Music is an integral part of the Cathedral’s rich liturgical life, and is expressed in a variety of ways each Sunday throughout the year.
10:30 a.m. Choral Eucharist — The Cathedral Choir, consisting of twenty-two talented volunteers and eight paid singers assist in worship leadership at this festive, intergenerational service.
1:30 p.m. St. Brigid's Eucharist — Congregational music is sung in a variety of styles, led from the piano by our Director of Music, or Ben Dobyns Pianist-in-Residence.
4:00 p.m. Sundays at 4 (beginning March 9, 2025) - Evening prayer services with music in a variety of styles, including Choral Evensong, Holden Evening Prayer, Taizé, and Broadway Vespers. Schedule.
8:00 p.m. Compline (to resume on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025) — The high and low voice scholae alternately sing the office of Compline.
Music at the Cathedral is led by Dr. Neil Cockburn, Music Director & Organist. Along with Neil, there are a number of other dedicated musicians who bring the Cathedral's musical worship to life, including Ben Dobyns, Pianist-in-Residence.
There are a number of opportunities to sing in a choir or vocal group at the Cathedral, including some that are suited to those with little or no previous choral experience, ranging through to the advanced-level Cathedral Choir. Each group has a different time commitment: the Cathedral Choir meets twice a week or more (and as often as daily during Holy Week); the other choirs have lighter schedules so they may be easier to fit within your routine.
New: Taizé Choir - monthly at the 4pm Sunday Evening Prayer service
New: St. Brigid's Choir - weekly at the 1.30pm Sunday Eucharist
New: Instrumental Group - for Taizé and other services, as announced
Compline Choir - Sundays at 8pm
Choral Evensong Choir - monthly at the 4pm Sunday Evening Prayer service
The Cathedral Choir - weekly at the 10.30am Sunday Eucharist, and on Festivals and Holy Days
Rehearsal days and times are in addition to the service times listed above.
Detailed information on each of these choirs and how to join is here.
The Cathedral organ was masterfully designed and custom built by Kenneth Jones and Associates of Bray. Ireland.
Kenneth Jones' design at the Cathedral includes an organ case with full height to the ceiling for maximum projection of sound into the room. His gallery design incorporates clean seating (no clutter of chairs), plus open screen
railing to enhance better sound projection from the choir, as well as the organ.
Read about the full technical details in the pdf document at the bottom of the page.
The Cathedral is also home to a Juget-Sinclair chamber organ, or portativ. It was installed 2017. The portativ was made possible by a generous gift by Jacky Fraser and family, in memory of Angus Fraser.
You can read about the full technical specifications of the portativ in the pdf document available for download at the bottom of the page.
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