Sunday, January 31 at 12:00 p.m. Piano Studio Recital featuring piano students of the Cathedral Choir School of Delaware, at the Cathedral Church of Saint John.
Holy Week and Easter Day at the Cathedral Church of St. John
Thursday, April 1 at 7:00 p.m. Maundy Thursday Liturgy
Saturday, April 3 at 7:30 p.m. The Great Vigil of Easter
Sunday, April 4 at 10:30 p.m. Easter Day Liturgy
Saturday, April 17 at 3:00 p.m. 2010 Diocesan Acolyte and Choir Festival featuring Dr. James Litton as Guest Conductor at the Cathedral Church of Saint John
Sunday, June 6 at 12:00 p.m. Piano Studio Recital featuring piano students of the Cathedral Choir School of Delaware at the Cathedral Church of Saint John
Sunday, June 6 at 4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong with Recognition and Promotion of Choristers featuring the Choir of the Cathedral Church of Saint John at the Cathedral Church of Saint John
Click here to see our On-Line Calendar of Events.
Wonderful things happen with our Cathedral Choir School mentors and their students. Learn more about mentoring.
Cathedral Choir School of Delaware
10 Concord Avenue
Wilmington, DE 19802
302 654-6279
Concert to benefit the Piano ProgramClick here for details of our March 7 Benefit Concert, and to purchase tickets on-line.
See for yourself how we are making a difference. For details, call 302 654-6279 x2.
Learn how you can pass on your education and experience.
Click here for details on doubling your gift.
The Donald C. Taylor Legacy Society was created to honor and recognize alumni, parents and friends who share Don Taylor’s passion for making a difference in the lives of young people and who, like Don, have included the Cathedral Choir School of Delaware in their estate plans or have made a gift to the Choir School’s Endowment Fund. Click here to learn more about the Donald C. Taylor Legacy Society.
Cathedral Choir School of Delaware
10 Concord Avenue
Wilmington, DE 19802
302 654-6279
Shaping the next generation of community leaders through the power of music.
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The Cathedral Choir School of Delaware exists to provide children and youth in Delaware and its surrounding region with professional musical training, leadership development, and college-bound mentoring. This after-school program is in residence at the historic Cathedral Church of Saint John in Wilmington, Delaware, where students find a supportive, intergenerational community.
The Cathedral Choir School is a winner of the prestigious Coming Up Taller Award, our nation's highest honor for after-school youth arts programs.
Through the Choir School scholarship fund, children of all faiths, ages 7-17, receive free professional musical training and mentoring.
Here are links to two large PDF documents full of photos (7MB and 9MB)
125th Anniversary - One
125th Anniversary - Two
Our newsletters are available here in PDF format, including the most recent issue.
Here is a detailed introduction for students and parents.
We have over eight hundred alumni! On our Alumni page, a few of them tell about their experiences as students. If you are an alumnus but not yet on our mailing list for newsletters and invitations, please contact Lisa Slinkard.
The Cathedral Choir program has been training young singers to become tomorrow’s leaders since 1883. This year the Choir celebrated its 125th anniversary. Students receive almost ten hours per week of professional choral training, piano lessons, leadership development and mentoring. Through the Scholarship Fund, the Cathedral Choir School provides an annual scholarship worth $3,000 to its students, so that every child, regardless of income, can participate. Currently 50 students are enrolled.
Click here for details on doubling your gift to the Choir School.
Participation in the Cathedral Choir School of Delaware brings unexpected rewards and connections that last a lifetime. Every year, hundreds of alumni, parents, and friends join the Cathedral Choir School's faculty and staff to create exciting opportunities for students ages 7 to 18 to receive the finest musical education possible and to nurture their leadership and citizenship skills in the process. We invite you to participate in this effort by mentoring, and by providing gifts of time and financial support that maximize the Cathedral Choir School experience for all of the youth who participate. Together we can use music as a positive tool to intervene in the lives of young people in the Wilmington area and the region. Click here to learn more about supporting the Choir School.
Please consider our Annual Scholarship Program or Endowment Fund.
Support is provided, in part, by the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, the Trustees of the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware, and by local individuals, businesses and foundations. Click here to see our 2008 Honor Roll of Donors in PDF format.
Each year the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities presents the Coming Up Taller Award. In 2004, we were a semi-finalist; in 2005, we won! Click here to see our scrapbook, which also has photos of us singing the National Anthem at a Phillies baseball game.
The Cathedral Choir School of Delaware operates under Cathedral Community Services, Inc., a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.
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