The
Cathedral Choir consists of about twenty boy choristers, six probationers
(who will become choristers) and fourteen gentlemen, both lay clerks
and choral scholars. It sings at five of the weekly services and
on all the major feasts and Holy Days as well as giving regular
concerts both in the Cathedral and within the Diocese. The wide
repertoire of music draws from the large Catholic heritage of music,
Gregorian chant to the present day, as well as including music from
other Christian traditions.
The Choristers are chosen by audition and are all educated at St
Edward´s College and Runnymede-St Edward's School, the Cathedral´s
Choir Schools. Here there are morning rehearsals to prepare
the music of the weekly services and for many other special
services and concerts. The boys also carry out their normal school
activities, both academic and extra-curricular, as well as receiving
vocal and instrumental tuition.
As well as its significant role within the working life of the
Cathedral, the Choir is active within Archdiocese and the City of
Liverpool singing at many civic, ecumenical and academic services.
Broadcasting regularly, the Choir has sung many times for both BBC
television and radio and independent broadcasters and has also made
a number of recordings. Singing away from home, tours have included
Belgium, Spain, Holland, Hungary and the USA and Canada as well
as many cities within the Britain.
The
Cathedral Choir consists of about twenty boy choristers, six probationers
(who will become choristers) and fourteen gentlemen, both lay clerks
and choral scholars. It sings at five of the weekly services and
on all the major feasts and Holy Days as well as giving regular
concerts both in the Cathedral and within the Diocese. The wide
repertoire of music draws from the large Catholic heritage of music,
Gregorian chant to the present day, as well as including music from
other Christian traditions.