected] only – contact individual colleges), cs (men Deadline Auditions are available Trials Auditions in Mar prior to the start of www.elycathedral.org, & women), o throughout the year the academic year, and in Oct. www.kingsely.co.uk

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Exeter Cathedral ANDREW FORBES London, St Paul’s Cathedral School Scholarships c (boys and girls), Scholarships c (boys) cs (counter-tenors or contraltos, t, b – Open day 13 Oct 2020 through Exeter University or gap), o Gap yes Gap sometimes (cs) Contact Clare Morgan 020 7248 5156, Be a chorister for the day 28 Nov 2020 [email protected] Deadline www.spcslondon.com as soon as possible (cs & o) London, Trials (c) late Jan; (cs) any time by Scholarships cs, o arrangement Contact Ian Keatley 020 7367 6703, Contact (c) Katharine Pearce 01392 susanna.bloomfield@ 255298, [email protected], southwark.anglican.org www.exetercs.org; www.southwark.anglican.org (cs & o) Timothy Noon 01392 430923 London, Temple Church [email protected] Scholarships c (boys) www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk Deadline none Trials throughout the year Contact Liz Clarke 020 7427 5650, G [email protected] Glasgow Cathedral (St Mungo’s or www.templechurch.com High) London University, King’s College Scholarships cs (men and women), o London Gap yes (students and postgrads) Aaron Hawthorne is the new organ scholar at Glasgow Cathedral Scholarships cs (men & women), o Deadline Apply anytime Contact Joseph Fort, 020 7848 2333, Contact Andrew Forbes, [email protected] [email protected] Metropolitan Cathedral www.kcl.ac.uk/choir www.glasgowcathedral.org Scholarships c (boys & girls), cs, o London University, Royal Holloway Scholarships cs (men & women), o Glasgow, St Bride’s Episcopal Church LancingL College Contact Jacqueline Larrosa, 07775615589, Contact Rupert Gough 01784 414970, Scholarships cs (alto, tenor, bass) Scholarships cs (boys & girls age 13+/year [email protected] Gap yes www.liverpoolmetrocathedral.org.uk [email protected] 9), o (16+/year 12) www.chapelchoir.co.uk Deadline Applications accepted all year- Deadline mid-Dec before year of entry Scholarships c London, Laban Conservatoire round and trials arranged accordingly. Contact Mrs Sarah Linfield, 01273 465805, of Music and Dance Contact Contact Richard Moorhouse 029 2057 Rebecca Tavener 07801 239596, [email protected] Scholarships cs (12 Trinity College London [email protected] 5218, [email protected] www.lancingcollege.co.uk www.llandaffcathedral.org.uk choral scholarships p.a., for male and female https://stbridesglasgow.wordpress.com (RC) Cathedral / Leeds London, All Church, Fulham undergrad. and postgrad. students) University / Huddersfield University / Scholarships cs, o Contact Ralph Allwood, Scholarships c (boys 2020; girls and boys Leeds College of Music Contact Organist and director of music, [email protected] 2021) www.ornc.org/chapel-choir Scholarships cs (men & women, all voice Jonathan Wikeley 07966 969746, Deadline Apply anytime London, University of Greenwich parts), o. Also available: schools choral [email protected] (contact Contact Helen Sims 01452 508212, Scholarships c (David Fussey Choral scholarships, and choral conducting anytime for further information) [email protected] www.allsaints-fulham.org.uk Exhibition, available to any student already scholarships www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk London, Dulwich College enrolled on a full-time course at the Deadline none, but early in the year is Scholarships c (boys), cs, o University of Greenwich) advisable Deadline 30 Sep each year Scholarships c (boys 7-13, girls 9-18), o Contact Mrs Elsa Tatevossian Trials Contact Chris Shelley, director of student Deadline (boys) Oct, (girls) by on application [email protected] Contact (cs) Jessica Shears, www.dulwich.org.uk and academic services, 020 8331 8905, appointment, (o) please enquire [email protected] Trials (boys) Nov, (girls) by appointment, of Leeds Music Office London, Royal Hospital, Chelsea Scholarships The Royal Hospital www.greenwich.ac.uk/choir (o) see website [email protected]; London, Organ Scholarship (£4,250 bursary and Contact -Williams 01483 (o) Benjamin Saunders 0113 244 8634 Scholarships c (boys only, incl. school www.dioceseofleedsmusic.org.uk accommodation at low rent, age 18-27) 547866, [email protected] Contact bursaries) Leeds Church / Leeds University William Vann, organist and Chorister experience days www.guildford-cathedral.org director of music, 020 7881 5249, / Leeds College of Music 10 Oct 2020, 13 Mar 2021 [email protected] Scholarships c, o Deadline enquiries welcome throughout www.chelsea-pensioners.org.uk Contact Simon Lindley 0113 255 6143, the year HamptonH Court Palace, London, St