NEWS UPDATE FROM SAINT PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL, DUBLIN
CLOSE NEWS AND MUSIC LIST
December's Close News and Music list are now available online. Click the links to go directly to the pdf versions.
CHANGES IN THE CHAPTER
The Archbishop of Dublin has appointed the Revd Canon Mark Gardner to be vicar of the cathedral parish. This means that he becomes an ex-officio member of the chapter as Prebendary of Tipperkevin. We welcome him as he moves the short distance from Christ Church Cathedral. He is a former minor canon of Saint Patrick’s.
The Revd Canon Maureen Ryan, one of the three NSMs on the chapter, is to resign from the end of December. She has been the representative canon of Tuam, Killala and Achonry since 2000. Her fine sermons will be missed and she kept her full residence and interacted with our many visitors during her time with us.
NEW ORGANIST & MASTER OF THE CHORISTERS
At its meeting on 9 November the Cathedral Board appointed Mr Stuart Nicholson as Organist and Master of the Choristers in succession to Mr Peter Barley.
Mr Nicholson is currently Assistant Director of Music of Saint Philip’s Cathedral in Birmingham, where he has worked since 2004. He is an honours graduate of the Royal College of Music, and he was Organ Scholar at the Temple Church and Saint Paul’s Cathedral, London. He then became Organist and Director of Music at Waltham Abbey. He is married to Victoria, a classical guitarist.
It is hoped that he will take up his appointment early in 2010.
CONCERTS AND EVENTS
Tickets are available online for The Celtic Tenors and Culwick Choral Society. Click here to go to online ticket bookings.
Details of all concerts and events taking place in December can be found here. Of special note is the charity Come and Sing Carols with the cathedral choir on Saturday 12 December at 18.00, which is a great opportunity to come and join in some festive carols and also support Celebration for the Coombe, a fund raising intiative to help raise funds for much needed medical equipment for the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital. A major fund raising concert is also planned for March 2010.
Subscribers to the Cathedral, and members of the Friends, are reminded that applications for tickets for the Christmas Eve service of Nine Lessons and Carols should be made to the Dean’s Vicar at the Cathedral Office by Tuesday 1 December. Applications must include a stamped, self-addressed envelope and a subscription / membership renewal fee where applicable. Each Friend or Subscriber is entitled to two tickets. Details of how to subscribe online can be found here.
No tickets are required for the service of Nine Lessons and Carols which will be held on Sunday 20 December at 15.15.