Welcome to Bournemouth’s ‘cathedral choir’
St. Peter’s Choral Foundation is an exciting new project launched in 2021 to establish a cathedral-type choir in the heart of Bournemouth. It builds on 150 years of musical excellence at St. Peter’s, Bournemouth’s parish church.
About the Choral Foundation
Find out more about our exciting new project to establish a ‘cathedral choir’ for Bournemouth in the heart of the town centre. We’re building on 150 years of choral excellence.
Join the choirs
Could your son or daughter be the next chorister? We have vacancies for boys and girls aged seven to eighteen. Find out more about what the choristers do, and book an informal audition.
Support the Foundation
The Choral Foundation CIO is an independent trust that provides funding for the Foundation’s work and outreach. We depend entirely on the generosity of trusts and individuals to fund our work.
Choral Evensong
with the reunion of former choristers
Sunday 29th October 2023, 4.00pm
We’re looking forward to joining with former choristers at our weekly choral evensong at the end of October.
Music by Ayleward, Turle, Smart, Stanford, and Wood.
Choral Requiem on
All Souls’ Day
Thursday 2nd November 2023, 7.00pm
A service to support all those who are bereaved and to remember those we love and see no longer. The setting will be Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem Op.48, sung by the girls and adults.
If you wish, you can send the names of loved ones to be read out during the services. Click below to do this.
Girls’ choir auditions
January 2024
For girls in Years 3-8. You don’t need to have previous singing experience, as long as you enjoy music and think singing in a choir might be for you. Admission will be by friendly informal audition in January.
Want to give it a try? Discover your inner musical star! To find out more and arrange a visit to St. Peter’s and join in with a practice, contact us here:
Contact us
To find out more, or to arrange an audition, click below to get in touch.