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Sunday Worship: 25/09/2011

25/09/2011

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In every corner sing - Salisbury Cathedral's girl choristers celebrate 20 years.

In Every Corner Sing: Salisbury Cathedral celebrates the 20th anniversary of the girls' choir with a grand reunion and a look at how music inspires faith in God.

In ever corner sing - Salisbury Cathedral celebrates the 20th anniversary of the girls' choir in a grand reunion as they look back on how music inspires faith in God. 
In 1991, the same year in which the 900th anniversary of the founding of the very first boys' choir was celebrated, Salisbury became the first English Cathedral to form a separate and independent foundation for girl choristers. They sang their first service in October of that year and nowadays the weekly services are equally divided between the boy and girl choristers. 
Since 1991, almost 120 girls have been choristers at Salisbury. A significant number have subsequently become choral scholars in the Oxbridge Chapel Choirs, and some have sung with the country's top choral groups including the Monteverdi Choir and The Sixteen. Several are making names for themselves on the international music circuit. 

Taking part in the service are the Precentor, the Revd Canon Jeremy Davies and the Dean, the Very Revd June Osborne
Director of Music: David Halls
Assistant Director of Music: Daniel Cook.

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