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Choir School
This article contains a list of choir schools sorted alphabetically by country. Australia *St Andrew's Cathedral School, Sydney *St Mary's Cathedral College, Sydney, St Mary's Cathedral College, Sydney *Xavier High School, Albury, NSW *St John's Cathedral (Brisbane), St John's Cathedral Choir School, Brisbane Austria *Vienna Boys' Choir, Vienna Canada *Royal St. George's College, Toronto *St. Michael's Choir School, Toronto Czech Republic *Boni Pueri, the Czech Boys Choir, Hradec Králové Denmark *Copenhagen Boys Choir Germany *Kreuzschule, Dresden *Thomasschule zu Leipzig, Leipzig *Gymnasium der Regensburger Domspatzen, Regensburg Latvia *Riga Cathedral Choir School New Zealand * The Cathedral Grammar School * Sacred Heart Cathedral School, Thorndon South Africa * Drakensberg Boys' Choir School United Kingdom * Bristol Cathedral Choir School * The Cathedral School, Llandaff, Cardiff (Church in Wales) * Christ Church Cathedral School, Oxford * Exeter Cathedral School * H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Andrew's Cathedral School
St Andrew's Cathedral School is a multi-campus Independent school, independent Anglican Church of Australia, Anglican Mixed-sex education, co-educational comprehensive education, comprehensive and specialist Primary school, primary and Secondary school, secondary day school, located in the Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia. The school currently caters for approximately 1450 students from Kindergarten to Year Twelve, Year 12. The School is one of Sydney's oldest, founded in 1885, as a List of choir schools#Australia, choir school for St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney. St Andrew's is legally supervised by the Cathedral Chapter which appoints and approves members of the School Council which was formed in 1979. The council is responsible for administering the School's policies and formulating its mission and vision as well as appointing successive Heads of School. A boys' school for much of its history, St Andrew's opened its doors to senior girls (Year Ten, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christ Church Cathedral School
Christ Church Cathedral School is an independent preparatory school for boys in Oxford, England. It is one of three choral foundation schools in the city and educates choristers of Christ Church Cathedral, and the Chapels of Worcester College and Pembroke College. It is a member of the IAPS and the Choir Schools Association. History Now a Church of England School, it was originally housed within the College itself. Today its premises are located across from Christ Church at 3 Brewer Street and Cardinal Wolsey's house is still used for teaching. In the 19th century, the Dean of Christ Church, Henry Liddell (father of Alice, who was immortalised in the books of Lewis Carroll) arranged for the building of a new choir school on its present site. In 1938, Wilfrid Oldaker took over as headmaster, finding a school with only nineteen boarders, and set out to enlarge it, roughly trebling the school's size in five years. He was resisted in this by the Dean and Chapter, who did no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magdalen College School, Oxford
Magdalen College School (MCS) is a private day school in the British public school tradition located in Oxford, England, for boys aged seven to eighteen and for girls in the sixth form (i.e. ages sixteen to eighteen). It was founded by William Waynflete in 1480 as part of Magdalen College, Oxford. The school is run by a headmaster, known since the foundation of the school simply as "the Master" and controlled by a Board of Governors, who appoint the Master. It has both a senior school and a junior school. The Senior School has six houses, names after old attendees of the school who died in the first or second world wars. Each house is headed by a housemaster selected from the senior members of the teaching staff, of whom there are about 160. There are also six houses in the Junior School. The school was named Independent School of the Year by ''The Sunday Times'' in 2004, and 2008, being the first boys' school to attain this accolade twice. History Early history The School w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The London Oratory School
The London Oratory School, also known as "The Oratory" or "The London Oratory" to distinguish it from other schools, is a Selective school, Selective Catholic Church, Catholic Voluntary aided school, Voluntary Aided Secondary school#United Kingdom, secondary school for boys aged 7–18 and girls aged 16–18 in West Brompton. Founded in 1863 by The Fathers of The London Oratory then in Chelsea, London, it is historically linked to two fellow Oratory of Saint Philip Neri, Oratorian institutions: the nearby Brompton Oratory and The Oratory School in Oxfordshire. The school is known for the quality of its choral and instrumental music and is one of England's oldest Catholic schools. The London Oratory School was named in ''The Sunday Times'' as one of the 'Top 10 Comprehensive Schools in the UK' for both 2022 and 2023. Overview The London Oratory School admits 180 boys to the first form, as well as twenty boys who join the senior school from the Junior House. The School educates b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln Minster School
Lincoln Minster School (known locally as "LMS" or "The Minster") is a private co-educational day and boarding school in Lincoln, England. It comprises two schools: the preparatory, and senior school. While the school is now open to pupils from the community it continues to educate a small number of the choristers of Lincoln Cathedral, though the formal association with the cathedral was ended by Lincoln Minster School in 2016 and most choristers are now drawn from other local schools. It is a member of the United Church Schools Trust and thChoir Schools' Association History In 1265 Richard of Gravesend, Bishop of Lincoln, decreed that there should be twelve boys, two of whom were to be incense bearers, living in one house under a master who appropriated certain revenues for their support. They were to be taught lessons in their house in addition to their choral duties. Even before the Bishop's ordinance, boys were known to have been taught music in the Cathedral Close. Linc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lichfield Cathedral School
