Vocal and Choral News

05 May 2025

Big wins at Two Moors Competition and Swindon Festival for Ted and Belinda

We are thrilled to announce that Ted L (Year 7) and Belinda G-G (Year 9) were both crowned winners at the Two Moors Competition held...

28 Mar 2025

Musicians impress at Music and Arts Festivals

Musicians across the Prep and Senior School are celebrating an extraordinary set of results from a number of Music and Arts Festivals including the Mid-Somerset...

24 Mar 2025

Session Orchestra Concert

We saw the first concert for our newly formed Wells Cathedral School Session Orchestra featuring pupils from the String, Jazz and Vocal Departments. The first...

24 Mar 2025

Clare Teal masterclass

On Thursday 6th March we were so lucky to have Clare Teal not only give a fabulous Maestro concert with pianist Jason Rebello but also...

10 Mar 2025

Belinda announced as Voices For Life Young Ambassador

We are delighted for Belinda G-G (Year 9) who, during their Stardust concert, was announced as the Young Ambassador for the charity Voices For Life. Belinda...

17 Feb 2025

Songs from the Shows

We were treated to 21 exhilarating performances in the first of our biannual ‘Songs from the Shows’ concerts. Always a favourite with the Cedars Hall...

17 Feb 2025

Prep Schools Singing Festival

On Tuesday 11th February, the Prep School were joined by eight other Prep Schools for our inaugural Prep Schools Singing Festival. At the centre of...

17 Feb 2025

Armonico Consort

Our Chamber Choir had the immense privilege of singing alongside the acclaimed professional choir the Armonico Consort in uniquely immersive choral concerts of ‘Supersize Polyphony’...

13 Jan 2025

Belinda’s busy Christmas

Belinda G-G (Year 9) was the soprano soloist in the Hope and Homes for Children fundraising carol concert at Marlborough College Chapel. This was the...

19 Dec 2024

OW makes debut with New York Philharmonic

We were delighted to hear that OW Kieran White (2008) has made his US debut as tenor soloist with the New York Philharmonic in their...

16 Dec 2024

12 Days of Christmas

We are delighted to share a Wells Cathedral School version of the 12 Days of Christmas!With a little help from pupils in our Pre-Prep up...

16 Dec 2024

National choir selections

Following the latest rounds of auditions, we are delighted that no fewer than ten of our pupils have been accepted as members of one of...

09 Dec 2024

Belinda’s singing experiences

Belinda G-G (Year 9), BBC Junior Young Chorister of the Year 2023, has sung at two incredible concerts this week.On Sunday 1st December, she performed the...

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),...

18 Oct 2024

Lunchtime Concerts end Michaelmas Term on a high note

The final Lunchtime Concert of the Michaelmas Term took place in Quilter Hall on Thursday 17th October, with performances from Crystal S (Voice, Upper Sixth),...

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....

B’s Waterperry Opera performances WCS Wells Cathedral School Independent Prep Somerset England

21 Sep 2024

Beth’s Waterperry Opera Festival performances

Beth B (Lower Sixth) performed the role of Flora in the Waterperry Opera Festival’s professional production of Britten’s The Turn of the Screw on Friday...

21 Sep 2024

Belinda’s summer of song

Belinda G-G (Year 9) has been singing across the country throughout the summer. She performed in a lunchtime concert at St John’s Church in Taunton...

15 Jul 2024

Beth is Flora in Britten’s The Turn of the Screw

Beth (Year 11) will be performing the role of Flora in the Waterperry Opera Festival’s professional production of Britten’s The Turn of the Screw in August. Beth...

15 Jul 2024

Community Music Group

The Community Music Group finished a wonderful year of community music-making with visits to the Crandon Springs and Fletcher House care homes in Wells. Pupils...

15 Jul 2024

Opera Scenes

Only at Wells – Opera Scenes!Hot on the heels of the astonishing String Showcase and excellent, vibrant Jazz Picnic, Mr Finch and his company of...

02 Jul 2024

Belinda is soloist at world premiere

Belinda (Year 8) sung as a soloist in the world premiere of the Elements Cantata with Voices for Life in Bath Abbey. The performances were...

18 Jun 2024

Year 7-9 Choir and Soloists perform at St Cuthbert’s

Thursday 23rd May saw the upper voices of the Year 7-9 Choir visit St Cuthbert’s Church, Wells, for a beautiful concert of music by Bob...

