Ages 8 to 14 · Mon–Thu, 3:45 PM
The Choristers
Twenty trebles from eleven schools. Free daily training in sight-reading, voice and Latin pronunciation, with a stipend every term.
Sing with us
Four choirs, and one of them is probably yours
Nobody pays and nobody has to be a parishioner. You need to be able to hold a part, or want to learn, and to come to rehearsal.
The choirs
Who sings what, and when
Every choir rehearses in the choir room under the west gallery. Come and listen to a rehearsal first if you'd like.
Adults · Thursdays 7:30 PM and Sundays
The Parish Choir
Twenty-two adult voices who sing the 10 o'clock Eucharist and Evensong. Read music reasonably well and we will help with the rest.
Eight voices · Thursdays 8:15 PM
The Compline Singers
Plainsong only, sung from memory in the dark Lady Chapel at nine. Rehearsal is the forty minutes before.
Anyone · Saturdays 10 AM, Sept–May
The Pearl Street Singers
A community choir with no audition at all. Shape-note, folk hymns and spirituals, and two concerts a year for the warming shelter.
Choristers' auditions
How a child joins the Choristers
Most children are singing in the stalls within six weeks of their first visit.
Step 1 of 4
Book fifteen minutes
Use the form below or call Jonah on (555) 014-6124. Auditions run on the first Saturday of every month in the choir room.
Step 2 of 4
Sing something you know
Happy Birthday is fine. We listen for a true note and a child who wants to be there, not a trained voice.
Step 3 of 4
Try a week of rehearsals
Monday to Thursday with a chorister buddy. Parents are welcome to sit in at the back.
Step 4 of 4
Admitted at Evensong
After about six weeks the new chorister is admitted during Evensong and given a cassock and medal.
For parents
What parents ask before the audition
Does my child need to be Episcopalian, or religious at all?
No. About half our choristers' families belong to another church or to none. We teach the words of the services the way a good teacher would: honestly and without pressure.
What does it cost?
Nothing. The music endowment pays for the training, cassocks and snacks, and each chorister earns a stipend of $150 a term.
What happens in summer?
The choirs stop after Pentecost and start again the week after Labor Day. There is an optional week of choir camp at Lake Dunmore in July, paid for by the parish.
What if my child's voice changes?
Voices that drop move into the Parish Choir as tenors and basses when they are ready. Several of our current basses started as trebles here.
How do you keep children safe?
Every adult who works with the choir completes the Episcopal Church's Safeguarding God's Children training, and no adult is ever alone with a child.
Get in touch
Ask about a place in any choir
Jonah Abernethy answers for the Choristers and Peter Lachance for everything else. You'll hear back within two working days.
- Address211 Pearl Street, Burlington, VT 05401
- Phone(555) 014-6120
- Emailoffice@example.org
- OfficeOffice Mon–Thu, 9 AM – 3 PM
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