Academic Conference
19-20 September 2024
Sarum College, Salisbury Cathedral
PROGRAMME
Cathedrals, Chapels, Organs, Choirs
A personal view by SARAH MACDONALD
PAPERBACK: £22.99
ISBN 979-8-218-04214-1
From the foreword by Sir John Rutter
“With an insider’s knowledge but an outsider’s perspective she lifts the lid on a choral tradition which is admired worldwide... start your journey through this valuable and enlightening book and all will become clear.”
Jeremy Pound
BBC Music Magazine
“Her affection for her university, college and choirs is infectious.”
Copies available from the Quires and Places stand at conference discount— to add to the pile of perfect Christmas gifts for your friends and family!
Also available online at major outlets.
“This book will be enjoyed not just by lovers of the English choral tradition, organs, or by those fascinated by Oxbridge colleges, but also by those with interests in education, composing, performing, publishing, politics, and religion.”
– Andrew Palmer , Yorkshire Times
Welcome, keynotes, stalls & useful information
Floor Plan
To help you navigate Sarum College
Delegate List
Get to know your fellow delegates
Book List
Browse the publications for sale at the stalls
Music for the Grace
Sing or simply listen to Cantate Domino by Pitoni before Thursday’s dinner
Speakers
List of presenters, panel members and poster presenters
Schedule
Session timings and locations
WELCOME
Welcome to Cathedral Music Trust’s academic conference, one of our Future Leaders’ initiatives for 2024.
The Trust is engaged in commissioning and conducting research into sustaining and developing cathedral music, in order to inform our programme development and support learning across the sector. This conference provides an opportunity to celebrate and disseminate recent findings in this field.
KEYNOTES
THE REVD PROF.
JUNE BOYCE-TILLMAN
Grace and Tradition – Spiritualities in Cathedral Music
DR HANNA RIJKEN
Pilgrimage to English Cathedrals:
The popular practice of visiting choirs from the Netherlands singing Choral Evensong in England
THE REVD DR
JONATHAN ARNOLD
Spiritual Realities: Innovations in Anglican Choral Music Research
CANON PROF.
NICHOLAS ORME
A Very Short History of England’s Cathedrals (including book signing)
SIR JOHN RUTTER
After-dinner speaker
Our Future Leaders are a group of next generation volunteers, leading the way on engaging a new audience for cathedral music. We are proud of this scheme and are grateful to them for their contribution to making this conference a success. Five Future Leaders will use this platform to present their own postgraduate research into cathedral music.
Olivia Sparkhall Programmes Manager Cathedral Music Trust
STALLS
QUIRES & PLACES
GIFTS
&
BOOK SHOP
A selection of your favourite Quires & Places merchandise, alongside books by delegates
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Books by Nicholas Orme and other authors in the field of music and ecclesiastical history
CROFT DESIGN
Exhibiting cassocks in the Cavell Room
EVENSONG
Sung by the girl choristers and lay vicars
Responses Ayleward Canticles Jackson in G Anthem
Judith Weir
Leaf from leaf Christ knows
USEFUL INFORMATION
Lanyards
Please wear your lanyard throughout the conference
Blue lanyards: delegates
Red lanyards: staff, volunteers & presenters
WIFI
SARUM GUEST
Password: H0spitality
Bar Open 9.30pm-11pm
Door Code
Provided in your conference pack Access
Please note, the Cathedral Close gates are locked at 11pm and opened at 6am. You must leave the Close before 11pm or you will be locked in.
