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	Westminster Abbey Choir School - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Westminster Abbey Choir School (WACS) is a small British prep school and is the only school in the United Kingdom exclusively for the education of boy choristers.
		Its term dates differ from other schools, as the Abbey Choir is needed for the major church festivals; for example the boys are required to sing at Easter, and at Christmas until St Stephen's Day on 28th December.
		The Headmaster is Jonathan Milton, former Headmaster of Tewkesbury Abbey School.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Westminster_Abbey_Choir_School (145 words)

	Westminster Abbey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although the Abbey was seized by Henry VIII in 1534 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and closed in 1540, becoming a cathedral until 1550, its royal connections saved it from the destruction wrought on most other English abbeys.
		The Abbey is a collegiate church orgnaised into the College of St Peter, which comprises the Dean and four residentiary Canons (one of whom is also Rector of St Margaret's Church, Westminster, and Speaker's Chaplain), and seventeen other persons who are members ex officio, as well as twelve lay vicars and ten choristers.
		Lastly, the educational role of the Abbey is reflected in the presence of the Headmaster of the Choir School, the Headmaster and Under Master of Westminster School, and the Master of The Queen's Scholars.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Westminster_Abbey (1459 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Archive Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		At a time when choirs across the country are preparing for their busiest week of the year, proclaiming glad tidings of peace and goodwill, there is discord at Westminster Abbey's choir school, where pupils and parents have accused the headmaster of bullying and verbal abuse.
		Westminster council, the local education authority, is completing a routine inspection believed to focus on problems at the school.
		The abbey is a so-called royal peculiar, notionally under the direct jurisdiction of the Queen, which in practice means that it is administered by the dean.
	www.guardian.co.uk /Archive/Article/0,4273,4107508,00.html (1291 words)

	St Andrew's Cathedral School :: Westminster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Westminster House was established in 1996 to accommodate the growth of the School.
		The Abbey is located in the City of Westminster, a borough of greater London, on the northern bank of the Thames River near the Houses of Parliament.
		Westminster Abbey is neither a cathedral nor a parish church but it is classified as a “royal peculiar‿ under the jurisdiction of a Dean and Chapter, subject only to the Sovereign.
	www.sacs.nsw.edu.au /page.php?id=90 (617 words)

	Westminster Abbey and Wesley Carr - An archive relating to Westminster Abbey and Dean Wesley Carr
		LORD WEATHERILL, the former speaker of the House of Commons, is set to resign his Westminster Abbey post of high bailiff in protest at the conduct of the dean and canons of the abbey, writes Christopher Morgan.
		Weatherill is understood to be appalled by the manner in which Wesley Carr, the dean, sacked Martin Neary, the abbey's organist, in April of this year for alleged gross misconduct.
		One of the first abbey worshippers to sign the petition was Judge Christopher Compston, the father of one of the abbey's choristers.
	wabbey-affairs.tripod.com /ST5.htm (447 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Westminster Abbey
		Westminster Abbey is designated a "Royal peculiar", its officials are appointed by the Crown, and the abbey itself is extra-diocesan, that is, exempt from the jurisdiction of the Bishop of London in whose diocese it was situated.
		To replace this, at the Reformation, Henry VIII founded a new school, which was afterwards given collegiate rank by Elizabeth and it now ranks as one of the leading English public schools.
		The extreme length of the abbey, including Henry VII's Chapel, is 511 ft.; the width of the nave and aisles 79 ft.; and the height to the vaulting 102 ft., which is unusually lofty for an English church.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15598a.htm (1652 words)

	Choir scholarships
		Unfortunately for choir schools, while all over the country they are quietly - and usually very successfully - going about their business, the only time we do get to hear about them is when they're in trouble.
		An enquiry is going on into the 'bullying and emotional abuse' of boys by staff, with children being harangued in the middle of the night and sent to bed in tears, not permitted to telephone their parents.
		Almost all the choir schools offer choristers at least a 50 per cent reduction in fees, and 60 to 80 per cent is not unusual.
	www.ivillage.co.uk /print/0,9688,530725,00.html (976 words)

