Chorister News

04 Jul 2025

Mahler 5 Symphony Orchestra Concert

One of the crown jewels of the end of year celebrations was our Symphony Orchestra concert held in the Cathedral on Thursday night. The orchestra...

Choir Schools' Association CSA Conference WCS Wells Cathedral School Independent Prep Somerset England

13 May 2025

WCS hosts CSA Conference

It was a pleasure for the School to recently host around 40 Heads and 20 other delegates for the annual Choir Schools’ Association Conference. The...

05 May 2025

Chorister Reunion

On Saturday 26th April, former Choristers and members of the Choir Association were welcomed back to Wells for their annual reunion. It was lovely to...

30 Apr 2025

Choristers have a busy Easter

The Choristers had a very busy week during the final part of the Easter holidays. They sang for services on Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good...

19 Mar 2025

Experiencing Chorister life: Wells Cathedral welcomes aspiring Boy Choristers for ‘an afternoon in the life’

In its quest to find boys who would like to join the world-famous Choir, Wells Cathedral hosted a Be a Boy Chorister for a Day...

10 Mar 2025

OW among House & Garden Rising Stars

Congratulations to OW Joshua Hale (2012) who has been named in House & Garden’s annual list of 25 Rising Stars which includes furniture designers, garden...

20 Dec 2024

Choristers record A Ceremony of Carols

December saw the release of a very special recording of Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols by our wonderful Choristers with harpist Olivia Jageurs, directed by...

19 Dec 2024

Advent Carol Service

On Sunday 8th December the School gathered in the Cathedral, along with members of family and locality as well as honoured guests, for our annual...

02 Dec 2024

Zino is CSA Chorister Composer 2024

We are delighted to share that Zino Z (Year 9) is the Choir Schools’ Association (CSA) Chorister Composer of 2024, having won the up to...

18 Nov 2024

Wells remembers

Our School community marked Armistice Day through Remembrance Services in the Cathedral and Cedars Hall, with performances of The Last Post by Milo B (Year 11),...

17 Oct 2024

Chorister Camp-Out

On Friday 27th September, our Choristers forwent their cassocks and gathered their warm clothes, sleeping bags and tents for their annual Camp-Out in the Cathedral....

01 Oct 2024

HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh, Patron of the Wells Cathedral Choristers Trust attended a fundraising concert in aid of Drakensberg Boys Choir, based in South Africa supported by Wells Cathedral School.

HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh visited Wells Cathedral on the 25th September in her capacity as Patron of Wells Cathedral Choristers Trust. A fundraising concert...

27 Sep 2024

Wells Cathedral School unveils new app

We are thrilled to announce that a new Wells Cathedral School app is available to download for free on the App Store and Google Play....

Be a Chorister for a Day BACFAD WCS Wells Cathedral School Independent Prep Somerset England

23 Sep 2024

Experiencing Chorister life: Wells Cathedral welcomes aspiring Choristers for ‘an afternoon in the life’

On Saturday 21 September, Wells Cathedral hosted a fabulous, free, ‘behind the scenes’ afternoon, during which children were able to experience the life of a...

21 Sep 2024

Bea and Henry enjoy The Sixteen concert

Beatrice P (Head Girl Chorister, Year 9) and her brother Henry (also a Senior Chorister, Year 7) enjoyed The Sixteen’s concert in Wells Cathedral celebrating...

04 Sep 2024

HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh to attend a fundraising concert in aid of Drakensberg Boy Choir, based in South Africa supported by Wells Cathedral School. HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh is a Patron of the Wells Cathedral Choristers Trust.

HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh will visit Wells Cathedral on the 25th September in support of the Drakensberg Boys Choir who will be performing a...

20 May 2024

Sound of Wells Festival

It has been brilliant for School musicians to be so strongly involved with the Cathedral-led Sound of Wells Festival. In a week featuring over a...

