Don’t wait until then, though! Any boy who is 7 or 8 years old and who enjoys singing can be considered and the Cathedral organist, David Flood, will be delighted to meet and advise them at any convenient time. It is not necessary to have had any musical training at all: it just potential that Dr Flood is keen to see. He will give lots of encouragement, help about how to prepare for the audition and can answer any queries and give all sorts of information. He makes sure that all the music-making in the Cathedral is fun and the life of a chorister is a wonderful and unique experience.
The choristers, all 26 of them, enjoy the excellent facilities of St Edmund’s School, Canterbury and receive very substantial scholarships from the Cathedral. The Cathedral Choir House has just enjoyed a £2 million renovation.
During the last year the choir have made a highly successful two-week tour of America. Canterbury Cathedral choir enjoys the very highest reputation. Their new CD “Ceremony” is recently released and the choir was heralded by the Sunday Times last Christmas as “world class”.
The life of a chorister is full of excitement and the huge reward of being part of such a special team. It is the chance of a lifetime.
For further information, please contact David Flood on 01227 865242 or davidf@canterbury-cathedral.org
For further information, follow one of the links above or telephone David Flood on 01227 865242 or St Edmund's Junior School on 01227 475600.