	Westminster Abbey: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		While the existence of this shrine is uncertain, the historic Abbey was built by Edward the Confessor (Edward the Confessor: Son of Ethelred the Unready; King of England from 1042 to 1066; he founded Westminster Abbey where he was eventually buried (1003-1066)) between 1045-1050 and was consecrated on December 28, 1065.
		Abbey musicians such as Henry Purcell (Henry Purcell: English organist at Westminster Abbey and composer of many theatrical pieces (1659-1695)) were also buried in their place of work.
		Westminster School was originally founded by the Benedictine (Benedictine: A monk or nun belonging to the order founded by Saint Benedict) monks in 1179.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/westminster_abbey (2638 words)

	History of Westminster Abbey choir school - of choristers ancient and modern
		School began immediately after 10am service, and lasted until 1pm when an hour was allowed for lunch, school began again at 2pm and lasted until 2.45pm; service followed at 3pm, after which the boys returned home with a fair amount of homework to be brought to school next day".
		The clergy and choir were to process in to and out of service, first the choristers, followed by the gentlemen of the choir, then the members of the clergy followed by the dean.
		In 1908 the Reverend WB Dams came from St Paul’s choir school to be the new headmaster and the whole timetable was revised.
	www.ofchoristers.net /Chapters/WestminsterAbbey.htm (6240 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Archive Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The abbey's choir - in existence for nearly 1,000 years - is world famous for its singing at state occasions, notably the funeral of the Princess of Wales.
		The school's doctor, Christopher Besse, is understood to have resigned a fortnight ago after his diagnosis that a number of the children were suffering from stress was questioned by the dean.
		Although the school's deputy headmistress is taking charge for the time being, the dean was yesterday said to have announced to the school on Saturday night that he was in charge.
	www.guardian.co.uk /Archive/Article/0,4273,4142110,00.html (632 words)

	Westminster Abbey Choir
		Westminster Abbey, founded by Edward the Confessor, was consecrated on December 28, 1065.
		It is not known when boys first sang in the Choir, but the first mention of an official Choirmaster comes in 1479 with the appointment of William Cornyshe as "Master of the Song Scole." In 1540, Henry VIII set forth a charter providing for twelve laymen singers and ten choristers.
		Today, Westminster Abbey Choir School is composed entirely of the thirty-six boys who are singing or are being prepared to sing in the Abbey Choir.
	www.concertorganists.com /htdocs/artistdocs/wac.htm (490 words)

	Department for Constitutional Affairs Website
		Finally Windsor, unlike Westminster Abbey, is separated from the capital and symbolically from the wider Church, and this in itself presents a risk of isolationism and inwardness.
		The School and its financial needs occupy a good deal of the attention of the Dean and Chapter, as does St. George's House, which is located in a building owned by them and whose organisation involves the Dean and Chapter in management issues and in the direct running and leadership of its courses.
		The School is situated in an area already well supplied with independent preparatory schools and it therefore needs to be fully competitive with them, not least because its intake is largely drawn from a similar professional and self-employed sector.
	www.dca.gov.uk /majrep/part6.htm (6347 words)

	Westminster Abbey - The Choir and the Choir School - The School
		Westminster Abbey Choir School is the only school in Britain exclusively for the education of boy choristers.
		Of necessity the 38 boys in the School have to board, but its small size and the number of staff who live on the premises allow the School to have an extended family atmosphere.
		The boys of Westminster Abbey Choir come from various parts of the country, their families from all walks of life.
	www.westminster-abbey.org /choir/school.htm (774 words)

