Derby Cathedral Music

Derby Cathedral Music Derby Cathedral has a rich musical heritage with the Cathedral Choirs and Music in Schools programme.
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As the summer break draws to a close, we’re delighted to welcome back our Cathedral Voluntary Choir tomorrow! 🎶Join us f...
29/08/2026

As the summer break draws to a close, we’re delighted to welcome back our Cathedral Voluntary Choir tomorrow! 🎶

Join us for beautiful choral worship at 10.45am and 5.15pm as their voices fill the Cathedral once again. All are warmly welcome. ✨

🍺🎶 Beer & Hymns with Mr Binns 🎶🍺Derby Cathedral Music is delighted to team up with the Cathedral Social Committee for a ...
25/08/2026

🍺🎶 Beer & Hymns with Mr Binns 🎶🍺

Derby Cathedral Music is delighted to team up with the Cathedral Social Committee for a wonderful evening of singing, supper and fellowship!

📅 Saturday 26 September
🕢 7.30pm
📍 St Mary’s Parish Centre, Darley Lane, Derby DE1 3AU

Come along for an evening of favourite hymns, good food and great company in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. You’ll even have the chance to choose and sing your favourite hymns! 🎵

🍽️ What’s included?

🥪 Ploughman’s supper
🍺 Licensed bar
🎵 Plenty of hymn singing
🤝 Friendly company and fellowship

🎟️ Tickets

Adults: £8 | Children: £4

👉 Book your tickets: www.ticketsource.com/derbycathedralmusic

Bring your friends, warm up those singing voices, and join us for what promises to be a memorable evening! 🍻🎵⛪

🎶 LUNCHTIME CONCERT — NEXT FRIDAY! 🎶Join us at 1.00pm at Derby Cathedral for a special one-off lunchtime concert with th...
21/08/2026

🎶 LUNCHTIME CONCERT — NEXT FRIDAY! 🎶

Join us at 1.00pm at Derby Cathedral for a special one-off lunchtime concert with the wonderful Choir of Halifax Minster.

✨ Free to attend
🎵 Retiring collection

We’re delighted to host this concert as part of the Choir of Halifax Minster’s tour to the Midlands. There’s an extra-special connection too — this is the church where our Director of Music was a chorister! 💙

Come along, take a break from your day, and enjoy some beautiful sacred choral music in the stunning surroundings of Derby Cathedral.

📍 Derby Cathedral
🕐 1.00pm — next Friday

🎹✨ Meet the organ!Pupils from Bradley CE Primary School recently went behind the scenes with one of the most fascinating...
11/08/2026

🎹✨ Meet the organ!

Pupils from Bradley CE Primary School recently went behind the scenes with one of the most fascinating instruments around as part of our Music in Schools Programme.

At All Saints Church in Bradley, pupils enjoyed a hands-on workshop with Dr Elizabeth Jones, our Keyboard Tutor for Schools, and Robert Greenwood, Organ Scholar, discovering the wonderful world of the organ — from its music and sound to the mechanics that make this incredible instrument work. 🎶🔧

A special thank you to the Derby and District Organists’ Association for lending us their model organ, giving the children an even closer look at the fascinating mechanics behind this amazing instrument! 🙌

It was a brilliant opportunity to get curious, get hands-on and discover where music can take you! 🎵

🎹 Want to find out more about the Keyboard Pathway of our Music in Schools Programme?

📧 Email [email protected]

Huge congratulations to eleven of our choristers and Junior Choral Scholars, who sang Handel’s Saul with Gabrieli in Ely...
23/07/2026

Huge congratulations to eleven of our choristers and Junior Choral Scholars, who sang Handel’s Saul with Gabrieli in Ely Cathedral last night, bringing an amazing residential course to a spectacular close. 🌟👏

You were absolutely phenomenal! 💙🎵

We’re so grateful to Gabrieli Roar and their wonderful team for providing this unforgettable opportunity to perform under the direction of Paul McCreesh 🎼, alongside Creative Directors Charles MacDougall and Emily Dickens, and their fantastic colleagues. 🙌

To share the stage with a world-renowned orchestra and soloists is a truly special experience—one that will inspire and stay with these young musicians for a lifetime. 🎻✨🎺
Bravo to everyone involved! 👏🌟🎶

💙🎵✨

This evening, our Organ Scholar, Robert Greenwood, performed in Rising Stars, the Organ Scholars’ Showcase Concert as pa...
16/07/2026

This evening, our Organ Scholar, Robert Greenwood, performed in Rising Stars, the Organ Scholars’ Showcase Concert as part of the Beauty in Sound 2026 Summer Organ Festival.

