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Posted By admin on July 11, 2020

SIR The emergency funding for the arts announced by Oliver Dowden is hugely welcome. However, the work of church and synagogue musicians across the country is still under serious threat, with some professional choirs already facing permanent disbandment. We need clear steps towards the reinstatement of musicians work in religious services.

Many of us already work in a way that is very socially distanced singing from balconies and organ lofts. Yet, the Government has made an un-nuanced statement regarding singing in places of worship: if possible, dont do it.

It has even suggested that churches should replace musicians with recordings. If this happens, will live music-making in places of worship ever return?

Since March, singers and directors of music have been waiting for clarification on when (or if) we are likely to be reinstated. We want, and need, to get back to work keeping the great choral tradition in this country alive. Please allow us to do so.

Stephen AlderWestminster Cathedral

Sapphire ArmitageAssociated with St Brides, Fleet Street, andSt Pancras New Church

Emily ArmourSt Bartholomew the Great

Andrew ArthurDirector of Music, Trinity Hall, Cambridge

Helen AshbySt Margarets Church, Westminster

Kate AshbyAssociated with All Saints, Margaret Street, andRoyal Hospital, Chelsea

Jenny BaconThe Guards Chapel

Robin BaileyMarylebone Parish Church

Leilani BarrattAssociated with HM Tower of London

Caspar BarrieHM Tower of London

Ana Beard Fernandez Carmelite Priory, Kensington

Peter BeavanDirector of Music, Royal Memorial Chapel, Sandhurst

Nicola BeckleySt Michael, Cornhill

Nicolaas BeemsterLincoln Cathedral

Cathy BellLincolns Inn Chapel

Olivia BellSt Gabriels, Pimlico

Benjamin Beurklian-CarterThe Grosvenor Chapel

Simon BiazeckThe Choir of the London Oratory

James BirchallAssociated with Westminster Abbey andSt Pauls Cathedral

Christina Birchall-SamsonLiberal Jewish Synagogue andSt Johns Wood Church

Matthew BlaidenDirector of Music,St Stephens, Rochester Row

Sebastian BosleyAssociated with Guildford Cathedral andWinchester Cathedral

Frances BourneFarm Street Church

Vanessa BowersThe Choir of the London Oratory

Morag BoyleAssociated with St Brides, Fleet Street, and Marylebone Parish Church

Emma Brain-GabbottAssociated with St Clement Danes and St Margaret Lothbury

Verity BramsonAssociated with Sidney Sussex College,Cambridge, andSt Johns, Hyde Park

Eleanor BrayAssociated with St Georges, Hanover Square

Alastair BrookshawAssociated with Westminster Abbey

Zoe BrookshawHM Tower of London

Timothy BrownDirector of Music Emeritus, Clare College Choir

Bob BryanSt Brides, Fleet Street

Jeremy BuddAssociated with StMargaretLothbury andSt Brides, Fleet Street

Sebastian BudnerSt Georges Cathedral, Southwark

Tara BungardAssociated with Westminster Abbey andSt Pauls Cathedral

Heather CaddickSt Peter & St Paul, Nutfield

Jessica CaleThe Choir of the London Oratory

Colin CampbellSt Lawrence Jewry andSt Jamess,Piccadilly

Hilary CampbellComposer andchoral director

Henry Capper-AllenAssociated with St Pauls Cathedral andSt MargaretLothbury

Edward ChaddockSt MichaelCornhill, St Sepulchre-without-Newgate andSt Columbas, Church of Scotland

Rachel ChapmanSt Brides, Fleet Street

Bob ChilcottComposer

Jillian ChristieAssociated with Eton College Lower Chapel

Eleanor ClarkeHM Tower of London

Rosie CliffordRoyal Hospital, Chelsea

Aidan CoburnHampstead Parish Church

Claire ColemanSt Jamess, Sussex Gardens

Dan Collins All Saints, Margaret Street

Matthew CollinsDirector of Music, Howden Minster

David CondryAssociated with St Pauls Cathedral andWestminster Abbey

Frances CookeAssociated with HM Tower of London

Helena CookeAssociated with HM Tower of London andRoyal Hospital, Chelsea

Tristram CookeWestminster Abbey

Ben CooperWinchester Cathedral

Katy CooperThe Grosvenor Chapel andAll Saints, Margaret Street

Nicola CorbishleyAssociated with the Guards Chapel andSt Marylebone Parish Church

Sam CorkinAssociated with Canterbury Cathedral andChapel Royal,Hampton Court

Carole Court St Albans,Holborn

Hilary CroninSt Bartholomew the Great

Hugh CrossCarmelite Priory, Kensington

Cara CurranSt Mary Abbots, Kensington

Sarah DaceyThe Grosvenor Chapel

Alison DanielsEly Cathedral

Robin DattaLiverpool Cathedral

Helen DanielsSt Pancras New Church

Andrew DaviesLincolns Inn Chapel

Will Davies

Director of Music, St Magnus-the-Martyr

Peter DavorenSt Brides, Fleet Street

Leonora Dawson-Bowling

Associated with St Pauls Cathedral and St James's, Spanish Place

Julian Charles DebreuilSt Jamess, Spanish Place

Peter Di-ToroAssociated with St Mary Abbots, Kensington, and St Jamess, Sussex Gardens

Mimi DoultonAssociated with St Brides, Fleet Street, and St Pauls Cathedral

Stephen DouseSt Margarets, Westminster, andWest London Synagogue

George DyesmithSt Magnus-the-Martyr

Christiana EastwoodSt Stephens, Gloucester Road

Graham EcclesAssociated with Bangor Cathedral and St Asaph Cathedral

Yvonne EddySt Marys, Bourne Street

Joey EdwardsAssociated with St Georges Cathedral, Southwark

Louise EekelaarDirector of Music, Holy Trinity, Brook Green

Jon EnglishSt Pauls Cathedral

John EvansonAssociated with St Pauls Cathedral andTemple Church

Rowan FennerSt Georges, Hanover Square

Martin Ford Director of Music, the Guards Chapel

April FredrickAssociated with St Brides, Fleet Street, andSt Peters, Eaton Square

Andrew FriedhoffAssociated with the Guards Chapel andSt Johns Wood Church

Kate FunStAlbans, Holborn, andBelsize Square Synagogue

Rosemary GaltonThe Choir of the London Oratory

Robert GarlandThe Guards Chapel

James GeidtAssociated with Temple Church

Oliver GerrishSt Johns Wood Church

Izzy GibberAssociated with St Peters,Eaton Square

Anna GouldSt Michael Cornhill

Jack Granby Chapel Royal,Hampton Court Palace

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Letters: Let the choirs sing or the whole tradition will crumble - Telegraph.co.uk

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