Abbey Girls Choir Schedule
A voice worth hearing
Girls are usually admitted to the choir as Probationers from the age of seven.
Abbey Girls Choir Schedule
Girls are usually admitted to the choir as Probationers from the age of seven (school Year 3). Probationers over the age of 9 are not normally appointed, although in cases of exceptional musical ability and previous choral experience, this rule is flexible. Girls usually leave the choir in the summer term of their fourteenth birthday (school Year 9).
As a Probationer, each girl receives detailed and individual vocal training, lessons in sight singing, and many opportunities to observe the Choristers at work, both in practices and services. The probationary period usually lasts for a year, but it can be shorter or longer, depending on the individual's progress and age. There is a professional singing teacher employed by the cathedral for the choristers and probationers.
Schedule
(Probationers only attend at times marked with an asterisk)
Tuesday
6.30 to 7.30pm - Rehearsal
Wednesday
*7.40 to 8.25am
*4.00 to 5.40pm - Evensong is sung at 5.00pm
Friday
*7.40 to 8.25am
*4.00 to 5.40pm - Evensong is sung at 5.00pm
Occasionally, the Abbey Girls Choir sings weekend services. The normal pattern for services is:
Saturday
2.15 to 4.50pm - Evensong is sung at 4pm
Sunday
*8.45 to 10.45 - Parish Eucharist is sung at 9.30am
*10.15 to 12.20 - Solemn Eucharist or Choral Matins is at 11.15am
5.30 to 7.50pm - Evensong is sung at 6.30pm
No more than two services are sung on a Sunday: either 9.30am & 11.15 or 11.15 & 6.30pm.
A choir diary is published each term, and lists any timing changes, extra events & services, and also highlights any forthcoming dates.
For further details, or to discuss an audition, please contact the Music Department:
Tel: 01727 890245
Email:
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