The Chapter House Singers, formed in 1995, is a group of around 35 amateur singers based at St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral in Edinburgh.

We sing the Cathedral services about six times a year when the Cathedral Choir is on holiday. This is a vital part of our work. It enables us to sing a great range of music, because on each of these Sundays we sing at the morning service and again at Evensong. Evensong allows us to perform the most beautiful music composed for the Anglican Church. In return, the cathedral allows us to rehearse in the lovely Song School, with its famous murals by Phoebe Traquair. These important and glorious works are only very rarely open to the public.

We usually present two concerts a year in the cathedral, and also visit other churches to sing services from time to time. Past concerts have included Mass in G by Schubert, Lo, the Full Final Sacrifice by Finzi and Haydn's Maria Teresa Mass. More recently our performances included Britten's St Nicolas Cantata, Ave Rex by William Mathias and Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle. We also gave the first performance of the Bach St Matthew Passion in Orkney, in partnership with the Mayfield Singers in St Magnus’ Cathedral.

We are always happy to welcome new members, and currently have vacancies for sopranos, altos, tenors and basses. We rehearse on Wednesdays at 7.30pm in the Song School of St Mary’s Cathedral, Palmerston Place.

If you would be interested in joining us please contact (Tel: 228 1909) for more details. 

Usually the best way to join is to come along to come along to one or two rehearsals before thinking about an audition.

Rehearsal and performance terms run from late August/early September to December and January to June with a long summer break: equivalent to university semesters. Our concerts usually take place in December and June. We sing the services in the cathedral on various dates: usually in September, October, January, February, March and May.

The Chapter House Singers is a member of Making Music, an organisation representing and supporting amateur music and promoting musical societies throughout the UK.