Discover the Beauty of Swansea Minster Church in Music
Choral Scholarship Opportunities for Students
There are currently vacancies for students in all voice parts, to join Swansea Minster choir.
Swansea Minster, in the heart of Swansea’s City Centre, offers opportunity for full time students at Swansea University to become involved in its successful choir and flourishing musical life.
Scholarships consist of a total package valued at c.£1200, which includes a bursary and singing tuition.
There may also be opportunity for an Organ Scholar at Swansea Minster.
Details and application form are to be found at: https://www.swansea.ac.uk/music/music-scholarships/
Or contact the Director of Music, Dr William Reynolds, WilliamReynolds@SwanseaMinster.org.uk
Swansea Minster' sings a wide-ranging cathedral-style repertoire with the very finest of British and European choral music in a superb church acoustic, and with a magnificent organ. There is a regular commitment of Choral Eucharist and Choral Evensong on Sundays, with Choir Practice Friday evenings, celebration of church festivals and occasional concerts.
Closing date for applications is Wednesday 22nd October. Scholarships will begin in October 2025
Swansea Minster Church: A rich Choral Music tradition.
Choral Practice and Membership
The normal pattern of choral services during term time is:
Sundays
11.00am Choral Eucharist
4.00pm Choral Evensong
Tuesdays
5.15pm Choral Evensong
(the Tuesdays vary as to whether it is a 5.15pm Choral Evensong,sung by the Gentlemen of the Choir, or simply a 5.15pm Evensong)
Each service is preceded by an hour's choir rehearsal, and there is a weekly Choir Practice is on:
Fridays
4.30pm Trebles,
7.30pm Adults.
Choir Term ends Sunday 13th July.
Choral Services resume after the Summer break on Sunday the 7th September.
On Tuesdays during July and August through to early September there is the weekly Summer Organ Recital Series.1.10pm-1.50pm
See our previous events
Catch up with our previous services and LiveStreams .
Musical Tradition at Swansea Minster
The Organ at Swansea Minster
Wm. Hill & Son and Norman & Beard Ltd installed the present 3-manual organ in St Mary’s Church (now Swansea Minster) in 1958 in readiness for the reconsecration of the rebuilt church in 1959. This instrument had originally been built in 1912 for Woolwich Town Hall as a memorial to Edward VII. There have been several subsequent modifications, most recently the addition of a 32’ Contra-Trombone rank in 2010. The organ is in regular use for the accompaniment of services, for teaching, for music examinations, and for concerts. In 2012 we hosted a study day for The Royal College of Organists. Eminent recitalists who have performed here include Fernando Germani, André Marchal, Dr Francis Jackson, Sir George Thalben Ball, Dame Gillian Weir and Carlo Curley, and our Summer Organ Series has become an established part of Swansea Minster’s diary for Tuesday lunchtimes during the summer.
Music at Swansea Minster
Swansea Minster demonstrates a strong commitment to music and the arts; it hosts regular concerts and exhibitions, and is keen to promote its own professionally directed Choral Programme.
During term time, three cathedral-style choral services are sung weekly as part of the worship, mission and witness of Swansea Minster, significant musical and educational opportunities are offered to the people of the City and County of Swansea.
Our Choral Scholarship Programme is in partnership with Swansea University and is supported by the Cathedral Music Trust and the Swansea St Mary Choral Trust. Swansea Minster is affiliated to the Royal School of Church Music.
