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                                            The Choir > Choral Scholarships > 6th Form Opportunities

                                            New College Choir
                                            The end of a concert in France, 2010
                                            An opportunity for singers considering a choral scholarship at Oxford

                                            If you would like to join New College Choir for an evening, here is your opportunity. Download and fill in this application form (PDF) and post or email it to the Assistant Organist, Steven Grahl. Get your application in at least two weeks before your first preferred date. In order to get the most out of the experience you need to be singing at grade 7/8 standard (ABRSM).

                                            If your application is accepted, you’ll be sent the music beforehand.

                                            The Choir sings every day of the week except Wednesday during University Terms. There may be the occasional variation to this pattern. On Monday the service is sung by men’s voices; on Thursday we have a Sung Eucharist.

                                            You would need to be at the Song Room at New College by 5pm for the pre-service rehearsal at 5.20pm. The service is at 6.15 pm (6pm on Sunday) followed by dinner in hall (except on Friday and Saturday).

                                            Accommodation allowing, the College is happy to put up visitors for the night.
                                            A 6th-former who joined the Choir for evensong recently wrote:
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                                            I had a tremendous experience at New College on Tuesday. It gave me a huge insight into what life as a choral scholar, and as a student, feels like.
                                            I very much enjoyed singing Evensong, and I took much away with me in terms of how different the Choir is from our School Chamber Choir. The whole attitude towards singing is completely different and there are many specific differences; for example the way in which the Psalms are sung.

                                            The experience has definitely given me some goals to work towards with my singing. I am enrolled on an Eton Choral Course this summer and I'm hoping that along with continuing work during the next two terms it will help me to improve further.

                                            So I would like to offer my greatest thanks for the whole experience, and also to the choral scholar who looked after me during the service and for supper afterwards.
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                                            Experience Application Form (PDF)
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