visit our online listings at www.choirandorgan.com SCHOLARSHIPS & VOICE TRIALS Scholarships & voice trials Guide to cathedrals, 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 Cathedral [email protected] Scholarships cs, o www.sjcchoir.co.uk Deadline apply all year round. Canterbury, Christ Church 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 Chichester Cathedral 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 Carlisle Cathedral 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 & Derby Cathedral 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 Chelmsford Cathedral none, although (c) early Blackburn Cathedral 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 / Bristol Cathedral / (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] Ely Cathedral, in conjunction with Contact Megan Holmes 0117 331 4044, www.stpatrickscathedral.ie l.roskilly@cheltenhamcollege. King’s School, Ely [email protected] Durham Cathedral 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, Dean 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 www.choirandorgan.com SEPTEMBER 2019 CHOIR & ORGAN 55 CO0919_055-058_F_Supplement Listings (new size) x3_T.indd 55 06/08/2019 12:09:10 visit our online listings at www.choirandorgan.com SCHOLARSHIPS & VOICE TRIALS 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], Diocese 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 Parish 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) Leicester Cathedral 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