George’s (RC) Cathedral, (mob) 07860 293591, Contact (c) 020 7654 4981, Chapel Royal Southwark [email protected] [email protected], Scholarships c (boys), cs, o Scholarships c (boys & girls) www.leedsparishchurch.org.uk Deadline [email protected] Contact Carl Jackson 020 3166 6516, End of April. Trials www.abbeychoirschool.org [email protected] Annual auditions for boys & girls London, Scholarships cs (men & women), take place during May. www.chapelroyal.org Scholarships c (boys 8-13), o Contact Norman Harper, director of Hampton School c (boys & girls) Open day please enquire Contact Christopher Ouvry-Johns music, 020 7928 5256, Contact Lucy Augar, registrar, choir school Scholarships cs (in conjunction with the [email protected] Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace) 0116 261 5374, 020 7798 9081, [email protected] www.southwark-rc-cathedral.org.uk [email protected] Contact Iain Donald, director of music London, St Martin-in-the-Fields http://leicestercathedral.org www.westminstercathedralchoir.com 020 8783 4200, Scholarships cs (SATB), o Cathedral [email protected] Deadline please enquire www.hamptonschool.org.uk Scholarships c (boys and girls), Contact Cathy Martin 020 7766 1108, M cs (sixth form; alto, tenor, bass) [email protected] Scholarships Scholarships c (boys), cs (a, t, b – one of Contact Saundra Slater, registrar at the www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org c (boys & girls), o Deadline each, lasting 1 year), o (annual) Cathedral School, 01543 306168, s.slater@ London, St Mary’s Battersea none Voice trials by arrangement with the Gap yes lichfieldcathedralschool.com Scholarships cs (SATB), o director of music Deadline www.lichfield-cathedral.org, Contact Tyrone Whiting none; enquire anytime Contact Christopher Stokes www.lichfieldcathedralschool.com [email protected] Contact Geraint Bowen 01432 374238, 0161 833 2220 Liverpool Anglican Cathedral www.stmarysbattersea.org.uk [email protected] London, St Paul’s Cathedral www.manchestercathedral.org www.herefordcathedral.org Scholarships cs (men & women) (£3,500 Scholarships c (boys), o pa + free accommodation in Cathedral Chorister experience day and Scholarships c, o (scholarships for sixth- Close), o (£5,000 pa + accommodation) Open day 13 Oct 2020 Newcastle,N Cathedral Church of formers from the locality) Deadline please enquire Deadline (c) enquiries welcome St Nicholas Deadline enquiries always welcome Contact Lee Ward, director of music, 0151 throughout the year, (o) see website Scholarships c (in partnership with Contact Michael Haynes 01434 602031, 702 7291, Contact (c) Angela Palotai, 020 7236 6883, Newcastle School for Boys, Gosforth, for [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] boys entering Years 3 to 8); cs (men and www.hexhamabbey.org.uk www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk www.stpauls.co.uk women a, t, b in full-time education, from

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£2,012 pa + fees and free singing tuition; music David Halls, and assistant director Warwick, St Mary’s Collegiate four services per week); o S of music John Challenger, are also able to Church Contact Michael Stoddart 0191 232 1939, offer an informal ‘pre-audition’. Scholarships c (boys attending Warwick [email protected], Scholarships o Contact (c, o) David Halls 01722 555125, Junior and Senior Schools), o michael.stoddart@ Gap yes – pre-university, undergrads [email protected]; (c) Kathy Davies Deadline 31 Dec stnicholascathedral.co.uk and postgrads considered (bursary and 07979 378926, chorister.recruitment@ Trials Jan, but the director of music is www.stnicholascathedralmusic.co.uk fees of c.£14-15,000 pa and rent-free salcath.co.uk available to hear potential choristers all accommodation (s/c 1-bed flat)). bit.ly/1TJczdc, bit.ly/32oNTC9 year round. Scholarships c, cs Contact Lizzie Smyth 01727 890245, Shrewsbury School Contact Oliver Hancock 01926 403940, Contact Tracy Bigwood 01603 218 306, [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Scholarships c (boys & girls), o www.cathedral.org.uk www.stalbanscathedral.org Contact Stephen Williams 01743 280580, www.stmaryswarwick.org.uk Nottingham, St Mary the Virgin St Andrews University [email protected] www.warwickschool.org.uk Scholarships cs, o Scholarships cs (men & women), o www.shrewsbury.org.uk Contact John Keys, director of music, Trials by appointment Southwell Cathedral Scholarships cs (men), c (boys & girls), o Trials scholarships@stmaryschoirnottingham. Contact Chris Bragg 01334 462226, Scholarships o ongoing Contact com [email protected] Contact Paul 01636 817297, music office 01749 674483 www.wellscathedral.org.uk www.stmaryschoirnottingham.com www.stsalvatorschapelchoir.co.uk [email protected] Cathedral