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06/06/2026

🗓️ WHAT’S ON IN CHAPEL 🎶 (w/c Sunday 7th June)

The Chapel Choir is on leave this Sunday during the exam period, but will be back on Tuesday for an epic evensong of Brewer and Brahms! 🎵

Chapel news and events:

‼️ Save the date! The annual SCMS May Week concert will be taking place on Thursday 25th June at 5pm in Chapel. This programme of favourites will include Handel’s ‘Zadok the Priest’, a selection from Holst’s ‘Planets’ and Vaughan Williams’ ‘Five English Folksongs’.

🤲 Chapel collections this term will go to the Christian Fellowship Delhi. Contactless giving is available in the antechapel.

✉️ Chapel News: to receive a weekly bulletin with notices, events and YouTube links to services, email the Chapel Administrator.

30/05/2026

🗓️ WHAT’S ON IN CHAPEL 🎶 (w/c Sunday 31st May)

Chapel news and events:

‼️ Save the date! The annual SCMS May Week concert will be taking place on Thursday 25th June at 5pm in Chapel. This programme of favourites will include Handel’s ‘Zadok the Priest’, a selection from Holst’s ‘Planets’ and Vaughan Williams’ ‘Five English Folksongs’.

🤲 Chapel collections this term will go to the Christian Fellowship Delhi. Contactless giving is available in the antechapel.

✉️ Chapel News: to receive a weekly bulletin with notices, events and YouTube links to services, email the Chapel Administrator.

24/05/2026

🗓️ WHAT’S ON IN CHAPEL 🎶 (w/c Sunday 24th May)

Other chapel news and events:

🎶 SCMS Sunday concert: for our final Sunday evening concert at 8:30 in the Hall, soprano and SCMS Committee member Kit Attwater (Fitzwilliam) gives a solo recital, accompanied by Sam Trueman (Queens’). Free entry with a retiring collection.

‼️ Save the date! The annual SCMS May Week concert will be taking place on Thursday 25th June at 5pm in Chapel. This programme of favourites will include Handel’s ‘Zadok the Priest’, a selection from Holst’s ‘Planets’ and Vaughan Williams’ ‘Five English Folksongs’.

🕯️ On Monday 25th May at 8pm there will be an informal opportunity to remember Jaycee a year after his death. Chapel will remain open until midnight as usual for reflection and candle lighting.

🤲 Chapel collections this term will go to the Christian Fellowship Delhi. Contactless giving is available in the antechapel.

✉️ Chapel News: to receive a weekly bulletin with notices, events and YouTube links to services, email the Chapel Administrator.

17/05/2026

🗓️ WHAT’S ON IN CHAPEL 🎶 (w/c Sunday 17th May)

Other chapel news and events:

🎶 SCMS Sunday concert: at 8:30 in the Hall, the joint winners of the college Williamson Prize - Elsa Chung and Samantha Gaspe - give a joint recital.

‼️ Save the date! The annual SCMS May Week concert will be taking place on Thursday 25th June at 5pm in Chapel. This programme of favourites will include Handel’s ‘Zadok the Priest’, a selection from Holst’s ‘Planets’ and Vaughan Williams’ ‘Five English Folksongs’.

🤲 Chapel collections this term will go to the Christian Fellowship Delhi. Contactless giving is available in the antechapel.

✉️ Chapel News: to receive a weekly bulletin with notices, events and YouTube links to services, email the Chapel Administrator.

10/05/2026

🗓️ WHAT’S ON IN CHAPEL 🎶 (w/c Sunday 10th May)

This week’s highlight: Ascension Day on Thursday! The choir will be singing early morning Matins from the Library Tower as well as Evensong in the evening. In between, our weekly organ recital will be given by our Junior Organ Scholar, Kim Chin, who will play Messiaen’s L’Ascension.

Other chapel news and events:

🎶 SCMS Sunday concert: at 8:30 in the Hall, there will be a flute recital given by Evie Hrydziuszko, a second-year music student at Homerton. Free entry with a retiring collection.