	History of Ripon cathedral choir school - of choristers ancient and modern
		On the southern fringe of the city there was a preparatory school called St Olave’s, set in a Victorian building which had once been the grandstand of Ripon race course, and this was duly bought by the Dean and Chapter to house both choristers and non-choristers.
		In the Ripon choir in 1992 were three American choristers, Alex Tarter from California, whose parents settled near the cathedral, Jesse Beaumont, who was born in America and whose mother was American, and Jonathan Carberry, the son of an American who was Chaplain and Vicar Choral at York.
		Those girls at the cathedral choir school were awarded scholarships to the value of 20 per cent of the fees, but membership covered a wide area, one girl coming from 40 miles away in the Yorkshire Dales.
	www.ofchoristers.net /Chapters/Ripon.htm (1753 words)

	St. Thomas Church: The Choir
		The Men of the Choir are professional singers; the Boys attend Saint Thomas Choir School, the only church-related residential choir school in the United States, and one of only four similar schools remaining in the world.
		Far more than a “music school,” Saint Thomas Choir School is a fully accredited academic institution for boys from eight to fourteen, with a study program of English, mathematics, history, science, art, Latin, French, music theory, and instrumental instruction on such instruments as piano, viola, cello, flute, trumpet, and clarinet.
		The Choir’s concerts and services are frequently telecast and broadcast nationally and abroad, and they have recorded both their own repertory of music from the fifteenth century to contemporary works as well as popular songs with such artists as Judy Collins and Carly Simon.
	www.saintthomaschurch.org /thechoir.html (421 words)

	Anglican Choir Directory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Choir school: King Edward VI School, tel: 01245 353510.
		Choir school: King's Prep School, tel: 01634 843657.
		Choir school: QE Grammar Junior School, tel: 01924 373821.
	www.treble.org /anglican.html (856 words)

	Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus - Early History
		After preparatory school came four years at Westminster, one of England’s oldest and best known places of education, not to be confused with Westminster Abbey Choir School.
		Leaving Westminster School, where he distinguished himself at soccer and in the Officers Training Corps, he decided that a business life was not to his liking and flunked (not so disgracefully, for it was on purpose) a bank entrance examination arranged by his father.
		Most boy choirs recognized in the world today boast their own private schools where the musical training is part of the daily curriculum - the ideal situation.
	www.boychoirs.org /arizona/tabc001.html (2797 words)

	Sony Classical Artist: Westminster Abbey Choir, (Biography) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Boys were singing in the choir as early as 1388, and when the monastery was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1540 the King's new foundation provided for twelve adult singers (known today as 'Lay Vicars') and ten Choristers.
		The Choir has recently made a series of recordings for Sony Classical, including Akathist of Thanksgiving and Innocence by John Tavener, one of several contemporary British composers whose works have been premiered in Westminster Abbey.
		During 1995, the Purcell Tercentenary year, the Choir gave a series of broadcast and televised concerts of Purcell's music in the Abbey, and a Purcell and Britten concert in the Aldeburgh Festival.
	www.sonyclassical.com /artists/westminster_abbey_choir/bio.htm (411 words)

	Westminster Abbey and Wesley Carr - Archive of material
		The school doctor, concerned at the high levels of stress-related illness at the school, took his concerns to Carr, only to be asked to ‘substantiate the allegations’ by giving confidential medical information.
		She incurred the wrath of canon treasurer Michael Middleton for including the Nearys in her prayers of intercession at the Abbey during the time of the dispute involving the organist and his wife.
		Abbey choir dispute to be judged by hearing 9 Sept 98 Telegraph
	wabbey-affairs.tripod.com (2052 words)

	The Artists
		Westminster Abbey Choir is principally responsible for the provision of the highest-quality choral music for the daily offering of worship in the Abbey.
		The singing boys hold scholarships at Westminster Abbey Choir School, which remains the only school in the United Kingdom dedicated entirely to the education of choristers.
		In 1985 the choir was reorganized to become the Russian Patriarchate Choir.
	www.lufthansafestival.org.uk /2001/artists.html (1784 words)