St Cathedral www.southwellminster.org.uk Scholarships c (boys & girls) Scholarships cs, o Stowe School O Voice trials workshop (boys) Jan , St Edward’s School Gap undergrads & postgrads Scholarships Music scholarship (ages Trials (boys) by appointment Scholarships Music scholarship (13+ Contact Oliver Waterer 01437 720128 13 & 16) Auditions (girls) Mar and 16+) [email protected] Contact Admissions 01280 818323 Contact Choirs administrator 01962 Open days 2 main open days and a regular www.stdavidscathedral.org.uk www.stowe.co.uk 857219, choirs@winchester-cathedral. mini-open day per term Contact Registrar Nicola Jones 01865 org.uk; Ali Dugdale, The Pilgrims’ School Scholarships c (boys), cs (sixth formers, 319200, director of music Alex Tester, 01962 854189, male c-t, t, b), o [email protected] TewkesburyT Abbey [email protected] Gap yes (but no accommodation) www.stedwardsoxford.org Scholarships c (boys), cs (men), o www.winchester-cathedral.org.uk, Oxford University Open days none; get in touch to organise Contact Simon 01242 258000, www.thepilgrims-school.co.uk Scholarships c visit [email protected] Winchester College Contact Owen Rees 01865 279173 Deadline none; enquire anytime www.scholacantorum.org.uk Scholarships c, o www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/orgscholars Trials By appointment Contact Malcolm Archer or Ali Dugdale Oxford, Magdalen College Contact Richard Cook 01284 748737, Scholarships c (boys & girls), cs (a, t, at The Pilgrims’ School (for Quirister places Scholarships c (boys 7-12 yrs, held at [email protected] only) 01962 854189, b), o Magdalen College School), cs (undergrad), www.stedscathedral.co.uk [email protected] Deadline as soon as possible o (2 for undergrads) Salford, St John’s (RC) Cathedral www.winchestercollege.org Gap enquire Contact Scholarships cs (men & women) Director of music 01872 276782, Winchester, Pilgrims’ School Deadline early September Deadline none [email protected] see (above) Contact 01865 286701, Contact www.trurocathedral.org.uk Windsor Castle, St George’s Chapel [email protected] Martin Barry 0161 443 4104 www.magdalencollegechoir.com www.salforddiocese.org.uk/music/ Scholarships c (boys, age 7-9), o cathedral-choir W Contact (o) Office 01753 848888, Cathedral [email protected]; (c) Music administrator 01753 848797, PortsmouthP Cathedral Scholarships c (boys & girls), o Scholarships c (boys & girls) [email protected] Scholarships c (boys 7-14 and girls Deadline please enquire Recruitment & trials Tests take place at www.stgeorges-windsor.org 11-18), cs (c-t, t, b), o Trials see website any time of year, but the main recruitment Gap yes (or while studying at the Be a chorister for the day Oct time is May/Jun to Sep Scholarships Universities of , Chichester Voice trials workshop 7 Nov 2020 Contact Thomas Moore c (boys & girls), cs (A, T, or Southampton) Voice trials Jan & Feb 01924 373923, thomasmoore70@ B), o Gap Deadline (c) Oct each year, (cs, o) Oct & Deadline please enquire googlemail.com cs, o (pre- & post-university) Be a chorister for an afternoon Feb each year Informal pre-audition Director of www.wakefieldcathedral.org.uk Trials (c) by appointment, (cs, o) Nov & (boys) 22 Nov 2020 & 7 Mar 2021; (girls) Mar each year 23 Jan 2021 Contact Dr Music scholar at St Edward’s School, Oxford Deadline choral and organ scholarships 023 9282 3300 ext. 225, are advertised in Nov; closing date will be [email protected] advised in the application pack. Choristers www.portsmouthcathedral.org.uk (boys & girls): please direct enquiries to Samuel Hudson at any time. Contact Samuel Hudson, director of RadleyR College music, 01905 732916, Scholarships c (boys, yrs 2-8; music [email protected] scholarships yr 9), o (yr 12) www.worcestercathedral.co.uk Deadline (c) anytime; Wycliffe College (music scholarships, o) Jan 2021 Scholarships c (boys & girls), cs (boys Trials (c) termly & girls) Contact Sam Gladstone 01235 543034, Deadline please enquire [email protected] Contact Fiona Lawson-Best 01453 820412, www.radley.org.uk [email protected] www.wycliffe.co.uk Scholarships c (boys & girls) Deadlines none; enquire anytime Trials By appointment at any time YorkY Minster Contact 01765 603496, Scholarships c (boys & girls, at Minster [email protected] School), cs (a, t, b, normally with York www.riponcathedral.org.uk Univ.) Rugby School Gap in special circumstances Scholarships cs (13+), o (16+) Deadline enquire any time Contact Richard Tanner, director Trials as advertised of music, 01788 556207, Contact Robert Sharpe, director of music, [email protected] [email protected] www.rugbyschool.net SCHOOL EDWARDS ST COURTESY www.yorkminster.org www.choirandorgan.com SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2020 CHOIR & ORGAN 45