Thursday
11:00 Arrival and registration
11:30 Coffee and welcome in the Bar
12:00 Session 1 – hear Meg Rees in the Chapel or Isobel Chesman in Hamilton
12:30 Session 2 – hear Prof. Simone Krüger Bridge in the Chapel or Ben Liberatore in Hamilton
13:00 Lunch – Sarum College Refectory
13:45 Session 3 – hear Denise Stobart in the Chapel or Hannah Deasy in Hamilton
14:15 Session 4 – hear Dr Rebekah Okpoti in the Chapel or Katie Ambrose in Hamilton
14:45 Session 5 – hear Revd Pete Gunstone in the Chapel or Dr Elizabeth Preece in Hamilton
15:15 Poster Session and tea in the Bar
15:45 Session 6: Keynote in Cavell – The Revd Prof. June Boyce-Tillman
17:30 Evensong – Salisbury Cathedral
18:30 Drinks Reception in the Bar
19:00 Conference Dinner – with after-dinner speaker, Sir John Rutter
21:30 Conference Bar Opens
Friday
All sessions in Cavell Room
08:00 Breakfast for residents – Sarum College Refectory
09:00 Session 7: Keynote – Dr Hanna Rijken
09:45 Session 8: Keynote – The Revd Dr Jonathan Arnold
10:30 Coffee in the Seaton Room – browse the conference stalls (Quires and Places and Yale University Press in the hallway; Croft Design in the Cavell Room)
11:00 Session 9: Panel Discussion – New Generation Voices – How we work with today’s children and young people in a cathedral music setting
12:00 Session 10: Author Talk – and book signing with Canon Prof. Nicholas Orme
13:00 Lunch – Sarum College Refectory
13:30 Cathedral Music Trust Autumn National Gathering begins – opportunity to join fellow cathedral music lovers in Salisbury Cathedral for a weekend of music and discovery. More info.
New Generation Presenters
- Katie Ambrose | Choral music-making in gendered settings: a technologically mediated approach
- Isobel Chesman | The Vocal Health Status of Lay Clerks in English Anglican Cathedral Choirs
- Revd Pete Gunstone | Diverse People Inhabiting Praise Together
- Prof. Simone Krüger Bridge | Harmony in Diversity: Unveiling the Inherent Societal Contributions of Liverpool Cathedral’s Egalitarian Music Outreach Programme in the Liverpool City Region
- Benjamin Liberatore | ‘They make me feel like I’m dirtying the tradition’: Child choristers’ perspectives on belonging, difference, and ‘identity’ in English cathedral music
- Hannah Deasy | Pupils, Primers and Potential: exploring chorister education at Exeter Cathedral in the mid-eighteenth century
- Dr Rebekah Okpoti | Anne Lister, the Pipe organ and The Girly Organist: curating the sound world of an icon to address bigotry
- Dr Elizabeth Preece | Cultural Capital and the Choir: Understanding Social Class Reproduction within Choir Schools
- Meg Rees | A Detailed Exploration of Choral Evensong and its Significance in 2024
- Denise Stobart | The Divine as an integral part of Religious Cognition experienced through Music during Worship in the Anglican Tradition