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  Whether you are able to visit in person or virtually, we welcome schools from all over the UK to explore Christianity in the context of Westminster Abbey

• James O’Donnell secures role at Yale University

  Tuesday, 26th April 2022

  James O’Donnell, Organist and Master of the Choristers at Westminster Abbey, has been appointed as Professor in the Yale School of Music and Yale Institute of Sacred Music. He will leave the Abbey this Christmas.

  Music The Choir of Westminster Abbey

• St Margaret's organist wins Queen's Award

  Monday, 23rd November 2020

  Thomas Trotter, the organist at St Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey, has been awarded this year’s Queen’s Medal for Music.

  St Margaret's Church

• Festival of St Cecilia

  Wednesday, 19th November 2025

  Join us for the annual Festival of St Cecilia, featuring the combined choirs of St Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Cathedral, and Westminster Abbey.

  Special Service

• Peter Holder to be Organist at Christ Church, Oxford

  Tuesday, 14th May 2024

  Peter Holder, Sub-Organist at Westminster Abbey, has been appointed Organist and Official Student (Tutorial Fellow) at Christ Church, Oxford. He will take up his new post in the autumn.

• Watch the Abbey Choir’s Summer Festival concert online

  Wednesday, 29th September 2021

  Audiences around the world will be able to enjoy an evening of the finest choral music from the comfort of their own homes as.

  Choir of Westminster Abbey

• Canon Wright in Birthday Honours List

  Monday, 14th June 2010

  The Reverend Robert Wright, Sub Dean, Canon of Westminster, Rector of St Margaret’s Church and Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons was made a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) in HM The Queen’s Birthday Honours List published on Saturday 12th June 2010.

  Canon Robert Wright

• Evensong, sung by the St Margaret’s Choristers and Consort

  Wednesday, 8th May 2024

  The First Evensong of Ascension Day will be sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort, with music by Marenzio, Smith, Stanford and Haydn.

  Evensong

• Music for Reflection

  Spend time with God this Lent, and explore what repentance means and why it matters.

• Music

  Discover the Great O Antiphons with Westminster Abbey, and take part in this Advent tradition.

• Abbey loans rare 1588 first edition Welsh Bible to St Davids Cathedral

  Monday, 16th June 2025

  A rare 1588 Welsh Bible from Westminster Abbey’s Library collection – the first complete translation of the Bible into the Welsh language – has been loaned to St Davids Cathedral, where it will go on public display for the first time this week.

• Greg Morris new Director of Music at St Margaret’s

  Friday, 29th March 2019

  The Dean and Chapter of Westminster have appointed Greg Morris as Director of Music at St Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey.

  Greg Morris

• Dean installed as Honorary Canon of Chichester

  Monday, 22nd January 2018

  The Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, was installed as an Honorary Canon of Chichester Cathedral at Evensong on Saturday 20th January 2018.

• Recordings

  The Abbey Choir enjoys a recording partnership with Hyperion. Its catalogue includes music for the great feasts, as well as Renaissance masterpieces and twentieth-century classics.

• Voice and Verse Lunchtime Concert

  Wednesday, 23rd October 2024

  The St Margaret's Consort sings a programme of music inspired by the poetry of writers memorialised in Poets' Corner.

  Events Voice and Verse

• Advent & Christmas services frequently asked questions

  Answers to questions you may have about Westminster Abbey's Advent and Christmas services.

• Fraternité concert: Olivier Latry

  Thursday, 11th April 2024

  Olivier Latry, world renowned titular organist of Notre Dame de Paris, plays a fabulous programme of works by French composers.

• Sung Eucharist with the Blessings of Palms and Procession

  This Palm Sunday Sung Eucharist marks the start of Holy Week. We remember Jesus Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem, where the crowd laid down palm branches for Him to walk on.

• Sung Eucharist with the Washing of Feet

  This Sung Eucharist commemorates the Last Supper, where Jesus broke bread with his disciples, and washed their feet as a sign of humility.

• Vigil and First Eucharist of Easter

  A moving service which begins in the dark, where the light of Christ is rekindled and His Resurrection is celebrated.