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 ELY CATHEDRAL PHOTO LIBRARY PHOTO CATHEDRAL ELY Key: c = chorister, cs = choral scholar, Contact (c & cs) Peter Foggitt o = 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 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 Church Cathedral Contact Christopher Cromar, master of Scholarships c (boys) music 01224 640119, Open days St Edmund’s School & Choir [email protected] House www.cathedral.aberdeen.anglican.org Trials By appointment, throughout the year Contact David Flood 01227 865242, BangorB Cathedral [email protected] Young choristers at Ely Cathedral 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 Chichester 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 Carlisle 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 Derby Cathedral 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] Nottingham, Birmingham or any other Deadline none, although (c) early Blackburn Cathedral www.carlislecathedral.org.uk local universities), o application preferred Scholarships cs, o Chelmsford 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 Bristol University / Bristol Cathedral / Cheltenham College www.christchurchcathedral.ie (cs), (o) Duncan Ferguson, St Mary Redcliffe / 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, [email protected] 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 Durham Cathedral 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, Dean 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 www.choirandorgan.com SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2020 CHOIR & ORGAN 43 SCHOLARSHIPS & VOICE TRIALS visit our online listings at www.choirandorgan.com 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, Southwark Cathedral 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] Liverpool 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) Llandaff Cathedral www.chapelchoir.co.uk Deadline Applications accepted all year- Deadline mid-Dec before year of entry Scholarships c London, Trinity 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 Leeds (RC) Cathedral / Leeds London, All Saints Church, Fulham undergrad. and postgrad. students) Gloucester Cathedral 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