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The choir is currently directed by Andrew Lucas, who assumed the post in an acting capacity in 2024. [1] The exact year in which the chorus was founded is unknown, but it is likely in the 14th century. The earliest historical document relating to the chorus dates from 1402 when a John Dyer was named as the cathedral's organist and chorus-master.
In 1982, Paul Miles-Kingston won a choral scholarship into Winchester Cathedral Choir.While a chorister, he sang many solos in services, broadcasts and oratorios; he toured Western Canada with the choir in 1983, and sang with them at the BBC Proms.
She had particular responsibility for the girl choristers and also taught at Winchester College. [3] In 2024 Grinnell became Organist and Director of Master at St Edmundsbury Cathedral in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. The first woman appointed to the role, she is responsible for the cathedral's five choirs as well as a programme of concerts and ...
2002 – A Land of Pure Delight (RSCM Millennium Youth Choir) 2000 – Twelve Organs of Edinburgh; 1995 – The Organ of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh; 1994 - Weelkes: Cathedral Music Anthems Vol 10 (Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill) 1993 – Tallis: Sacred Choral Works (Winchester Cathedral Choir, Winchester Quiristers, David Hill)
The Pilgrims' School is a 4–13 boys preparatory school and cathedral school in the cathedral city of Winchester, Hampshire, England.. The official date of establishment for the cathedral school is unknown but historical records indicate that choristers of Winchester Cathedral's renowned choir have been educated in the Close as early as the 7th century. [1]
Martin Gerard James Neary LVO (born 28 March 1940 [1]) is an English organist and choral conductor.. Neary was born in London in 1940 and was a chorister of the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace from age eight, singing at the christening of Charles III in 1948 and the coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953.
Dr Andrew Lumsden (born 10 November 1962) [1] is a British organist and musician. He has been organist and director of music at Winchester Cathedral from 2002.. The son of musician and choirmaster David Lumsden, he trained at Winchester College, RSAMD and St John's College, Cambridge, before taking up the position of assistant organist at Southwark Cathedral in 1985.
"Winchester Cathedral" was a UK top ten hit and a US number one song for The New Vaudeville Band in 1966. The cathedral was also the subject of the Crosby, Stills & Nash song "Cathedral" from their 1977 album CSN. Liverpool-based band Clinic released an album titled Winchester Cathedral in 2004. [88] Rose cultivar 'Winchester Cathedral', Austin ...