Lichfield Cathedral Choir

The Lichfield Cathedral Choir, which comprises of 18 boy choristers ranging in age from 9 to 13, nine Lay Vicars Choral, and three choral scholars, can trace its roots dating back to 1315. The ensemble is normally educated and directed with the Organist and Professional from the Choristers, Philip Scriven, aided by associate organist Alex Mason. The essential task from the choir can be to lead the music for the Opus Dei, which may be the daily worship in the cathedral. Their repetoire runs through the generations from Gregorian chant up to modern church compositions. Throughout a solitary term, performing in over 80 solutions, it hardly ever performs a bit of music more often than once. Besides periodic concerts and recitals, the choir offers made frequent tv and radio broadcasts, aswell as recordings. The choir in addition has made several trips that not merely provide the music to a wider general public, but also help set up ecumenical and worldwide relationships. These trips possess included concerts in Christ Chapel in Naples, the All Saints Chapel in Rome, the Frankfurt Cathedral, Les Soeurs de l’Assomption as well as the English Embassy in Paris, Ste. Foy Center Chapel in Lyon, St. George’s Chapel in Paris, Concert and Eucharist in the Cologne Cathedral, two U.S. trips of the East Coastline with concerts and solutions in Bangor, Me personally; Litchfield, CT; New Brunswick, NJ; Washington, D.C.; Orlando, Sarasota, and Tampa, FL; Philadelphia; Atlanta; a Papal viewers in the Vatican with concerts in the English Embassy towards the Vatican; people at St. Peter’s and Santa Maria Maggiore; and trips of Germany and holland.