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THE CHOIR

For the Choir there were three major events in the Summer Term. The first was the R.S.C.M. Schools' Festival in York Minster on the afternoon of 12th June. Five other schools joined us in providing Evensong. Mr. Waine during the rehearsal preceding the service moulded the 250-odd singers into one magnificent choir for an inspiring occasion.

The second major event was the Service in the Octave of St. Peter—which this year was on St. Peter's Day itself, 29th June. The School sang with great fervour in this service, which had been recast and included, as the anthem, Palestrina's "Tu es Petrus". This was received with mixed feelings by the School.

The third major event was, of course, the Commemoration Service on Sunday, 27th July. This year the School had a part to sing in the anthem "0 what their joy and their glory must be" by Sir William Harris based on the old tune. After the Choir had sung the first six verses in varied settings the School rose and sung the doxology at the end with tremendous effect.

Certainly all the trebles, and probably all the rest of the Choir (except those who could not go), would add a fourth major event; this was the Choir Outing to Scarborough on 16th June. In spite of 35

a cloudburst in the late afternoon the day and the tea were heartily enjoyed by all except your contributor, who was working for "A" Level that afternoon.

At the end of this term we say goodbye to many tenors and basses who are leaving, all of whom have our best wishes. Many trebles will have left the Choir by next term but, we hope, only temporarily, and we look forward to seeing them back in future as altos, tenors and basses. Our thanks are due to the two librarians, B. G. Way and P. W. Howat, who have carried out their duties behind the scenes most efficiently.

The music sung during the term included :-

Settings: Walmisley in D Minor (Evening Service).* Darke in F (Communion Service). Noble in B minor (Evening Service).*t Stanford in B flat (Evening Service and Te Deum).* Cranmer's Litany.” Anthems: This joyful Eastertide—Dutch Carol. Coelos ascendit hodie—Stanford. Come holy Ghost—Attwood. Lord, give thy Holy Spirit—Tanis:1' "Tu es Fetrus"—Palestrina4 The Lord hath been mindful—S. S. Wesley.t Evening Hymn—Balfour Gardiner. 0 what their joy and their glory must be !—Harris.” *With congregation. t New.

The following sang in the Choir at Commemoration :-

Trebles: A. D. Best, C. J. Batty, A. J. Bytheway, A. J. D. Foster, J. A.

Gillies, M. C. M. Jesper, J. R. P. Lee, N. M. Lumley, M. J. Macartney,

D. L. Marshall, C. Metcalfe, D. N. Milnes, A. J. Neal, J. H. Ormiston,

J. C. Powell, D. A. Turnbull, R. A. Wood, J. F. Yeomans. Altos: J. R. Anfield, A. Gomersall, V. F. Roberts, J. M. Smith. Tenors: W. E. Jones, D. N. Kendall, A. McCallum, B. G. Way, Mr.

Chilman, Mr. Cummin. Basses: R. F. Brooks, T. M. Jenkinson, B. Jones, P. W. Howat, M. Precious,

D. A. Wilson, Mr. Howat, Mr. Jeffs.

A.G.

THE R.S.C.M. TRIENNIAL FESTIVAL, 1958

The Royal School of Church Music held its Triennial Festival in London this year at a time coinciding with the Lambeth Conference. We were very glad when Mr. Waine told us that the School was to be represented by a team of six chosen from the Choir. Four trebles were chosen, A. D. Best, A. J. D. Foster, A. J. Neal, and D. A. Turnbull, one alto, J. M. Smith, and one bass, T. M. Jenkinson. We were unable to send one of the tenors, as they were all busy with external examinations at the time.

After several intensive practices we were taken on 2nd June to Stockton-on-Tees for a sectional rehearsal under Mr. Gerald Knight, the Director of the R.S.C.M. This was a gruelling occasion as there 36