Biography St. Paul's Cathedral Choir & Andrew Carwood


St Paul’s Cathedral Choir
is regarded as one of the best in the world, and regularly leads services of national importance, such as the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen in 2012, and the funeral of Baroness Thatcher in 2013. The choir is widely recorded and tours regularly. It has appeared throughout Europe, Asia, North and South America.

There has been a choir at St Paul’s Cathedral since around 1127, and the choral foundation continues to thrive almost 1000 years later. Each week, the 30 boy choristers and 12 vicars choral provide music for 8 sung services. The training of boy choristers is an ancient tradition and is the life-blood of the Cathedral today.

We look forward to sharing this rich musical heritage with our supporters across the world.

Andrew Carwood
is the first non-organist to lead the music at St Paul's since the 12th century. He has gained a reputation as one of the most versatile musicians of his generation, having had an illustrious career as a singer before focusing attention on conducting and choral direction. He trained as a choral scholar at St John's College, Cambridge, and was a lay clerk at Christ Church, Oxford and Westminster Cathedral, before becoming Director of Music at the Brompton Oratory. As a conductor his reputation was established with The Cardinall's Musick and together the three-time Gramohone award winners continue to perform throughout the UK and Europe.

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