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Abigail Cordle**, Bethany Cordle**, Evelyn Singleton** (Goring, St Thomas o Canterbury), Celeste Hexter**, Joseph May** (Sonning, St Andrew), Georgina Eccleston** (Walling ord, St Mary-le-More). Peterborough & Northa pton: Vivien Buckby* (Finedon,
St Mary Virgin), Lesley Hunter* (Rothwell, Holy Trinity). Southwark & E Surrey: Ben Du y*, Kobby Minta-Ampo o, Sarah Oka or*, Oliver Rimington* (Croydon Minster), Elsie Du y** (Plumstead Common, SS Mark w
St Margaret), Maia Todd (Shooters Hill, Christ Church), Henry Golder**, Barnaby Maisey**, Guy Sigee*, Ben Stockil**, Tait Walsingham**, Ivan Yurchenko* (Wimbledon, Kings College School). Southwell & Notts: Billy Bell* (Bingham, All Saints).
BRONZE STANDARD
Derbyshire: Jessica Duckworth* (Ashbourne, St Oswald), Shantia Dorka*, Edward Englefeld*, Alastair Gilhooly, Caitlin McIntosh*, Rachel Red ern*, Samuel Taylor (Derby Cathedral). Guildford: Charlotte Sinclair** (Witley, All Saints), Ben Charles**, Thomas Clarke, Ben Garrett**, Monty Nelson, Jake Tapley* (Witley, King Edward’s School). London: Célestine Czapknik*, Chloe Harvey* (Chiswick, St Michael), Charlotte Foulkes**, Lydia Kurtulus, Mary Leonard**, Jordan Nash** (Hampstead PC), Matthew Biggs** (Harrow on the Hill, St Mary), Vijay Lehto (Pinner PC), Isabella Burchell* (Ruislip,
St Martin), Caitlin Petson (Whitton,
St Augustine). Oxford: Elizabeth Hough*, Madeleine Russell** (Aylesbury, St Mary),
Erin Johnston* (Marlow, All Saints),
Thomas Kerry*, Caitlyn Maskell** (Newbury, St Nicolas), Bethany Brown** (Sandhurst,
St Michael), Abigail Davies** (Shipton-under- Wychwood, St Mary), Amelie Smyly**, Alice Taylor**, Harry Toogood*, Noah Toogood* (Sonning, St Andrew), Robert Johnson** (Walling ord, St Mary-le-More). Peterborough & Northa pton: Paul Champion** (Finedon, St Mary Virgin). Scotland: Angus Gibson* (Lutton Place, St Peter). Southwark & E Surrey: Caleb Carpenter**, Cato Geering*, Ben Naylor*, Grace Paruma, Thushan Peiris**, Olivia Plummer (Croydon Minster), William James**, Ivo Monaghan*, Max Rivaldi**, Nicholas Steinmeyer* (Wimbledon,
Kings College School).
READERS’LETTERS
✎ WHY DO WE SING?
David Stancli e’s piece on Bach’s musical architecture raises the question whethermusicisessentially or ourselves or has ‘some deeper connection with li e itsel ’. As someone who has been involved in both church music and secular music, increasingly I wonder i there is any di erence.
I am amiliar with the argument that all church music must be sung to the gloryo Godandthereisnoplace or instrumental music, which serves only to glori y the players. But the fower gives glory to God when it blossoms, although it only does as nature intended. Does the blackbird ask, ‘Am I singing or thegloryo God,orjustbecauseIwant a mate?’ We sing and play instruments in church and in concerts, and try to expressthebestmusico whichweare capable, because God made us like that and ‘saw that it was very good’. I don’t think it helps to constantly analyse our motives orsinging.I’msurethatBach would have agreed.
Stephen Trahair, Plymouth
✎ THEOLOGICAL MATTERS
I was much impressed by Rosemary Field’s Coda that appeared in the March edition o CMQ . It would be nice to have more articles o a theological nature
in every issue.
Christopher Price, Shropshire.
✎ NOWHERE FOR VILLAGE CHURCH CHOIRS TO SING
I am becoming more and more depressed about the situation regarding our village church choirs.
Aschoirleadero AllSaints,
Brails ord, I now have a membership o 25 choristers, six being under
15 years o age. We love our music, have choir practice each week, and sing at weddings, unerals and special as well as routine services.
As more and more clergy are not being replaced and vicars are expected to cope with several parishes, it is obvious that there will be ewer services. Fewer services mean that there will inevitably be less opportunity or church choirs to sing and thus my
despair at the short-sighted views
o theChurcho Englandhierarchy!
The tradition and culture that ormsparto ourloveo churchmusic issomethingworth ostering.Mychoir
is now only able to sing once a month in our beloved village church in beauti ul Derbyshire. My ear is that theirinterestwill adeduetolack
o servicesandwewillallbelosers in this un ortunate situation.
Mrs Mahala Titterton, Derbyshire
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