Collaboration with the Cathedral Music Trust and The Ouseley Trust to provide emergency funding for cathedral choirs during the pandemic.
Collaboration with the Cathedral Music Trust and The Ouseley Trust to provide emergency funding for cathedral choirs during the pandemic.
Centenary Evensong at St Paul’s Cathedral with choristers from the three founding choir schools (Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s Cathedral and King’s College Cambridge) together with the girls of Salisbury Cathedral.
First National Safeguarding conference for schools and cathedrals organised by the Association.
Chorister Outreach becomes part of Sing Up (national singing programme) with over 40 foundations running programmes, many of which continue to reach 1000s of primary school children today.
Primary School outreach involving choristers pioneered in Truro.
The government introduces chorister support via the Music & Ballet (now Dance) scheme.
Salisbury Cathedral welcomes first all-girl treble line.
Bursary Trust established. Today it helps to support around 100 choristers a year.
Roman Catholic foundations join CSA.
Chetham’s is the first choir school to become a specialist music school educating 8-18 year olds.
Many choristers evacuated from cathedral cities, making it difficult to rebuild choirs after WW2.
Heads of all Anglican foundations invited to first annual meeting. St Paul’s headmaster, Rev R H Couchman becomes secretary and remains the driving force behind the Association until 1937.
Choir Schools’ Association founded by a group of Headmasters who met to discuss the threat to choristers proposed by legislation forbidding the employment of children.