Joining fellow Organ Scholars from cathedrals and universities across the country, Robert gave a superb performance of the Prelude and Fugue in E minor from the Eight Short Preludes and Fugues, traditionally attributed to J.S. Bach.

We’re especially proud of Robert today, as it has also been announced that, from September, he will be Organ Scholar at St Andrew’s Cathedral, Aberdeen, alongside beginning his undergraduate studies in Music at the University of Aberdeen. We wish him every success as he embarks on this exciting new chapter.

Congratulations, Robert—we’re incredibly proud! 👏🎶

Missed the concert? You can watch it back here: https://www.youtube.com/live/LZUYq1b10ZU?si=SwkhOuXP-uTNcPgF

This Summer, we’re delighted to welcome visiting choirs from across the country to Derby Cathedral 🎼Join us for Choral E...
15/07/2026

This Summer, we’re delighted to welcome visiting choirs from across the country to Derby Cathedral 🎼

Join us for Choral Evensong and our regular Sunday services as these wonderful choirs help lead our worship throughout July and August.

Find dates and times below and come experience the beauty of music at the Cathedral. ✨

Derby Cathedral Music

🎹✨ What a fantastic evening!On Monday, eight remarkable young organists from our Music in Schools Programme Keyboard Pat...
15/07/2026

🎹✨ What a fantastic evening!

On Monday, eight remarkable young organists from our Music in Schools Programme Keyboard Pathway performed in our Young Organists’ Showcase, delighting a packed audience before our Summer Organ Concert.

The standard of playing was exceptional. Each performer brought confidence, musicality and real artistry to their performance, and it was wonderful to see how much they have grown as musicians. We couldn’t be prouder of them all – congratulations to every one of our young organists! 👏

Do you know a child in or around Derby who would love to learn the organ? Derby Cathedral is one of only a handful of cathedrals in the UK currently offering this kind of programme, making it a truly unique opportunity to learn an extraordinary instrument, develop outstanding musicianship and become part of something very special.

If you know a young person who might be interested, we’d love to hear from you.

We are hugely grateful to the donors and partners who make this work possible:
🎵 Cathedral Music Trust
🎵 Derby and District Organists' Association
🎵 Royal College of Organists
🎵 Derby & Derbyshire Music Partnership

🎹 Today at Derby Cathedral!Join us at 6.00pm for our Young Organists’ Showcase – a wonderful opportunity to hear some of...
13/07/2026

🎹 Today at Derby Cathedral!

Join us at 6.00pm for our Young Organists’ Showcase – a wonderful opportunity to hear some of the exceptionally talented young musicians from our Music in Schools Programme Keyboard Pathway. Free admission.

Then, at 7.00pm, stay for the final Summer Organ Concert, given by our Director of Music. Expect a thrilling and varied programme featuring music by William Harris, Tarik O’Regan, Harrison Oxley, William Herschel, Philip Tordoff, Simon Lindley, Percy Fletcher, Francis Edward Bache and Lloyd Coleman.

🎟️ Concert tickets: £10 (available on the door).

Come and celebrate the next generation of organists before enjoying a spectacular evening of music on the Cathedral’s magnificent Compton organ.

🎹 The future of organ music is in good hands!Join us on Monday 13 July at 6.00pm for our Young Organists’ Showcase, cele...
12/07/2026

🎹 The future of organ music is in good hands!

Join us on Monday 13 July at 6.00pm for our Young Organists’ Showcase, celebrating the talented young musicians from Derby Cathedral’s Music in Schools Programme Keyboard Pathway.

🎟️ Free to attend

Then, stay for the finale of our Summer Organ Concert Series as our Director of Music, Alexander Binns, takes to the console at 7.00pm.

🎟️ Concert tickets: £10

Come and support the next generation of organists—and enjoy an evening of outstanding music in the magnificent surroundings of Derby Cathedral.

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18-19 Iron Gate
Derby
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