Lay Clerk (alto and tenor)

Christ Church is seeking to appoint talented musicians with considerable experience of singing to a professional standard in a university college chapel, cathedral or other significant ecclesiastical setting to join the Cathedral as a Lay Clerk. 

The Lay Clerks are the permanently employed professional singers who form the core membership of the choir and sing for the Cathedral’s choral services all year round. They are expected to act in sympathy with the work and ethos of the foundation, as well as fulfilling the musical requirements of the post and acting as mentors to the undergraduate Academical Clerks.

Candidates will be expected to demonstrate a well-developed singing voice of appropriate range and quality, together with a high level of technical proficiency and excellent musicianship, particularly in sight-reading. A commitment to Christ Church Cathedral, and an appetite to take an active part in its liturgical life, is expected. Lay Clerks often combine their work at the Cathedral with a portfolio of other singing work.

For more information, including how to apply, please see the attached Further Particulars.