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Choral Awards Open Day

The next Choral Awards Open Day will take place in person on Saturday 29 April 2023 and is aimed at students in school year 10 and above.

The day will consist of group singing sessions with Cambridge Directors of Music, designed to give participants an idea of the skills needed for choral singing, and how to develop them, as well as an overview of what a Choral Award audition might be like, and how to prepare.

There will be a talk from an Admission Tutor, giving information about what it’s like to study at Cambridge and how to prepare an application.

Current student members of Cambridge chapel choirs will be on hand throughout the day to chat informally to participants; there will also be a more formal question and answer session with students and Directors of Music.

Participants will have the opportunity to meet informally with Directors of Music, and the day will end with a rehearsal and Evensong, to which parents and carers are invited.

The deadline for registering your attendance at the Open Day is 22 April 2023. (Please note that the form must be filled in by a parent or carer on behalf of the applicant).

Apply here

Further information will be emailed to all participants a week before the event.

Any queries should be emailed to choralawards@group.cam.ac.uk.

The Cambridge Choral Experience

The Cambridge Choral Experience gives students in Years 7-13 and their teachers the opportunity to discover what life involves as a choral scholar at the University of Cambridge. See Cambridge Choral Experience 2021 for information about this year's event. 

Choral information from the Colleges

Please download the Choral and Organ Awards booklet for guidance from the participating Colleges.

College choirs and chapels have their own websites that you may find of use:

Contact

Louisa Denby
Choral Awards Co-ordinator
E choralawards@group.cam.ac.uk

Key Dates

  • 15 February 2023 - Choral Award application deadline
  • 1 March 2023 - Choral Award references receipt deadline
  • 10 March 2023 - Pre-recorded videos receipt deadline
  • 20-22 March 2023 - Choral Trials
  • 29 April 2023 - Choral Awards Open Day

Choral Awards Applications 2023

Please submit your application by 15 February and your reference by 1 March. 

Application form

Reference Form