20 May 2024

St John Passion

On Saturday 11th May, the Cathedral Choir, with stellar soloists Kieran White OW (2008) (Evangelist) and Neal Davies (Christus), accompanied by baroque ensemble Réjouissance, gave...

28 Mar 2024

Choristers work with OW Hollywood composer

On Wednesday 27th March, the Choristers recorded the soundtrack for a new video game with music composed by OW David Buckley (1994). As the rest...

BBC Young Chorister of the Year Competition 2023 Tricia Yourkevich WCS Wells Cathedral School Independent Prep Somerset England

04 Dec 2023

Belinda wins BBC Junior Young Chorister of the Year 2023

We are absolutely delighted to announce that Year 8 pupil Belinda Gifford-Guy has won the 2023 BBC Young Chorister of the Year competition (Junior category).The...

27 Nov 2023

Wells remembers

Across the School, Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday were marked on 10th-13th November. Pupils in the Prep School attended a Remembrance Service in Cedars Hall...

Choristers finish Term on a high note WCS Wells Cathedral School Choristry Music Independent Prep Somerset England

02 Nov 2023

Choristers finish Michaelmas Term on a high note

It has been a busy end to the Michaelmas Term for our Choristers. From 6th to 8th October, Wells was the venue for the Cathedral Music Trust‘s...

09 Oct 2023

Chorister Camp-out

On the evening of Friday 29th September, the Choristers gathered for the Chorister Camp-out in the Cathedral, an event that is proving to be something of a...

02 Oct 2023

Belinda is a BBC Young Chorister of the Year Semi-Finalist

Congratulations to Belinda Gifford-Guy (Year 8) who has reached the Junior Semi-Finals of the BBC Young Chorister of the Year competition! Belinda will be competing in October...

18 Sep 2023

Experiencing Chorister life: Wells Cathedral welcomes aspiring Choristers for ‘an afternoon in the life’

On Saturday 16 September, Wells Cathedral hosted a fabulous, free, ‘behind the scenes’ afternoon, during which children were able to experience the life of a...

26 May 2023

Celebrating a doubly “Excellent” ISI Inspection

We are delighted to announce the publication of the latest report from the Independent Schools Inspectorate.The School has been awarded the highest possible grade of...

23 May 2023

Sound of Wells Festival

From Thursday 18th-Sunday 21st May, many of our pupils were involved in the Sound of Wells Festival.Beginning on Thursday lunchtime with a recital given by...

09 May 2023

Oliver’s Opera role

Congratulations to Head Boy Chorister Oliver Jenkins (Year 8) who has been cast in Fedora, an opera in three acts by Umberto Giordano. Oliver will be...

09 May 2023

An inspiring and thought-provoking afternoon on careers in Music

Cedars Hall was full of our young musicians on Thursday 27th April to hear presentations on very different musical career paths given by Sophie Lewis,...

Chorister Composition Competition WCS Wells Cathedral School Independent Prep Somerset England

28 Apr 2023

Belinda is highly commended at Chorister Composition Competition

Many congratulations to Belinda Gifford-Guy (Year 7) for being highly commended in the 14 and under category of the David Willcocks Chorister Composition Competition!

28 Apr 2023

Choristers enjoyed busy Easter

The Choristers had a very busy Easter holiday, rehearsing and singing for seven Cathedral services during Holy Week, the most important week of the church’s...

22 Mar 2023

Choir of Royal Holloway visit Wells

On Saturday 11th March, the Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London, were welcomed to Wells Cathedral with their conductor, Rupert Gough. The Choir gave...

Devotional performance of Duruflé's Requiem by Wells Cathedral School Choristers in Somerset England

06 Mar 2023

Devotional performance of Duruflé’s Requiem

On Sunday 26th February, with a packed Nave demonstrating our solidarity with the people of Ukraine, the Cathedral Choir sang a moving devotional performance of...

