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• A Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Mrs Mary Cornelia Dee Skaggs CBE

  Friday, 9th July 2010

  A Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Mrs Mary Cornelia Dee Skaggs CBE was held in the Lady Chapel of Westminster Abbey on Thursday 8th July at 6.00pm.

  Mary Cornelia Dee Skaggs Special Service

• Music

• Prince of Wales installs new Bath Knights

  Tuesday, 25th May 2010

  HRH The Prince of Wales, Great Master of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, attended the Service and Ceremony of the Installation of Knights Grand Cross of the Order in Henry VII’s Lady Chapel, Chapel of the Order, at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 25th May 2010.

  Order of the Bath

• Scouts and Guides celebrate at service

  Monday, 7th November 2016

  A National Scout and Guide Service of Celebration and Thanksgiving was held at Westminster Abbey at Noon on Saturday 5th November 2016. The National Anthem was sung.

  Choir Music Scouts and Guides

• 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).

  The Choir of Westminster Abbey Recording

• Abbey seeks new Organist and Master of the Choristers

  Thursday, 26th May 2022

  Westminster Abbey is welcoming applications for its next Organist and Master of the Choristers.

  Westminster Abbey Choir School

• Introduction to the organ

  Westminster Abbey is, first and foremost, a living, working church where people of all faiths and none are welcome. Be still and reflect about how faith weaves the Abbey's 1,000 year story together.

• Dean & Chapter commissions Abbey paintings

  Thursday, 15th March 2018

  Westminster Abbey’s Dean & Chapter has commissioned a unique series of watercolours of the interior and precincts of the Abbey church by the artist Alexander Creswell.

  Alexander Creswell Exhibition Lady Chapel

• Creation Lates: Summer sessions

  Wednesday, 17th July 2024

  Explore the Abbey after hours and enjoy live music in the Cloisters.

  Events Creation

• 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.

  Choir of Westminster Abbey Pope Benedict XVI St Peter’s Basilica

• A Palm Sunday Devotion

  Sunday, 13th April 2025

  Mark Jesus' entry into Jerusalem and begin Holy Week with this contemplative service of Scripture, music, and poetry.

  Holy Week Holy Week and Easter St Margaret's Church

• Choral Compline for Good Friday

  Friday, 18th April 2025

  This service of Choral Compline takes us from the Cross to the waiting silence of Holy Saturday with Scripture, poetry and music.

• 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 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.

• Westminster Abbey marks ANZAC Day

  The Duke of Sussex, The Duke of Gloucester and The Duchess of Cambridge attended a Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving to mark ANZAC Day.

• 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.

• Abbey Choir releases new Tudor and Christmas CDs

  Friday, 3rd October 2008

  Two new CDs of music from the Abbey Choir are released this week by Hyperion Records.

• Festival of Commemoration concert

  Thursday, 20th November 2008

  A concert of sacred music to conclude the ‘Mary and Elizabeth: Sisters in Hope of Resurrection’ festival took place at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 20th November 2008.

  Elizabeth I Mary I

• Choral and music

• Tallis' Lamentations of Jeremiah