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2020-06-13 10:50:01
An organist in lockdown: I chat to Edmund Aldhouse, director of music at Ely Cathedral, about his work, the English romantic organ, & how to keep choristers motivated without regular services
[…] the services at the cathedral, and this includes having overall responsibility for the cathedral's choirs, of which it has a number. There are the boys trebles and the adults (the lay clerks) who historically sang the cathedral's services, and in 2006 they added a girls choir so that services are sung by a mixture of these three groups. In addition, there is the voluntary adult choir, the Ely Octagon Singers, and the children's choir, the Ely Imps. Edmund has direct responsibility for the boy trebles and the lay clerks, with Sarah Macdonald the directing the girl choristers, and Ely Octagon Singers being directed by Glen Dempsey (the cathedral's assistant director of music). When I ask Edmund how much organ playing he does, he ruefully comments 'not enough'. He feels that he ought to play more, but this is one of the dangers of becoming a director of music, when […]
2016-06-16 04:12:16
Two greats from the world of classical music will be performing at Ely Cathedral in a special concert to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the cathedral's newest choirs. British soprano Lesley Garrett and composer John Rutter will be guest performers at a 'Summer Celebration', which is being held on Saturday, June 25 to mark the major milestone of Ely Cathedral Girls' Choir, Ely Cathedral Octagon Singers and The Ely Imps.
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