The Cathedral Choirs

The Choir of the American Cathedral was founded in 1884, when the Choir School educated sixteen boys who sang the offices daily in the manner of the great English and continental cathedrals. Today its singers, adults and children off all genders, provide music for more than eighty services each year, including weekly Sunday Eucharists, special feast days during the week, monthly Choral Evensongs, Lessons and Carols for Advent and Christmas, marriages and funerals.

For more information, contact the Canon Precentor and Director of Music Zachary Ullery at music@americancathedral.org.

Adult Choir

Following the tradition in many Episcopal and Anglican churches, the Adult Choir performs a central role in our Eucharist services. Singers of all nationalities and faiths are admitted by audition. A good level of English as well as strong sightreading and vocal skills are required.

Recent concert venues have included Saint Sulpice, Les Invalides, La Philharmonie de Paris, and Amiens Cathedral. The choir presents an annual concert for All Saints/All Souls which have recently included the Requiems of Brahms, Duruflé, and Fauré. The choir’s repertoire spans over 1000 years of sacred music of diverse origins. In 2019, the Cathedral Choir premiered two new major works: Stabat Mater by Richard Burchard and Requiem by Oliver Tarney. They have been recorded for radio broadcast by the BBC and Fréquence Protestante.

Youth Choir

The Youth Choir is an auditioned group ages 14 to 18 who sing with the Adult Choir three Sundays per month at the 11:00 a.m. service. Focusing largely on sacred music from the Anglican tradition, the youth choir sings compositions from many style periods and genres.

Children’s Choir

The Children's Choir is open to all children ages 8 to 13 who like to sing and who can commit to our weekly rehearsal schedule. The Children's Choir teaches vocal production, music theory, sight-singing, and elements of music history.