‼️ Save the date! The annual SCMS May Week concert will be taking place on Thursday 25th June at 5pm in Chapel. This programme of favourites will include Handel’s ‘Zadok the Priest’, a selection from Holst’s ‘Planets’ and Vaughan Williams’ ‘Five English Folksongs’.

🤲 Chapel collections this term will go to the Learning for Life App appeal for education across the Anglican Church of Melanesia and Cambridge Samaritans. Contactless giving is available in the antechapel.

✉️ Chapel News: to receive a weekly bulletin with notices, events and YouTube links to services, email the Chapel Administrator.

03/05/2026

🗓️ WHAT’S ON IN CHAPEL 🎶 (w/c Sunday 3rd May)

Chapel is back in full swing for Easter term! We hope you can join our services in-person or through our livestreams.

This week’s highlight: Choral Compline on Wednesday 🕯️ Compline (from the Latin ‘completorium’, a service for the completion of the day) is the ancient service of night prayer, and will take place in a candlelit chapel and be followed by port and hot chocolate for all 🍷 ☕️

Other chapel news and events:

🎶 SCMS Sunday concert: at 8:30 in the Chapel, there will be a harpsichord recital given by Richard Taylor, a second-year musician at Magdalene. Free entry with a retiring collection.

‼️ Save the date! The annual SCMS May Week concert will be taking place on Thursday 25th June at 5pm in Chapel. This programme of favourites will include Handel’s ‘Zadok the Priest’, a selection from Holst’s ‘Planets’ and Vaughan Williams’ ‘Five English Folksongs’.

✉️ Chapel News: to receive a weekly bulletin with notices, events and YouTube links to services, email the Chapel Administrator.

30/04/2026

☀️Happy Easter term!☀️

We can’t wait to welcome to Chapel later for our first Evensong of the term 🎶 As always, the service will be livestreamed on the Chapel YouTube

29/04/2026

The Chapel Choir has been busy filling the airwaves in the lead-up to Easter Term! 📻🎶

Last Wednesday, Choral Evensong was broadcast live on Radio 3. Highlights included the first performance of ‘Easter Victory’ by and John Rutter’s organ duet ‘Variations on an Easter Theme’ 🐣

Then on Sunday, BBC Radio 4 listeners were treated to a prerecorded service of Sunday Worship, featuring favourites like Hadley’s ‘My Beloved Spake’ and Lord of the Dance 🩰

Both episodes are available to stream on BBC Sounds!

21/04/2026

Tune in to BBC Radio 3 tomorrow at 3pm to hear Choral Evensong broadcast live from Selwyn Chapel!

14/03/2026

🗓️ WHAT’S ON IN CHAPEL 🎶 (w/c Sunday 15th March)

This week’s highlight: Sunday evening in Chapel our choir sings the entirety of Bach’s 11-movement motet ‘Jesu, meine Freude’, conducted by guest Andrew Lumsden, son of the late Sir David Lumsden (SE 1948).

Other chapel news and events:

🎶 SCMS Sunday concert: at 8:30 in the Hall, the Music Society presents a Night at the Musicals, featuring popular favourites from the stage and some orchestral numbers. Free entry with a retiring collection

📣 Acting Dean of Chapel: the Dean of Chapel will shortly go on maternity leave, at the end of term (from Thursday 19 March). We are pleased to announce the appointment of the Rev’d Jonathan Collins to cover her period of leave!

🏠 Accommodation opportunity: for two people to live in 97 Barton Road for up to 6 months (large double bedroom and bathroom, kitchen and large kitchen/dining room, plus utility room with washing machine and garden). Approx. £1000pm, further details on request from [email protected].

🤲 Chapel collections this term will go to the Learning for Life App appeal for education across the Anglican Church of Melanesia and Cambridge Samaritans. Contactless giving is available in the antechapel.

✉️ Chapel News: to receive a weekly bulletin with notices, events and YouTube links to services, email the Chapel Administrator.

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