Currently, The Grace Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys is comprised of 14 choirmen and 30 choristers.
Indeed in the interval the choirmen were comparing plainsong with the monks’ psalters.
The High Church ceremonial and the enthusiastic commitment of generations of choristers and choirmen provide a continual source of inspiration and the future is viewed with great enthusiasm.
The choirman saw at once that something had happened, and he felt as many people feel when there is an accident.
In the fourteenth century, the Bishop provided the choir with a proper income and built Vicars Close, a unique mediaeval street which still exists today housing all the organists and choirmen.
All the choirmen and the headmaster were members of the school staff in line with Mr Amherst's original practice.
Chapter Four opens with the choir depleted by major disruption caused by military call-up of choirmen.
The senior choir stalls are misericords, hinged seats with a wooden block on which choirmen could sit during long sermons.
The choirmen from Schola Deo Gracias sang a set and with us for two songs.
My father, being the head choirman, was handed the cross off the altar.
Across the Cathedral Green the Vicars’ Hall will be opening its doors where, unchanged since the 14th Century, the choirmen used to dine.
As positions become available among the choirmen, the Music Office posts an ‘available position’ notice in the Cathedral website and local newspapers.
At the age of 7, I joined the choir at Christchurch Priory where my late father was already a choirman.
As well as singing alongside the choirmen at services most Sundays in Chingford Parish Church, the choir also sings in cathedrals all over England and occasionally abroad!
Among the members of the Association are friends and supporters of the Choir, past and present choristers and choirmen.
I was told last night by one of our choirmen about the agnostic dyslexic insomniac, who lays awake at night wondering if there's a dog…
In 1685 after King James II's coronation, a choirman, Charles Taylour, removed a gold cross and chain having seen it glint through a hole in the coffin.
An army may march on its stomach, but it is well known that choirmen sing on their beer.
Mr. Smith (also a choirman) owned the Clewer Nursery Gardens in Surly Hall Road (now Maidenhead Rd.) and was responsible for the grave-digging and churchyard upkeep.