Cathedral Music
The Cathedral is known for its prestigious Choir, which was founded in 1984 by Andrew Wright, Master of Music. Over the years the Choir has expanded from the original Boys' Choir of some thirty voices, to its present membership which includes the Choir Ladies and Gentlemen, together with the Cathedral Lay Clerks. Over the years a number of recordings and broadcasts have been made and tours undertaken in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Holland and Ireland. The most recent tour was to Paris in 2002 where the Choir sang High Mass at Notre Dame Cathedral. May 2008 will see the Choir's next tour which will be to Rome. The Choir is affiliated to the RSCM and enjoys particularly close musical and ecumenical links with the Diocese of Chelmsford and Chelmsford Cathedral Choir, involving liturgical events and also shared training through the Bishops' Chorister Award. The Master of Music, Andrew Wright, former Assistant Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral, was appointed in 1982 and is also Director of Diocesan Music.
The organ came from the redundant Anglican church of St Mary-at-the-Wall in Colchester, as a gift from the Diocese of Chelmsford. Dating from 1889 by Hunter and rebuilt in 1931, it was completely rebuilt and restored by Percy Daniel & Co Ltd. of Clevedon.
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