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• The Choir

  The Choir of Westminster Abbey is renowned worldwide. Comprising thirty boys and twelve adult singers, its main focus is to sing the daily choral services.

• Choral services

  Services are sung daily during term time by the world-renowned Choir of Westminster Abbey, and by visiting choirs when the Abbey Choir is in recess.

• Sistine Chapel Choir sings at Westminster Abbey

  Wednesday, 3rd June 2015

  The Sistine Chapel Choir visited Westminster Abbey on Saturday 30th May and Sunday 31st May to sing Evensong and perform a recital of sacred choral music.

  Choir of Westminster Abbey Sistine Chapel Choir

• St Cecilia service held at Westminster Abbey

  Wednesday, 23rd November 2016

  The St Cecilia Service: A Celebration of Music was held at Westminster Abbey at 11.00am on Wednesday 23rd November 2016.

  Special Service The Choir of Westminster Abbey

• Sistine Chapel Choir joins Abbey Choir for Evensong tonight

  Friday, 25th May 2018

  The Cappella Musicale Pontificia ‘Sistina’ (Sistine Chapel Choir) joins the Choir of Westminster Abbey in singing Evensong today at 5.00 pm.

• Abbey Choir Thrills with Festival Performance

  Friday, 19th May 2017

  Westminster Abbey was full on the evening of Tuesday 16th May for a performance of J.S. Bach’s Mass in B Minor by the Choir of the Abbey and the period instrument ensemble St James’ Baroque under the direction of the Abbey’s Organist and Master of the Choristers, James O’Donnell. All the solo arias were sung by choristers and lay vicars of the Abbey Choir.

• Westminster Abbey Choir to sing at St Peter's in Rome

  Monday, 25th June 2012

  Westminster Abbey’s world-famous choir arrives in Italy this week (Tuesday 26th June) for a tour of Rome and Montecassino which will include singing for Pope Benedict XVI, with the Cappella Musicale Pontificia ‘Sistina’, the Sistine Chapel Choir, at the Papal Mass marking the Solemnity of St Peter and St Paul (Friday 29th June) in St Peter’s Basilica.

  Pope Benedict XVI St Peter’s Basilica

• Festival of Saint Cecilia service held at Westminster Abbey

  Thursday, 25th November 2010

  The Festival of St Cecilia service was held at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 24th November 2010. The choirs of Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s Cathedral and Westminster Cathedral came together to sing the premiere of an anthem specially commissioned by the Musicians Benevolent Fund with the help of the RVW Trust: ‘Vast Ocean of Light’, by Jonathan Dove.

  St Cecilia

• Singing returns to the Abbey

  Monday, 17th August 2020

  Choral services resumed at Westminster Abbey for the first time in five months when six members of the Abbey’s choir sang at the 11.15am Eucharist.

  COVID-19

• Abbey Choir departs for Rome tour

  Monday, 23rd January 2017

  The Choir of Westminster Abbey departs today for a four-day visit to Rome to participate in events marking the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity at the Vatican.

• Choir of Westminster Abbey to sing at prestige Moscow Festival

  Wednesday, 12th January 2011

  The Choir of Westminster Abbey will sing at a major international choral festival in Moscow next week.

• Abbey secures funding for choral services

  Wednesday, 23rd September 2020

  The return of choral services at Westminster Abbey has been bolstered by a grant of £20,000 from the Cathedral Choirs’ Emergency Fund.

• Abbey Choir sings for Pope in St Peter's

  Friday, 29th June 2012

  Westminster Abbey’s Choir sang for Pope Benedict XVI, with the Cappella Musicale Pontificia ‘Sistina’, the Sistine Chapel Choir, at the Papal Mass marking the Solemnity of St Peter and St Paul in St Peter’s Basilica, Rome, on Friday 29th June, a historic occasion of great significance for Anglican-Catholic relations.

• Westminster Abbey Choir to tour Germany

  Monday, 26th November 2018

  The Abbey Choir will travel to Germany in early December to give concerts in three major cities: Dresden, Munich and Essen.

  Music Germany tour

• Inspectors praise Abbey Choir School

  Friday, 22nd January 2016

  Westminster Abbey Choir School has been given a glowing report by the Independent Schools Inspectorate.

  Westminster Abbey Choir School

• New Abbey Choir CD celebrates neglected Tudor composer

  Friday, 2nd March 2018

  The Abbey Choir celebrates the release of a new CD on Hyperion Records today, Friday 2nd March. Conducted by James O’Donnell, who also plays the organ interludes on the disc, Missa Videte miraculum is a compelling introduction to the work of early Tudor composer Nicholas Ludford (c. 1485 – c. 1557).

  Recording

• Abbey Choir returns

  Friday, 2nd November 2007

  The Abbey Choir, seen here in front of the Sydney Opera House, has returned after a hugely successful tour of Australia.

• Choir tour to Australia

  Monday, 15th October 2007

  In October 2007 The Choir of Westminster Abbey makes its maiden voyage to Australia to present an exciting and varied programme of choral music, ancient and modern, under music director James O’Donnell.

  Australia tour

• Westminster Abbey Choir School 'Outstanding' say inspectors

  Thursday, 15th February 2007

  Westminster Abbey's Choir School has been described as 'outstanding' by the Independent Schools Inspectorate.

  Choir School

• Westminster Abbey welcomes St Woolos Choir

  Friday, 30th April 2004

  Westminster Abbey welcomes visiting choirs to sing the daily services when the Abbey choir is on holiday.

  St Woolos Choir