Emergency Contact
Sarum College emergency contact number: 07496386702
FLOOR PLAN
DELEGATES
Ralph Allwood
The Rodolfus Foundation
Katie Ambrose University of York
Jonathan Arnold
Diocese of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral & University of Kent
Professor Martin Ashley Association of British Choral Directors
Matthew Blaiden Director of Music, St Stephen with St John, Westminster
Emi Bels
York Minster
Rebecca Berkley University of Reading
June Boyce-Tillman
Kathryn Bradley
Salford Cathedral
Dr David Bray
Nick Brown
Lincoln Cathedral
Hugo Burgess King’s College London
Hattie Butterworth
Editor, Choir & Organ
Isobel Chesman
Royal College of Music & Future Leader, Cathedral Music Trust
Peter Cook
Wimborne Minster Musical Heritage Trust
Emily Cooper
Sheffield Cathedral & University of Sheffield
Yvette Day Head and Master over the Choristers, King’s College School
Ben de Souza
Director of Music, Earley St Peter’s Reading
Thea Deacon King’s College London
Hannah Deasy King’s College London
Louisa Denby University of Cambridge
Dr Cathryn Dew* Programmes Director, Cathedral Music Trust
Katherine Dienes-Williams
Guildford Cathedral President, Cathedral Organists Association
Alistair Donaghue
York Minster & Future Leader, Cathedral Music Trust
Jean Duerden
Events Working Group, Cathedral Music Trust
Jeremy Duerden
Local Ambassador for Blackburn, Cathedral Music Trust
Kathryn Evans
William Forrest
Bristol Cathedral
Zara Gillick
Yale University Press
Sarah Groombridge
St Thomas Church Choir
Liz Grove
Beverley Minster
Pete Gunstone
Bradford Cathedral
Justin Harrington
Chichester Cathedral
Adela Hawley
Gerald Heather
Daniel Hicks
Durham Cathedral
Rachel Hicks
Choir Schools’ Association
Frances Howard
Army Garrison Organist
Samuel Hudson
Worcester Cathedral
Robin James
Eleanor Jarvis
Steel City Choristers
Susan Keeling
Temple Church
Anna Kent*
Digital & Comms Manager, Cathedral Music Trust
Anna Kingsmill-Vellacott
Michael Koenig
Oxford University
Robert Kozak
Succentor, St Paul’s Cathedral
Prof. Simone Krüger Bridge
Liverpool John Moores University
Stuart Laing
Trustee, Cathedral Music Trust
Meriel Larken
Elizabeth Leather*
Future Leader, Cathedral Music Trust
Kate Lewis
Nick Lewis
Ben Liberatore
Columbia University
Sylvia Lock
St Mary’s Alverstoke
Jonathan Macdonald Chair, Cathedral Music Trust
Sarah MacDonald
Selwyn College, Cambridge & Ely Cathedral
Ginny Mackay
Jonathan Mayes* CEO, Cathedral Music Trust
Anna Macham Salisbury Cathedral
Victoria McDougall* Development Director, Cathedral Music Trust
Joseph McHardy
St Paul’s Girls’ School
Andrew Millinchip
St Mary’s Whitegate
Hugh Morris Director, RSCM
Canon James Mustard
Charles Naylor Rodolfus Foundation
Iain Nisbet
Dr Rebekah Okpoti Liverpool Hope University
Nicholas Orme University of Exeter
Esme Page Consultant
Felicity Pattenden
Alex Patterson
Salford Cathedral
Tim Popple Quires and Places
Alexander Pott
Cambridge University
Dr Elizabeth Preece* University of Bristol & Future Leader, Cathedral Music Trust
Brendon Quinn Much Wenlock Parish Church
Meg Rees* University of Bristol & Future Leader, Cathedral Music Trust
David Rice
Hazel Ricketts
Dr Hanna Rijken PThU Theological University & Rotterdam Conservatory of Music (Codarts)
Andrew Robson
Lily Robson University of York
Christopher Rogers
Saint John’s Devizes
Julian Royals
Peterborough Diocese
Sir John Rutter
Benjamin Saunders National Schools
Singing Programme
Olivia Sparkhall* Programmes Manager, Cathedral Music Trust
Dr John Stephens
Louise Stewart Director, Multitude of Voyces
Denise Stobart University College Cork
Peter Stobart
St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork
Chris Taylor BBC Radio 3
Annette Teschner
Jordan Theis
St Thomas-on-The Bourne, Farnham
Bronwyn Thies-Thompson Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Simon Toyne Trustee, Cathedral Music Trust
David Whitworth Chair, Future Leaders, Cathedral Music Trust
Daisy Widdicombe* University of York & Future Leader, Cathedral Music Trust
Rosie Wilkinson Salisbury Cathedral *Conference Staff/Volunteer
BANKS MUSIC PUBLICATIONS
An independent music business publishing choral and organ music of the highest standard for over fifty years!
