choristers

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The school's history with music dates back to its founding in 676 AD, when it began as a song school for choristers.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

Among the musical performers are Melua, choristers from Westminster Abbey and a Cornish sea shanty group, Fisherman's Friends, who said the invitation to sing was "the icing on the cake for us".

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025

“You have to be very specific,” he had said earlier about the way he coaches his choristers, “but you can’t micromanage.”

From New York Times • May 21, 2024

The chorus has 74 regular members plus 85 extra choristers.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2024

His job at the cathedral in Arezzo was to train the young choristers, and he’d calculated that teaching them the whole of the Church’s plainsong repertoire by ear, parrot-fashion, would take over ten years.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall