1. CHOIRS OF GENTLEMEN AND BOYS in the UK
as of July 2010
Bath Abbey
Beddington St Mary the Virgin *
Birmingham Cathedral
Blackburn Cathedral
Bournemouth St Peter*
Brentwood RC Cathedral
Brentwood St Thomas of Canterbury
Bridlington Priory *
Bristol Cathedral
Broughton St John the Baptist
Bury St Edmunds St Mary
Burley in Wharfedale St Mary the Virgin
Cambridge Jesus College
Cambridge King’s College
Cambridge St John’s College
Cambridge St Mary the Great *
Canterbury Cathedral
Carlisle Cathedral
Chelmsford Cathedral
Chester Cathedral
Chesterfield St Mary and All Saints
Chichester Cathedral
Chingford St Peter & St Paul
Chipping Barnet St John the Baptist
Christchurch Priory
Cookham Holy Trinity
Coventry Cathedral
Croydon St John the Baptist
Derby Cathedral
Doncaster Minster
Dunstable Priory
Durham Cathedral
Ely Cathedral
Exeter Cathedral
Farnham St Thomas on the Bourne
Gloucester Cathedral
Grimsby St James the Great
Guildford Cathedral
Guildford Holy Trinity *
Harpenden St Nicholas *
Hertford All Saints
Hereford Cathedral
Hexham Abbey
Hythe St Leonard
Ilfracombe Holy Trinity
Ipswich St Mary-le-Tower
Kendal Holy Trinity
Lancaster Prior
Leeds Parish Church
Leeds RC Cathedral *
Leicester Cathedral
Leicester St James the Greater
Lichfield Cathedral
Lincoln Cathedral
Liverpool Cathedral
Liverpool RC Cathedral
London Chapel Royal St James
London Chapel Royal Hampton Court
London Ealing Abbey RC
London Norbury St Philip
London Queen’s Chapel of the Savoy
London Southwark Cathedral
London Southwark RC Cathedral
London St Paul’s Cathedral
London Temple Church
London Westminster Abbey
London Westminster RC Cathedral
London Westminster St Margaret
(boys sing Sunday fortnightly in term time)
Louth St James *
Maidstone All Saints
Marlow All Saints
2. Newcastle Cathedral
Northampton All Saints
North Walsham St Nicholas
Norwich Cathedral
Oxford Christ Church Cathedral
Oxford Magdalen College
Oxford New College
Oxford St Giles
Oxford Worcester College
Peterborough Cathedral
Portsmouth Cathedral
Reading Minster (reformed 2010)
Redcliffe St Mary
Ripon Cathedral
Rochester Cathedral
Romsey Abbey
Salisbury Cathedral
St Albans Cathedral
St Albans St Peter
St Edmundsbury Cathedral
Sheffield Cathedral
Sherborne Abbey
Solihull St Alphege
South Elmsall St Mary the Virgin
Southport Holy Trinity
Southwell Minster
South Wigston St Thomas
Spalding St Mary & St Nicholas
Stourbridge St Thomas
Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum
Truro Cathedral
Walton St Francis de Sales RC Church
Welwyn Garden City St Francis of Assisi
Wakefield Cathedral
Warwick St Mary
Wells Cathedral
West Derby St Mary the Virgin
Winchester Cathedral
Windsor St George’s Chapel
Wolverhampton St Peter's Church
Worcester Cathedral
Wimborne Minster
Wylde Green Emmanuel Church
York Minster
NORTHERN IRELAND and
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
Armagh St Patrick's Cathedral
Belfast St Peter’s RC Cathedral Schola Cantorum
Belfast St Anne’s Cathedral*
Belfast St George
Cork St Fin Barre's Cathedral
Dublin St Mary's RC Pro-Cathedral aka Palestrina Choir
Dublin St Patrick's Cathedral
Down and Connor RC Cathedral Boys' Choir
Dublin St Bartholomew
Londonderry St Columb's Cathedral
WALES
Bangor Cathedral
Cardiff St David’s RC Cathedral
Llandaff Cathedral
Newport St Woolos Cathedral
St Davids St Davids Cathedral
(main choir is all girls: separate Boys choir, who in February 2010 sang Choral Evensong on their own
for the first time in 45 years)
St Asaph Cathedral
Swansea St Mary *
3. ROBED SCHOOL CHAPEL CHOIRS
The tradition of robed school chapel choirs still flourishes in these schools,
with the choirs reaching exceptional standards. Some of these schools are
co-ed but the Chapel choir remains all boys. Apologies for any schools that
may have been omitted.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Abingdon School
Ampleforth College Schola Cantorum
Bedford School
Birkenhead School
Edinburgh Merchiston Castle School
Elstree Haberdashers’ Aske’s School
Eton College
Harrow School
London Cardinal Vaughan Schola Cantorum
London Dulwich College
London Forrest School
London Oratory School Schola Cantorum
Radley College
Sherborne School
Shrewsbury School
Tonbridge School
Winchester College Chapel Choir
Winchester College Quiristers
PREPARATORY SCHOOLS
Ascot Papplewick School
Cambridge St John’s College School
Cross Hills Malsis School
Farnham Royal Caldicot School
Godalming Aldro School
Hemel Hempstead Lockers Park School
Moulsford Preparatory School
Reigate St Mary's Prep & Choir School
St Albans Beechwood Park School
Wimbledon Willington School
* indicates the treble line is all boys
but there may be women singing in
the alto line