Carlisle Cathedral has been awarded a grant of £12,000 from the Cathedral Music Trust and Edington Music Festival Association. This funding will support our new Harmony Under the Stars project over the next two years, with the aim of providing a strong musical education for all our choristers.
This funding forms part of a national programme of grants given by Cathedral Music Trust, with almost £500,000 awarded throughout the country. This is the largest annual sum Cathedral Music Trust has ever distributed through its regular financial support programmes and will support many Cathedrals and parish churches in their offering of choral and organ music. A full list of grants can viewed on the Cathedral Music Trust website.
The Very Rev’d Jonathan Brewster, Dean of Carlisle, said, “Thank you to the Cathedral Music Trust and Edington Music Festival Association for supporting our Harmony Under the Stars project that places chorister singing lessons at the heart of our music programme here at Carlisle Cathedral”.
Mr Mark Duthie, Director of Music, said, “We are delighted to have received this grant for our chorister training programme. Singing lessons are a key part of the development of our choristers as musicians and singers. This funding will support our Harmony Under the Stars project with the aim of providing a solid musical education for all our choristers now and into the future.”
The grant, which includes the Edington Festival Award for chorister training, has given Harmony Under the Stars an excellent kickstart to the project’s funding. Music is central to everything we do here at Carlisle Cathedral, providing a broad offer of musical activity to young people in Carlisle and Cumbria with our choristerships, Consort choir, Cantate children’s community choir and schools outreach programme. It is free to visit the Cathedral and to listen to one of our choirs during the services, and we don’t charge to be part of the Cathedral Choirs, which shows just how vital this funding is. To support the musical life of Carlisle Cathedral and our Harmony Under the Stars project, please click here.
