Course Director
Matthew O’Donovan
MA MMus ARCO
Eton College
For trebles and sopranos aged 9 to 16, this course will make good use of your Easter holiday!
Join the 100 + choristers who attend the Oxford Three-Day Course each year to
- Improve your singing of hymns, psalms, canticles, anthems and Easter carols
- Learn new music
- Improve your tone, diction, breath control, and phrasing
- Sing in the beautiful acoustic of an Oxford College Chapel
- Receive expert tuition from first-rate musicians
- Meet choristers from other churches
- See friends from previous courses, and to make new friends on this one
- Perhaps win a scholarship to the Bath 1-week RSCM Residential Course if you are under 14 (up to 2 such awards may be made at the end of this course).
Daily programme starts at 9.30 am and ends with a service in Magdalen College Chapel at 4.15 pm, and the day ends at 5 pm (5.30 pm on the third day). NB: Some choristers may subsequently be invited to sing Evensong in Christ Church Cathedral on the following Saturday. Music is provided. Robes are worn, but members of unrobed choirs are equally welcome.
Choir trainers and clergy are specially invited to attend practices in Magdalen College Chapel as well as the daily service. Choir Trainers who wish to observe the training sessions are most welcome to do so, provided that they obtain prior consent by contacting the Course Director, Matthew O’Donovan, and in the case of the house sessions, the Housemaster, in person at the beginning of the session. Make the course widely known and bring as many people as you can to the services!
COST: £39 per chorister
(excluding refreshments – bring a packed lunch and tea; however, soft drinks are provided).
The fee must accompany the application form.
To enrol please complete the entry form and return it to the Administrator, Philip Bowcock, 4 St Anne’s Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7PA, by 1 March 2008 with a cheque for the fees, payable to 'RSCM Oxford'. For late applications please contact Philip Bowcock 0118 954 3481.
Places are limited to 120 so do apply early.
If we cannot accept an entry, either completely or in part, a refund of the appropriate amount will be made.
No refunds are made if places are cancelled after the closing date.
Instructions and music lists are sent when your place is acknowledged.
Enquiries: Philip Bowcock (0118 9543481)
BOOKING FORM (pdf file)
Matthew O'Donovan