The Choir Schools' Association is a |U.K. organisation that provides support to choir schools and choristers. The association 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, though it represents some schools that are centuries older. Today it provides bursaries and scholarships to 120 children to pursue training as choristers, primarily through the Chorister Fund established in 1985. It also supports schools directly. Katharine, Duchess of Kent, was a patron of the association up until her death.
Members The following schools, cathedrals, and churches are members of the Choir School Association in 2020:
England Blackburn CathedralSchool and Cathedral list at choirschools.org.uk, accessed 20 June 2020 Bristol Cathedral Choir School Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Chetham's School of Music, Manchester Chorister School, Durham Christ Church Cathedral School, Oxford City of London School Croydon Minster Dean Close Preparatory School, Cheltenham Frideswide Voices, Oxford Hereford Cathedral School King's Ely King's College School, Cambridge King's Rochester Preparatory School, Kent King's School, Worcester Leicester Cathedral Lichfield Cathedral School Lincoln Cathedral Lincoln Minster School London Oratory School Magdalen College School, Oxford New College School, Oxford Norwich School Old Palace School, Croydon Portsmouth Grammar School Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield Reigate St Mary's Preparatory and Choir School Ripon Cathedral Runnymede St Edward's School, Liverpool St Cedd's School, Essex St Edmund's School Canterbury St Edward's College, Liverpool St George's School, Windsor Castle St John's College School, Cambridge St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne St Paul's Cathedral School, London St Peter's Collegiate Church, Wolverhampton Salisbury Cathedral School Sheffield Cathedral The Cathedral School, Exeter The King's School, Gloucester The King's School, Peterborough The Minster School, Southwell St Peter's School, York The Pilgrims' School, Winchester The Prebendal School, Chichester Truro School Wells Cathedral School Westminster Abbey Choir School Westminster Cathedral Choir School Whitgift School, Croydon
Ireland St Patrick's Cathedral Choir School, Dublin
New Zealand The Cathedral Grammar School, Christchurch, New Zealand
Scotland St Mary's Music School, Edinburgh
United States Saint Thomas Choir School, New York
Wales The Cathedral School, Llandaff St John's College, Cardiff
References
External links The Choir Schools' Association website