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Choir Schools Association
The Choir Schools' Association is a U.K. organisation that provides support to choir schools and choristers, and promotes singing, in particular music for Christian worship in the cathedral tradition. It represents 44 choir schools attached to cathedrals, churches, and college chapels. The association was founded in 1918, although it represents some schools that are centuries older than this. Today it provides bursaries and scholarships to 120 children at any one time to pursue training as choristers, primarily through the Chorister Fund established in 1985. It also supports schools directly. Katharine, Duchess of Kent, is a patron of the association.{{cite work, url=http://www.choirschools.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Reaching-Out.pdf, title=Reaching Out: A celebration of the work of the Choir Schools' Association, author=Peter Kingston Members The following schools, cathedrals, and churches are members of the Choir School Association in 2020: ;England *Blackburn Cathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The UK includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and most of List of islands of the United Kingdom, the smaller islands within the British Isles, covering . Northern Ireland shares Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border, a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. It maintains sovereignty over the British Overseas Territories, which are located across various oceans and seas globally. The UK had an estimated population of over 68.2 million people in 2023. The capital and largest city of both England and the UK is London. The cities o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King's School, Rochester
The King's School, Rochester, is a private co-educational all through day and boarding school in Rochester, Kent. It is a cathedral school and, being part of the foundation of Rochester Cathedral. The school claims to be the second oldest continuously operating school in the world, having been founded in 604 AD. History The cathedral school in Rochester was founded in 604 AD, at the same time as the cathedral. It was refounded by Henry VIII in 1541 during the English Reformation when the monastery in Rochester was dissolved. It is the second oldest school in the United Kingdom after The King's School Canterbury. Leadership The current principal is Ben Charles, who also acts as the senior school headmaster. Kellie Crozer is the headmistress of the Pre-Preparatory and Preparatory Schools. Site The school is housed in a variety of buildings around Rochester (the school also uses Rochester Cathedral for school services). Senior school Satis House A 16th-century tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reigate St Mary's School
Reigate St Mary's Preparatory and Choir School is a mixed private prep and choir school in Reigate, Surrey, England. The school was established in 1949 to serve as the choir school of , and still has that function. In 2003 it became affiliated to Reigate Grammar School and serves as its junior school, with some three-quarters of children leaving the school going on to RGS. History In 1918, Godfrey Searle, a Reigate stockbroker, established a fund to provide choral scholarships at Reigate Grammar School for the boy choristers of St Mary's Church. This arrangement came to an end as the result of the school becoming a non-fee-paying selective grammar school under the Education Act 1944, for boys who passed the Eleven-plus, with no provision for teaching junior boys.Alan Mould, ''The English Chorister: A History'' (Hambledon Continuum, 2007), pp. 220–221 Reigate St Mary's School was founded in 1949 as a prep school for boys only, with the initial purpose of educating the junio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
