Youth Engagement & Learning
We are passionate about sharing our musical tradition with a broad audience. We offer programs for aspiring singers and organists, aiming to encourage high-quality musical composition, promote accessibility, and inspire the next generation of church musicians.
Organ Outreach
Our free organ outreach sessions, led by the cathedral organists, act as an introduction to a mysterious instrument.
Students learn the organ within the Anglican tradition, and the cathedral can cover the cost of the lessons.
If you are interested and aged 10-17, you can learn more at our Learn the Organ! Information Pack.
Visit our Facebook page for information about the next organ outreach session.
Choral Outreach in Schools
We provide high-quality choral education in the classroom, led by our Music Outreach Coordinator.
The children, primarily in 4th-6th classes, can perform in the cathedral with our choirs and can be invited to attend one of the cathedral choir’s sell-out Christmas concerts.
Tomos Watkins– Music Outreach Coordinator
Tomos Watkins is a prize-winning graduate of the University of Oxford and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and is currently pursuing a PhD at University College Dublin.
He is an Ad Astra Scholar, and his work has been published in The Musicology Review.
As a conductor, he works regularly with the National Symphony Chorus, including as Guest Choral Director for Daphnis et Chloé in January 2023. He has been a Lay Vicar Choral with the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral since 2021.
