Choir Schools' Association

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The Choir Schools' Association is a |U.K. organisation that provides support to choir schools and choristers. The association promotes singing, in particular, music for Christian worship in the cathedral tradition. It represents 44 choir schools attached to cathedrals, churches, and college chapels. [1]

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The association was founded in 1918, [2] though it represents some schools that are centuries older. Today[ when? ] it provides bursaries and scholarships to 120 children to pursue training as choristers, primarily through the Chorister Fund established in 1985. It also supports schools directly. Katharine, Duchess of Kent, was a patron of the association up until her death. [3]

Members

The following schools, cathedrals, and churches are members of the Choir School Association in 2020:

England
Ireland
New Zealand
Scotland
United States
Wales

References

  1. ↑ "www.choirschools.org.uk/the-choir-schools-association/" . Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Alan Mould. The English Chorister. Continuum. ISBN   1847250580.
  3. ↑ Peter Kingston. Reaching Out: A celebration of the work of the Choir Schools' Association (PDF).
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 School and Cathedral list at choirschools.org.uk, accessed 20 June 2020
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