The Cathedral Choir sings at the 11.00 Mass each Sunday and also on major feast days. Rehearsals take place each Thursday evening between 6.00 and 7.30. The age range of the members covers some seven decades and a friendlier choir would be hard to find. There are vacancies in all voices and we are particularly keen to encourage more young people to share in the joy of singing. We don't audition and previous experience is not essential, although it can be an advantage. We are an ‘International' choir with members from seven different countries (including the UK!) so please come forward.

Regular social events complement our weekly work.

For further information contact Chris Duarte via Cathedral House on (01603) 624615 or email him directly.

The Music Group play at the 9am Mass each Sunday during what is essentially the school terms. We are a friendly group and have fun practising and we really would like some new members.

If you can sing confidently, we would love to hear from you. You don’t have to read music and there is no minimum age, but you will need to pick up new tunes quickly.  During Mass, we use microphones so individual tuning is also important. We’d also like to hear from instrumentalists of at least Grade 6 standard.  Again age isn’t important but good sight-reading is fairly crucial.

We play at Mass each week with generally one week off at each half term.  We also tend to break for one week in the Easter holidays and for a number of weeks in the summer.  The commitment level is quite high but we do understand that it is sometimes necessary to miss a week.  We keep a rota so we know who is attending each week and this sometimes influences the hymns and Mass parts that we sing.

We normally have some social activity every quarter. So far these have included meals out and in, picnics and singing at a local care home. We also undertake fundraising so that we are able to buy new equipment and music when it’s needed.  Fundraising events have included Quiz and Fizz nights, carol singing and our Christmas stall.  We are also sometimes asked to play at weddings.

If you are interested in joining us, please contact Judy Ball on 01603 456627 or 07963 932723 or via email.  We will arrange for you to join us at a practice so that we can hear you and so that you get a real taster of the music group.  Practices are alternate Mondays from 6.30pm to between 8.00 and 8.30pm.

A new choir for KS2 (age 7-11) children has started in Norwich. Norwich Young Voices (www.norwichyoungvoices.org) is based at St John’s First School, Heigham Road and runs from 4.30-5.30 p.m. (some weeks until 6.00 p.m. for older children). The choir is run by a young, dynamic leader and is part of the Music Outreach Programme in which we are collaborating. We very much want more children to be involved. An application form can be downloaded from the website, where you can also find other details about this exciting and fun project.

Click here to view the flyer which contains the application form.

The Friends of Cathedral Music is an excellent organisation supporting music in Cathedrals all over the British Isles. As well as organising trips to other Cathedrals, they support the work of choirs by giving grants for capital projects, some of which could find its way to St John's. You can join by downloading the PDF file and filling it in. The entry-level subscription is only £30.00 and represents good value. Please support them and us.