Oxford
Cantate pueri

Course Director
Peter Smith
Magdalen College School


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).
  Last year's winners were
  Stephen Parkinson (Goring St. Thomas of Canterbury) & April Reading (Aylesbury St. Mary the Virgin)

Daily programme starts at 9.30am and ends with a service in Magdalen College Chapel at 4.15pm, and the day ends at 5pm (5.30pm on the third day).
The Bishop of Oxford will attend the final service on April 8th, and give a short address.
NB: Some choristers may subsequently be invited to sing
Evensong in Christ Church Cathedral on the following Thursday morning.
Music is provided. Robes are worn, but members of unrobed choirs are equally welcome.

Choir trainers and clergy are warmly 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, Peter Smith, 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 (excluding refreshments – bring a packed lunch and tea; however, soft drinks are provided).

BOOKING FORM (pdf)
MUSIC LIST
Enquiries: Philip Bowcock (0118 9543481)