As a result of a very generous gift, we have acquired a new two manual pipe organ that has been installed in our Music (Choir) Room. The organ, which will be used for practise and teaching, is dedicated in loving memory of Andrew Johnson.
Andrew was a faithful parishioner and Founder / Chair of the OLEM Music Trust who did so much to support and encourage the development of the Music Department over many years.
Andrew Johnson
Father Dominic White, OP
On Monday 9th December, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, the Choir directed by Associate Director of Music, Sam Barrett, gave the first performance of a new Mass by Father Dominic White, OP, Prior of Blackfriars, Oxford. Father Dominic, an accomplished pianist and organist, has had his choral compositions performed by the Choirs of Clare College, Cambridge and the Ordinariate Church in London's west end.
The Mass was preceded by a public 'conversation' between Father Dominic and Nigel Kerry, Director of Music, which enabled parishioners to discover how the new Mass came to be composed and the inspiration behind it.
The Song School is looking to recruit more members for our Junior (7-12) and our Youth Choir (13-19). These two choirs provide a wonderful education in singing and general musicianship but also an opportunity to experience the Church's rich treasury of sacred music and, of course, provide a great opportunity to make new friends working together as a team.
Please contact the Director of the Song School, Naomi MacLeod Jones, to arrange an audition via olemsongschool@rcdea.org.uk
The Cambridge University Schola Cantorum performs Britten's Ceremony of Carols alongside Menoti's opera Amahl and the Night Visitors, which is based on the story of the Three Kings, and features dancers from the Cambridge 'Colours of Dance' Studio.
The London Bach Choir directed by Sir John Rutter, with organist, David Hill, perform a concert of sacred festive music for choir and audience.
Promoted by the Cambridge Summer Music Festival. This event is now sold out.
Cambridge Chorale perform a concert of sacred music for Lent, including a performance of Frank Martin's monumental Mass.
Tickets not yet available. Please see www.cambridgechorale.org.uk for more details.
Wayne is an alumnus of Wolfson College, Cambridge where he recently read for a PhD in music history. His ongoing research explores the sonic and social cultures of late eighteenth-century Jamaica.
Having previously studied at Edinburgh University, Wayne qualified as a secondary school music teacher in 2013 and was accepted as an Associate of the Royal College of Organists the following year.