	Telegraph \| Health \| We didn't all behave like choir boys
		When I was a chorister at the Abbey, from September 15, 1978 to December 28, 1983 (the dates are seared on my memory), it wasn't just a ticking off that boys had to put up with.
		If you are going to be a chorister at a former Benedictine abbey that is also a royal peculiar, you might as well be called Benedict King, but the choir school and I were not made for each other.
		As a probationer, I was demoted, along with three other boys, to the bottom of the school (there was a strict order of seniority) for giggling in the organ loft during Evensong.
	telegraph.co.uk /health/main.jhtml?xml=/health/2001/02/28/tlchor28.xml (1338 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		While the existence of this shrine is uncertain, there was certainly a community of Benedictine monks before the first historic Abbey was built by King Edward the Confessor around 1045-1050.
		Henry III ordered the rebuilding of the Abbey in the Gothic style, as a shrine to honor Edward the Confessor and as a suitably regal setting for Henry's own tomb, under the highest Gothic nave in England.
		Image:westminster.abbey.tombofhenry.london.arp.jpgThe tomb of King Henry III in the Abbey.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/W/Westminster-Abbey.htm (1338 words)

	iqexpand.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Edward's Chair, the throne on which British sovereigns are seated at the moment of coronation, is housed within the Abbey.
		The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster, which is almost always referred to as Westminster Abbey, is a mainly Gothic church, on the scale of a cathedral, in Westminster, London, just to the west...
		This most famous of all English abbeys is situated within the precincts of the Royal Palace of Westminster.
	westminster_abbey.iqexpand.com (1155 words)

	The Evening Standard (London, England): Abbey choir school 'must deal with staff bullies'.@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		WESTMINSTER Abbey Choir School has been criticised in a draft social services report following an investigation into claims of "psychological bullying" of boys by staff.
		The report on the school, which has supplied choristers to Westminster Abbey since the 12th century, includes a Westminster council-approved plan to eliminate reported problems between teachers and boys.
		The report concludes that the school needs to deal with problems relating to children "more sensitively" and calls on it to "improve practices".
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:75326808&refid=ink_tptd_np (204 words)

	Holman, Derek
		For two years, 1952-4, he was an instructor in the Royal Army Educational Corps with the British Army of the Rhine, but he returned to music as master 1954-6 at Westminster Abbey Choir School and went on to become assistant organist 1956-8 at St Paul's Cathedral.
		His commisioned works include Eight Carols for Choir, Soloists, Orchestra and Audience, for the NACO, and Weatherscapes for the Ontario Choral Federation (and premiered in Kingston by the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and Canadian Brass).
		The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir commissioned Holman's Songs of Darkness and Te Deum; for Elmer Iseler's 25th anniversary as conductor of the Mendelssohn Choir.
	thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?Params=U1ARTU0001634 (665 words)

	Choir of Westminster Abbey
		There is, also, another arch, which fronts the choir, of an elliptic form, enriched with foliage over it, and on each side pinnacled pillars.
		Above this part of the choir, and in the center of the cross, rises the lantern, or tower, which is enlightened by two pointed windows on its four sides : an arch and a small door are beneath them.
		The pavement is of fl and white marble, in lozenges, laid at the expence of Dr. Busby, a prebendary of this church, and the celebrated master of Westminster school.
	www.pitts.emory.edu /westminster/choir.html (1082 words)

	Teacher sues canon over Abbey memoirs
		A FORMER Canon of Westminster is being sued by an ex-choir school teacher who claims that the clergyman portrayed him as a child abuser in a recent book.
		Mr Beeson was Canon of Westminster from 1976 to 1987 and later Dean of Winchester.
		Mr Harrison, who was a teacher at the school in 1975, alleges through a writ that although the book does not mention him by name, it includes details that "make him instantly recognisable" to people presently and previously connected with the Abbey, people in the education world and to his family and friends.
	telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1999/08/29/ncan29.html (634 words)

	Ofsted – Reports Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Westminster Abbey Choir School is an independent school for boys.
		However, if the school has a nursery, there may be a separate report for the nursery itself.
		If the school is a member of the Independent Schools Council, it may have been inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI).
	www.ofsted.gov.uk /reports/index.cfm?fuseaction=summary&id=101159 (212 words)

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