Music
From Wellington Cathedral of St Paul
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Music in the Cathedral
The Wellington Cathedral of St Paul hosts frequent state services and events. Standing in the Parliamentary precinct the Cathedral is a visible symbol of the Anglican Church in New Zealand. The music and liturgy we provide is an important part of this function of the Cathedral.
The Cathedral currently has five highly-trained choirs, a young and enthusiastic music staff, and an ever-expanding reputation for musical excellence. The Cathedral is enriching in a unique way the spiritual, musical and cultural life of both city and nation.
Cathedral Choir Repertoire
Review the Cathedral’s service music for the coming months as well as music from previous years.
New Organ Scholars for 2009
The Music Department is pleased to announce the appointment of two new organ scholars at the cathedral. Thomas Gaynor, former Junior Organ Scholar, has been appointed Richard Prothero Organ Scholar, and Heather Easting has been appointed Dean's Organ Scholar. Both Tom and Heather are studying organ with Douglas Mews at the New Zealand School of Music.
Choir Tour
The Cathedral Choir has returned from a very successful tour of England and Paris in July-August 2008. We performed newly written compositions by our own multi-award winning young Composer-in-Residence, Andrew Baldwin. We demonstrated that Kiwi choral singing is alive and well, both in terms of new music being written and in the performance of the traditional repertoire for a Cathedral Choir.
"The choir more than held their own in the Abbey. The sense of quiet integrity and spirituality, added to the obvious musical qualities of excellent blend, vocal colour, intonation and unanimity, was palpable, and the choir made an “ordinary” weekday evensong into something quite special."
- Simon Toyne, Director of the Tiffin Boys Choir, London
Mailing list
The music department now operates an email mailing list to send updates on recitals, special services and other music department news. If you would like to join this list then please send an email to organ@wellingtoncathedral.org.nz.
Visiting Choirs
The Wellington Cathedral of St Paul welcomes visiting choirs.