*New publication*
Written for the Choristers of Salisbury Cathedral
Visit our website to browse our complete choral and organ music catalogue New location – same great service!
Kindar House, The Crichton, Dumfries DG1 4ZZ Tel: 01387 460744
Email: info@banksmusicpublications.co.uk
www.banksmusicpublications.co.uk
We are a charity that supports the valuable work of musicians who enrich so many lives through the power of cathedral music.
Since our foundation in 1956 (as the Friends of Cathedral Music), we have made a positive difference to the lives of many thousands of children, young people and adult musicians across the UK and Ireland. We seek innovative and sector-leading ways to support high quality musicianship in cathedrals and churches through our programmes, training, advocacy and research. Our vision is to create a vibrant choral music scene that champions excellence and provides opportunities for people from all walks of life to thrive and develop.
In 2024 we have invested over £500,000 in the sector, supporting 28 music departments, and enriching over 10,000 lives.
OUR PUBLICATIONS
Cathedral Music magazine is packed with articles on the latest developments in cathedral music, insight from experts into issues facing the sector, news and reviews.
Join as a Friend from just £2.50 a month and receive a copy to your door twice a year.
Sign up now at bit.ly/cmt-friends
THE FUTURE FOR CATHEDRAL MUSIC
A report by More Partnership
The report explores how Cathedral Music Trust can best allocate its resources to advance its ambition to sustain and inspire the future of sacred music.
READ NOW
BOOKS FOR SALE
Visit the merchandise stalls to browse these titles
The Novello Guide to
Sight-Singing
Ralph Allwood & Timothy Teague
Music and Faith
Sacred Music in Secular Society
The Everyday God
Jonathan Arnold
Unconventional Wisdom
Freedom Song
Experiencing Music
Enlivening Faith
June Boyce-Tillman
Churches: An Architectural History
Simon Bradley
Westminster Abbey
David Cannadine
The Dissolution of the Monasteries
James Clark
The Stripping of the Altars
Eamon Duffy
Reformations
Carlos M. N. Eire
Zwingli
F. Bruce Gordon
The Life of Music
Nicholas Kenyon
The Recorder
David Lasocki, Robert Ehrlich, Nikolaj Tarasov & Michala Petri
Cathedrals, Chapels, Organs, Choirs
Sarah MacDonald
Heretics and Believers
Peter Marshall
The Horn
Renato Meucci and Gabriele
Rocchetti
The History of England's Cathedrals
Going to Church in Medieval England
Tudor Children
Nicholas Orme
A Little History of Music
Robert Philip
Song
John Potter
My Soul Doth Magnify
Hanna Rijken
A Young Person’s Guide to Vocal Health
Olivia Sparkhall
Western Rising of 1549
Mark Stoyle
Women and the Piano
The Piano
Susan Tomes
Descants are for life
For the last verse
Paul Walton
The Association of British Choral Directors
Supporting all choral leaders
abcd is the leading UK organisation devoted entirely to supporting everyone leading choral music. We are committed to promoting, improving and maintaining opportunities for the professional development of all those leading singing of any kind, whether in the classroom or in the community.
Our members represent nearly 2000 choral groups and include professional conductors, teachers, composers, singers and students, leading singing of all kinds.
The Choral Research Journal is our peerreviewed online academic research journal. Its aim is to promote research-informed practice and a scholarly approach to all aspects of collective singing.
We are delighted to collaborate with the Cathedral Music Trust for the New Generation Perspectives conference and publish the conference papers in a special edition of the journal.
