Music at St Clement's
St Clement's is continuing to develop an exciting musical tradition, and is home to a friendly and growing volunteer choir which supports regular worship at the church. The choir sings traditional Anglican SATB repertoire at Sunday morning services, as well as other festival occassions throughout the year. Other aspects of our musical life include a monthly Taizé service (led by a group of singers and instrumentalists), and use of the church as a rehearsal venue or performance space by external musicians and ensembles. For more information about our musical life, please contact Karol Jaworski - music@stclementscambridge.org.
Choir and organ
The choir usually meets twice a week for rehearsals and a Sunday service, occassionally meeting at other times for additional services around festivals and feasts, or for social meetings. Current weekly commitments are:
- Tuesday evening rehearsal, 7.30-9.00pm
- Sunday morning rehearsal 10.15-10.45am ahead of Communion 11.00-12.15pm
Broader choir projects have included successful choir tours, collaborations with other choirs or instrumental ensembles, as well as participation in a number of workshops or festivals.
We have a limited number of vacancies across all voice parts in the choir. Our choir director, Karol Jaworski, welcomes queries from all interested in singing regardless of previous experience - please do get in touch for more information or to come and observe one of our rehearsals. The choir is accompanied by a rota of experienced organists (and occassionally instrumentalists too), and we welcome inquiries from anyone who may wish to play with us. St Clement's houses a fine one-manual organ, full specifications of which may be found here, and a small upright piano for use in rehearsals.
- Tuesday evening rehearsal, 7.30-9.00pm
- Sunday morning rehearsal 10.15-10.45am ahead of Communion 11.00-12.15pm
Broader choir projects have included successful choir tours, collaborations with other choirs or instrumental ensembles, as well as participation in a number of workshops or festivals.
We have a limited number of vacancies across all voice parts in the choir. Our choir director, Karol Jaworski, welcomes queries from all interested in singing regardless of previous experience - please do get in touch for more information or to come and observe one of our rehearsals. The choir is accompanied by a rota of experienced organists (and occassionally instrumentalists too), and we welcome inquiries from anyone who may wish to play with us. St Clement's houses a fine one-manual organ, full specifications of which may be found here, and a small upright piano for use in rehearsals.
Concerts and recitals
Located in the centre of Cambridge, St Clement's is an excellent venue for recitals or concerts. In July 2017 we hosted our first regular recital series on Saturday lunchtimes, welcoming musicians from Cambridge and London. These were well attended, and we have plans in progress to resume with a regular weekly or fortnightly recital slot from September 2017.
St Clement's is also increasingly popular as a concert venue for lunchtime performances, or occasionally, evening concerts. We welcome enquiries about using our venues. If you are interested in performing at St Clement's, please get in touch with Karol, who will be happy to discuss this further.
St Clement's is also increasingly popular as a concert venue for lunchtime performances, or occasionally, evening concerts. We welcome enquiries about using our venues. If you are interested in performing at St Clement's, please get in touch with Karol, who will be happy to discuss this further.
