The Worcester Cathedral Voluntary Choir is an Anglican choir made up of boy and girl trebles. The choir is based at
Worcester Cathedral
Worcester Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Worcester, in Worcestershire
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and regularly sings at the 6:30pm Sunday
Evening Worship.
History
The choir was founded in October 1874 as a choir of boys and men primarily to sing at the newly formed 6:30pm Sunday Evensong and to sing other services for the Cathedral Choir during school holidays.
In 2021, the choir was re-formed as part of a wider reorganization of the cathedral’s music department. It now operates as part of the Choir Church programme and offers an opportunity for girls and boys up to the age of 13 from schools across the city to take part in regular music making in the cathedral.
The choir remains under the direction of the Cathedral's Assistant Director of Music, and is accompanied by the Organ Scholar although for many years had an organist of its own.
The choir formerly sang at a number of important services each year during the school holidays, including the
Palm Sunday
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morning
Eucharist
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, and Midnight Mass
maintaining some of its original aim of relieving commitments from the Cathedral Choir.
The choir released two CDs in recent years,
and sang in the live
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television broadcast of Christmas Day morning Eucharist in 2007.
The choir has also been on a number of tours, including to
* ''Christ Triumphant'' - Worcester Cathedral Voluntary Choir (2002)
* ''How lovely are thy dwellings'' - Worcester Cathedral Voluntary Choir (2004)