Choir
Grimsby Minster is known for being the only parish church in England to have its own Choir School, St James' School. St James' School was founded in 1880 by Canon James Peter Young to provide boy choristers for St James' Church. The School is now a co-educational school of the Woodard Corporation and a member of the Choir Schools' Association. The choir sing 5 services a week:
- Tuesday Choral Evensong, 5.30pm- Choristers
- Thursday Choral Evensong, 5.30pm- Choristers
- Friday Choral Evensong, 5.30pm- Choristers & Gentlemen
- Sunday Parish Eucharist, 10.00am- Choristers & Gentlemen
- Sunday Choral Evensong, 6.00pm- Choristers & Gentlemen
The Choristers within the Choir at the start of the Trinity Term 2012 were:
- Lyle McNabby- Head Chorister
- Liam Pudsey- Chorister
- Owen Du Bedat- Chorister
- Roy Hillson- Chorister
- Joe Lyndley- Probationer
Choral Scholars, former Head Choristers now singing with the Gentlemen of the Choir, are:
- David Whitworth- Alto
- Samuel Lee- Bass
Gentlemen of the Choir include:
Altos
- Sam Maxson (when not at Durham University)
- Steven Maxson (when not required to play the organ)
- David Whitworth (formerly Head Chorister)
Tenors
- Robert Adams (Organist of All Saints' Church, Waltham, Grimsby)
- Thomas Drew
- Phil Huckin (when not at his home in Wales)
- Harry Pickering
- Martin Pickering
Basses
- David Parker
- David Overton (formerly Master of the Choristers)
- Samuel Lee (formerly Head Chorister)
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