We were sad to hear of the death of Sir Roger Gifford, former Lord Mayor of the City of London. He was one of our founding patrons and a source of great help, encouragement and advice. He will be sorely missed. We send our sympathy and condolences to his wife and family.

Delighted to introduce our panel of judges for the York Minster Cathedral Music Trust Banks Music Grand Organ Composer's Competition - welcome to Nico Muhly!

C’mmon young composers!! The organ awaits! 💕🎶

📢Announcing #ServicesAtSunset: A celebration of #ChoralEvensong and #ChoralVespers this Autumn “We want the nation to fall in love with our cathedral, chapel and church choirs again, and experience these peaceful choral services of music and prayer anew.” Alexander Armstrong

We're looking forward to this Sunday's #internationalchoristerday with RSCM Centre, a celebration of the amazing opportunities that being a chorister in our churches, cathedrals and chapels provides young people across the world!

🎼 The Duchess of Gloucester is a keen supporter of music and its benefits. As Patron of Diamond Fund, The Duchess is passionate about encouraging young people to pursue a musical education. Find out more about HRH’s musical patronages here: bit.ly/30kyiHj

The Royal Family Diamond Fund We are very grateful to The Duchess of Gloucester for her fantastic support of our Diamond Fund and are looking forward to welcoming HRH to our special concert Coventry Cathedral on Saturday 16 October, which will be performed by young choristers from across the Midlands.

Rehearsal sounding amazing for tonight's Diamond Fund concert Coventry Cathedral with choristers from across the region! Tickets available on the door from 6.30pm with the concert starting at 7pm. Do join us!

It was a great joy to represent St Mary's, Warwick along with members of @ChoirsofWarwick for this concert and to speak with the Duchess of Gloucester. The Diamond Fund has been a #lifeline for #choirs. Find out more and donate here: cathedralmusictrust.org.uk/CMT/Support/Ab… Warwick Town Council

An amazing result! Thank you so much Alexander Armstrong for securing £32,000 for our work supporting cathedral choirs, musicians and choristers across the UK. Thank you 🎶🙏 #WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire

🚪 Open 24 #Advent doors 🎄 And discover 24 carols, old and new 🎶 Featuring 100s of musicians from across the UK ⏰ Launching 1 December 2021 👉 cathedralmusictrust.org.uk #AdventCalendar #ChristmasCarol

Together with our Ambassador Alexander Armstrong, we're inviting you to count down to Christmas with Cathedral Music Trust starting tomorrow 1 December! 🎄 cathedralmusictrust.org.uk/advent-calendar

Our inaugural virtual conference is coming up! We hope you can join us on 18 and 19 January for thought-provoking sessions led by top-notch speakers. For only £10 you get access to all sessions, plus a chance to watch them again afterwards. Sign up now! cathedralmusictrust.org.uk/events

We're so excited about our incredible line up of speakers for #JoiningTheDots! The opening session sees SeX x porn, Paul McCreesh, @BWhyteMusic and Lufuno Ndou explore the relationship between cathedral music and the national landscape of music education. Don't miss it!

Conference session 'The Whole Chorister' sees pedagogy experts Don Gillthorpe and Catherine Beddison take an in-depth look at the chorister's learning journey and explore ways to create the most effective learning environment. Find out more 👉cathedralmusictrust.org.uk/joining-the-do…

This is important. Chorister education has moved on so far in the last 30 years (in our experience) & good understanding of pedagogy and metacognition is now recognised as essential for the rounded education (including the mental health) of choristers. Good work, Cathedral Music Trust

We can't WAIT for 'Embedding Diversity in the Talent Pipeline' led by @robadediran, which focuses on how we can provide equality of access across choral foundations' music departments. Another great session in our cathedral music conference programme! cathedralmusictrust.org.uk/joining-the-do…

Next in the conference spotlight is 'Shaping your Cathedral Music Ecosystem in a Post-Covid World', a panel discussion led by tansycastledine. We'll look at the lessons we have learned from the pandemic, and how to make courageous choices going forward. cathedralmusictrust.org.uk/joining-the-do…

We are thrilled that Tom Daggett and Tom Leech are hosting a workshop at our conference next Wednesday! In 'From Outreach to Partnership' they'll look at the impact of 20 years of education programmes and how to shape your work beyond cathedral walls. cathedralmusictrust.org.uk/joining-the-do…

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