Lichfield Cathedral School is a private day school in the city of Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. It traces its lineage to the 14th century when Lichfield Cathedral made provisions to educate its choristers. The school in its current form now educates over 500 boys and girls from nursery to sixth form. While the school still serves its primary purpose of educating choristers of the cathedral, it is open to pupils of all faiths. History Since the earliest days of its choral foundation, which can be traced back as far as the early 14th century, the Cathedral has made provision for the appointment and education of boy choristers. Choristers were housed and educated at Dam Street, just outside the Cathedral Close. After the start of World War II, the Dean and chapter decided to formally establish a school. St Chad's Cathedral School, as this independent preparatory school for boys was known, was opened on 27 January 1942. During the first ten years, the school experienced much ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The King's School, Worcester
The King's School, Worcester is a private co-educational day school refounded by Henry VIII in 1541. It occupies a site adjacent to Worcester Cathedral on the banks of the River Severn in the centre of the city of Worcester. It offers mixed-sex mainstream education that follows the UK National Curriculum to around 1,465 pupils aged 2 to 18. At age 11, approximately two thirds of pupils join the senior school from its two prep schools, King's Hawford and King's St Albans, while others come from maintained schools in the city of Worcester and the surrounding areas that include Malvern, Redditch, Kidderminster, Evesham and Pershore.ISI report October 2005 Retrieved 28 July 2009. Campuses The King's, Worcester group consists of three different schools. These include: *King's Hawford: (ages 2–11, pupils), ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The 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 town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The King's (The Cathedral) School
Founded by King Henry VIII in 1541, The King's (The Cathedral) School is a state-funded Church of England Cathedral Chorister School located in Peterborough, England. It is the Chorister School for Peterborough Cathedral. Former pupils are known as Old Petriburgians. Although for centuries a boys-only grammar school, "Kings" is now mixed and has a junior department in Madeley House. Madeley House was previously the home for boarders, and many cathedral choristers were boarders there; but now the school has day pupils only. As part of the wider chapter of Peterborough Cathedral, the headteacher retains his own stall in the quire today. The Cathedral Chorister School The King's School was founded by King Henry VIII in 1541 as the Cathedral School to educate 'twenty poor boys' and is one of seven established, re-endowed or renamed, during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Originally, the school was housed in the Cathedral Precincts at the Becket Chapel. The Headmaster was p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The King's School, Gloucester
The King's School is a co-educational private day school in Gloucester, in the county of Gloucestershire, in South West England. It traces its heritage to a monastic school founded in the 11th century in the cloisters of Gloucester Cathedral. It became one of seven 'King's Schools' established, or re-endowed by King Henry VIII in 1541 after the Dissolution of the Monasteries. History The current school was officially founded in 1541 as a direct consequence of the English Reformation, when Gloucester Cathedral was established. However, education had been an important part of the work of the cathedral's predecessor, the Benedictine Abbey of St Peter. When Abbot Serlo arrived in Gloucester in 1072, he found 'about eight little boys' in the abbey. This small medieval school took in two types of boys; some were 'child-oblates' training to become monks, whilst others were learning grammar for more secular careers. Gerald of Wales, who became a senior figure in the church and royal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King's Ely
King's Ely The School's Terms and Conditions and the Companies House registration would suggest that the School's legal name remains "The King's School, Ely" is an All-through school, all through Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English Private schools in the United Kingdom, fee-charging day school, day and boarding school, boarding school) in the city of Ely, Cambridgeshire, Ely in England. It was founded in 970 AD, making it one of the List of oldest schools, oldest schools in the world. It was given its first royal charter by Henry VIII, King Henry VIII in 1541, its second by Queen Elizabeth I in 1562, and its third by King Charles II of England, Charles II in 1666. The school consists of a nursery, a pre-preparatory school, a Preparatory school (United Kingdom), prep school, a senior school, a sixth form, and an international school. King's Ely is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. In 2021, Independent Schools Inspectorate, The Indepe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King's College School, Cambridge
King's College School is a coeducational Private schools in the United Kingdom, private Preparatory school (UK), preparatory school for pupils aged 4 to 13 in Cambridge, England, situated on West Road, Cambridge, West Road off Grange Road, Cambridge, Grange Road, west of the city centre. It was founded to educate the choristers in the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, King's College Choir during the 15th century. Although no longer located on King's College, Cambridge, College grounds, it remains an integral part of the King's College Chapel, Cambridge, Chapel's musical tradition and is still governed by and receives some funding from the College. The school is part of the same historic foundation as Eton College. The most recent full integrated Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) inspection awarded the grade "excellent" in all 9 categories. History King's College was founded in 1441 by King Henry VI of England, King Henry VI. By 1447 the full complement of 16 choristers h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