B sings on BBC Songs of Praise WCS Wells Cathedral School Independent Prep Somerset England

31 May 2024

Belinda sings on BBC Songs of Praise

Belinda (Year 8) sang on BBC One’s Songs of Praise, broadcast on Sunday 26th May. The programme was filmed at the National Gallery to mark...

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...

10 May 2024

Belinda sings on BBC Radio 4

As part of their ‘A Celebration for Ascension Day’ programme, Belinda (Year 8) sang in St Martin-in-the-Fields alongside mezzo soprano Laura Wright and the BBC...

29 Apr 2024

Pupils organise charity concert

Beth (Year 11) and Emily (Upper Sixth) organised a concert in aid of The Lighthouse School in Gaza. Accompanied by Mr Drakett, they performed to...

08 Apr 2024

Symphony Orchestra concert

The pairing of Mozart’s Requiem with highlights from Tchaikovsky’s ballet scores allowed Wells to demonstrate what makes it so special: Music on a grand scale,...

22 Mar 2024

Musicians celebrate outstanding Music and Arts Festival results

Musicians across the Prep and Senior School are celebrating an extraordinary set of results from a number of Music and Arts Festivals.As ever, Wells had...

04 Mar 2024

Hera Hyesang Park opera residency

One of the finest young stars of the opera world, soprano Hera Hyesang Park spent a weekend in Cedars Hall on her way between engagements...

26 Feb 2024

Lunchtime Concerts resume

It was wonderful to get our Lent Term Lunchtime Concerts underway in Quilter Hall. These are an important opportunity for our specialist musicians to perform...

26 Feb 2024

Bach Day

On Tuesday 6th February, we featured J.S. Bach in a day-long celebration of his music installed in the wonderful Gothic spaces of Wells Cathedral. Bach’s...

05 Feb 2024

Meg releases new album: Heart Grows Fonder

Meg (Upper Sixth) is celebrating the release of her new album, Heart Grows Fonder. Meg made an appearance on GWS Radio (Glastonbury, Wells and Street)...

22 Jan 2024

Graduate Music Assistant Lunchtime Concert

Our Lunchtime Concert series started the new year with much excitement as our fabulous team of Graduate and Gap Music Assistants demonstrated just what talented...

21 Dec 2023

House Singing Competition

The Senior School House Singing Competition made a welcome return after absences caused by Covid and other illness to celebrate Disney’s 100th birthday with every...

21 Dec 2023

A Christmas Carolathon!

The pupil-led Wells Cathedral School Community Music Group – coordinated by Mr Chris Finch and Ms Laetitia Stott – was founded in September, and has...

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

Musical Extravaganza

The first Musical Extravaganza of the year was a triumph. A full Cedars Hall heard a huge range of music showcasing pupils across the whole...

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...

27 Nov 2023

Sophie is offered choral scholarship

During the half Term break, Sophie Harbridge (Upper Sixth) travelled to Hereford Cathedral for a gap-year choral scholarship audition, which she was subsequently offered immediately...

02 Oct 2023

Lunchtime Concerts return

We have been delighted to restart our Lunchtime Concerts, an important opportunity for our specialist musicians to perform their solo repertoire. Doors open 15 minutes...

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

Musicians enjoy busy summer

Musicians achieving great things does not stop when our buildings close for the summer. Our talented pupils keep playing, performing and experiencing!As ever we can...

19 Jun 2023

Woody performs ahead of CHATS 15

CHATS 15 took place over half term and Woody Collins (Year 10) performed for half an hour before the talk began. Olivia Fraser, the special...

19 Jun 2023

Musical Extravaganza

Thursday 8th June saw the final Extravaganza concert of the School year with a jam-packed concert showcasing a huge array of ensembles made up of...

19 Jun 2023

Prep Ensembles Concert

At the end of the Whitsun Term, the Prep School held their annual Ensembles Concert in Cedars Hall. It was a wonderful evening celebrating the...

23 May 2023

Early Music concert

Congratulations to pupils who performed in the Early Music Concert on Wednesday 17th May. The audience was treated to music by Bach, Telemann, Purcell and...

23 May 2023

Concert of choral works

On Friday 12th May, 50 musicians from Years 7 to 9 travelled to St Peter and St Paul’s Church in South Petherton to give a...

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,...

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