MUSIC
GRACE
SPEAKERS
MEG REES
A detailed exploration of Choral Evensong and its significance today
ISOBEL CHESMAN
Vocal health status of lay clerks in English Anglican cathedral choirs
PROF. SIMONE KRÜGER BRIDGE
Harmony in diversity: unveiling the inherent societal contributions of Liverpool Cathedral’s egalitarian Music Outreach Programme
BENJAMIN LIBERATORE
‘They make me feel like I’m dirtying the tradition’: child choristers’ perspectives on belonging, difference, and ‘identity’
DENISE STOBART
The divine as an integral part of religious cognition experienced through music during worship
HANNAH DEASY
Pupils, Primers and Potential: exploring chorister education at Exeter Cathedral in the mideighteenth century
DR REBEKAH OKPOTI
Anne Lister, the pipe organ and The Girly Organist: curating the sound world of an icon to address bigotry
KATIE AMBROSE
Choral music-making in gendered settings: a technologically mediated approach
REVD PETE GUNSTONE
Diverse people inhabiting praise together
DR ELIZABETH PREECE
Cultural capital and the choir: understanding social class reproduction within choir schools
RALPH ALLWOOD MBE
The Rodolfus Foundation
DR REBECCA BERKLEY
University of Reading
SARAH MACDONALD
Selwyn College, Cambridge
Ely Cathedral
JOSEPH McHARDY (CHAIR)
St Paul’s Girls’ School
BENJAMIN SAUNDERS
Diocese of Leeds
National Schools Singing Programme
SIMON TOYNE
David Ross Education Trust
Cathedral Music Trust
POSTERS
BRONWYN THIES-THOMPSON
Choral Evensong as music therapy: examining the mental health benefits of religious musicking for choristers
LILY ROBSON
The English cathedral music canon: appraising the musicological presentation of twentieth- and twenty-first-century cathedral music
KATHRYN EVANS
The spiritual potential of liturgical singing in the Anglican cathedral tradition: a theological foundation for facing challenges
THE REVD CANON NICHOLAS BROWN
Historical and institutional influences on the theological understanding of cathedral singers
Cathedral Music Trust is pleased to welcome celebrated author
Nicholas Orme
‘Magisterial’
Michael Tavinor, Church Times
‘Fascinating and detailed’
Joan Greatrex, Catholic Historical Review
Also by Nicholas Orme
SCHEDULE
THURSDAY
11:30 Coffee & Welcome
12:00 Session 1*
i. Meg Rees
ii. Isobel Chesman
12:30 Session 2
i. Prof. Simone Krüger Bridge
ii. Benjamin Liberatore
13:00 Lunch***
13:45 Session 3
i. Denise Stobart
ii. Hannah Deasy
14:15 Session 4
i. Dr Rebekah Okpoti
ii. Katie Ambrose
14:45 Session 5
i. Revd Pete Gunstone
ii. Dr Elizabeth Preece
15:15 Poster Session & Tea
15:45 Session 6: Keynote**
The Revd Prof. June Boyce-Tillman
17:30 Choral Evensong
Salisbury Cathedral
18:30 Drinks Reception
19:00 Conference Dinner
Sir John Rutter, after-dinner speaker
21:30 Bar Opens
*Sessions 1-5 i. Chapel / ii. Hamilton
**Sessions 6-10 Cavell Room
***All meals held in the Refectory
FRIDAY
08:00 Breakfast
Residents only
09:00 Session 7: Keynote** Dr Hanna Rijken
09:45 Session 8: Keynote
The Revd Dr Jonathan Arnold
10:30 Coffee
Browse the conference stalls Quires and Places Yale University Press Croft Design
11:00 Session 9: Panel Discussion
New Generation Voices: How we work with today’s children and young people in a cathedral music setting
12:00 Session 10: Keynote
Canon Prof. Nicholas Orme Book signing
13:00 Lunch
For abstracts and more info visit bit.ly/cmt-conf
Follow us on socials @cathedralmusic