22 Feb 2023

Chorister’s Shrove Tuesday Pancake Race

The Choristers joyfully took part in their annual pancake race along Vicars’ Close on Shrove Tuesday. Eagerly anticipated each year, the pancake race is one...

09 Jan 2023

Choristers Sing For Charity

Congratulations to our Choristers on their Christmas concerts and services. In the run up to Christmas they took part in three Candlelight Concerts and two...

21 Dec 2022

Mila’s Pie Jesu EP

Congratulations to Mila Tsoneva (Year 11), runner up of the BBC Young Chorister of the Year 2021, on the release of her new EP Pie...

Oliver Chorister Scrooge Christmas Netflix Film Movie WCS Wells Cathedral Independent School Somerset England

19 Dec 2022

Oliver Sings In New Netflix Film

One of our Cathedral Choristers, Oliver Jenkins (Year 8), has made his Hollywood debut with the release of Scrooge: A Christmas Carol on Netflix, to...

BACFAD Chorister WCS Wells Cathedral Independent School Somerset England

10 Nov 2022

Experiencing Chorister life: Wells Cathedral welcomes forty aspiring Choristers for ‘a day in the life’

On Saturday 5 November, Wells Cathedral hosted a fabulous, free, ‘behind the scenes’ day, during which children were able to experience the life of a...

24 Oct 2022

Wells Cathedral Choristers excel in Edinburgh

The Choristers of Wells Cathedral have just returned from a musically triumphant tour to Edinburgh.Their first tour since a visit to The Netherlands in 2019,...

26 Sep 2022

Choristers on ITV News West Country

Well done to our Choristers on a wonderful performance on ITV News West Country.As part of a feature on the different ways the local area...

27 Jun 2022

Singing with the Orchestra of St John’s

One of our Year 6 singers had a wonderful experience singing with the Orchestra of St John’s over half Term. The concert was called Opera...

23 May 2022

Choristers Meet David Briggs

Two Year 6 Choristers were very excited to have the opportunity to meet world-renowned organist David Briggs at Wells Cathedral on Saturday 21st May.David was...

Wells Cathedral School WCS Independent Somerset Easter Chorister Choir

13 Apr 2022

Choristers Enjoy Busy Easter Period

The Choristers are in the midst of a busy Easter period with services beginning on Palm Sunday and ongoing through to Easter Sunday.Cathedral visitors enjoyed...

11 Mar 2022

Senior Chorister Concert

The School’s Senior Choristers performed at their annual instrumental concert in Quilter Hall on Tuesday evening.Although the Choristers are always performing using their voices, this...

Chorister Shrove Tuesday Pancake Race Group Photo WCS Independent School Somerset

02 Mar 2022

Shrove Tuesday Chorister Race

The Wells Cathedral Choristers celebrated a longstanding tradition this week – the Shrove Tuesday pancake race.With frying pans in hand, pupils raced in groups along...

15 Feb 2022

David Hinitt Visit

The Wells Cathedral Choir and A level Music Technology pupils were fortunate to have an opportunity to spend time with leading classical recording engineer, David...

Specialist Musician Mila, semi finalist, of BBC Young Chorister of the Year 2021

08 Dec 2021

Mila is Runner up in Young Chorister of the Year

We’re thrilled that Wells Cathedral School pupil Mila Tsoneva (Year 10) has finished second in the hugely prestigious BBC Young Chorister of the Year competition.For...

09 Nov 2021

New Director of Music

The Governors and Head Master of Wells Cathedral School are delighted to announce the appointment of Mr Alex Laing as the new Director of Music.The...

15 Oct 2021

Festival of the Moon and the Performance of Noah

As a large and thoroughly entertained congregation listened to Joseph Horovitz and Michael Flander’s more modern interpretation of one the Bible’s oldest stories, the spectacular...

20 May 2021

Royal Visit to Wells Cathedral and the Bishop’s Palace and Gardens

As part of a joint visit by The Earl and Countess of Wessex to Wells on Monday to coincide with the re-opening of hospitality and...

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