SALISBURY Cathedral’s choir has welcomed new members.

Ten boys and girls gained places in the choir following voice trials held in January and February and will also receive chorister scholarships to Salisbury Cathedral School.

Oscar Salomon, Jacob Watson and Fred Maltby will join the choir in September as probationer choristers, along with Samuel Jarvis from Shrivenham, who currently sings in his village church choir, and Edward Parker from Bishop’s Cleeve, near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. Another soon-to-be chorister is seven-year-old Venetia Sturgeon.

Joining Venetia in the choir later in the year are Rose Howarth from Abingdon, Matilda Macmillan from Broad Chalke and Phoebe Geary and Alice Griffin, who are already pupils at Salisbury Cathedral School.

It takes about a year for probationers to become full choristers.

David Halls, the cathedral’s director of music, said: “It’s good to have got to this point with such a strong field. There were moments last year when it looked as though Be A Chorister for a Day and the Voice Trials might not have gone ahead. Had that happened it would have been a major problem.

"Choirs never standstill, children move on to senior school, boys’ voices change - and very quickly you can find yourself without the depth and experience that a choir needs to stay at the top of its game.”

Anyone who would like to find out more should contact Catherine Mitchell, music officer at Salisbury Cathedral at musicofficer@salcath.co.uk

 

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