This Sunday is designated nationally as Woman Composer Sunday, with music across both morning and evening services celebrating some fantastic composers!
Read MoreOur Boy Choristers, Choral Scholars and Lay Clerks are just back from a brilliant tour to sing in Denmark. Two of our newest choristers, Theo and Thomas tell us what it was like to experience their first cathedral choir tour.
Read MoreWe are seeking talented actors to bring the captivating characters of "Curiosities of the Cathedral Library" to life in an immersive theatre experience set within Portsmouth Cathedral.
Read MoreThis week marks the end of the Choir Year. We give thanks for all that we've been able to achieve and thank a number of singers as they move on to new things...
Read MoreCongratulations to a number of our boy and girl choristers as they are promoted to new positions of seniority in our choirs.
Read MoreOur Cathedral Choir term concluded last week with a performance of Handel’s Messiah alongside a superb array of former Portsmouth singers – Solomon, Ed and James singing the alto, tenor and bass solos lines.
Read MoreThe Cathedral Choir (boy choristers) recently returned from a tour to sing in Sweden. This trip marked a couple of important milestones – it was our third trip to Sweden, the thirtieth foreign tour for our choir but the first since 2020 when the pandemic and then associated rules and regulations stopped all such things.
Read MorePortsmouth Cathedral Choir has a long and fascinating tradition of touring in Europe. Our trip to Sweden this weekend is our 30 tour, after a cancelled trip to Poland in 2020 due to the pandemic!
Read MoreOn Tuesday 22 November, we marked St Cecilia’s Day (patron Saint of music) at Portsmouth Cathedral with children from Boundary Oak School, Bosmere Junior School, and St Mary’s Church, Portsea.
Read MoreNext week the Cathedral will be hosting the BBC for a recorded Radio 4 Sunday Service and a live Radio 3 Choral Evensong
Read MoreAs we come to the close of another academic year, we bid farewell to a number of our choir members.
Read MoreThe Cathedral welcomed the news this week that, for the second year running, the Cathedral Music Trust has provided a grant to support core musical activities here at Portsmouth Cathedral.
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Our choirs have just broken up for a short holiday before Holy Week and Easter. This term has seen us consolidate our recovery from such a unpredictable 2021 and it has been remarkable to see our younger choristers grow in confidence and expertise after such a strange few terms.
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This weekend we are delighted to share our new music campaign – Sing Joyfully – with you. This ongoing campaign aims to raise awareness of, and increase support for, our music department and choirs.
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Portsmouth Cathedral is pleased to host the London Choir’s first live performance since December 2019.
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Although we had as near normal an Advent and Christmas as possible, we did not predict quite how the beginning of 2021 was destined to be, nor quite how restrictive new Government guidance as announced just after Epiphany.
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Portsmouth Cathedral is delighted to welcome a grant from the Cathedral Choirs’ Emergency Fund. The Fund brings together support from the Cathedral Music Trust, The Ouseley Church Music Trust, and the Choir School’s Association together with donations from thousands of members of the public. The grant to Portsmouth Cathedral will provide a lifeline to over 70 musicians across all three of our choirs, safeguarding our choral tradition and regular pattern of sung services until summer 2021.
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