Thank you to everyone who supported our recent tour to Paris. The Boys and Lay Clerks had a wonderful trip singing at the glorious St Sulpice Church (where Widor and Dupre were organists) and St Eustache during the Sunday worship.…
Bath Abbey Displays Giant New Paper Poppy ahead of Remembrance Day
Bath Abbey is preparing for Remembrance Day with a large display of the new poppy, unveiled this year. In the run up to Remembrance, Bath Abbey has been gifted a large-scale model of the new Remembrance Poppy which is plastic…
Bath Abbey Music Department Receives Recognitions
Bath Abbey is delighted to announce that its Music Department have received a £10,000 grant from the Cathedral Music Trust to help support the salary of new Assistant Organist, Dewi Rees. In another positive turn of events, Bath Abbey extends…
Bath Abbey Choirs Launch New ‘Caritas’ CD
First recording after pandemic lockdown The Bath Abbey Choirs’ new CD ‘Caritas’ is being released on Wednesday 19th October, with a special Evensong at 5.30pm. A reception will follow where the CD will be available to purchase ahead of general…
Bath Abbey Girls’ Choir on Tour – The Netherlands and Belgium
For three action packed days, the Bath Abbey Girls’ Choir toured Holland and Belgium. These were the record- breaking heatwave days, when Europe melted in the sun, but these 24 intrepid girls none the less donned their cassocks with courage,…
Bath Abbey Girls’ Choir 25th Anniversary Concert
Female musicians celebrated at Bath Abbey This year will be particularly special for Bath Abbey as it celebrates 25 years of its Girls’ Choir. To mark the 25th anniversary, the Abbey will be celebrating with a new commission by critically…
Bath Abbey Choir records music to remember loved ones lost during pandemic
Bath Abbey’s Choirs of Boys, Girls and Lay-clerks will be hard at work next week (w/c 14 Feb) recording a new CD. Provisionally titled ‘Memoriam’, the album is to help those who have lost loved ones or who have had…
Congratulations to our new Head and Deputy Head Choristers and new recruits
Congratulations to our new Head and Deputy Head Choristers, Wilf and Lawrence who were installed in their new posts of responsibility by Rector of Bath Abbey, The Revd Canon Guy Bridgewater, at Sunday’s Choral Evensong and presented with their medals…
Young Bath student wins top prize in national music competition
One of Bath Abbey’s choristers, Gavin Phelps, aged 12 from Bath, has been announced as the runner-up in a competition to celebrate the return of York Minster’s Grand Organ, following a £2m refurbishment of the majestic instrument earlier this year.…
Experience Rachmaninov’s iconic ‘All Night Vigil’ performed by the Bath Abbey Choirs under the Moon
Luke Jerram’s Museum of the Moon will be ‘landing’ in Bath Abbey on 20 November. Among those who have been hard at work preparing for its arrival are Bath Abbey’s Choirs of Girls and Lay-Clerks. For the past 8 weeks,…
