For the first time ever, girls will perform in a choir at the Christmas Day service at St Paul’s Cathedral
The choir, made up of both adults and children, will perform on Christmas Day under the 365-foot dome of the cathedral, designed by Christopher Wren after the 1666 Great Fire of London destroyed its medieval predecessor.
The first two girls to become choristers officially joined in June.
It was the first time girls had been part of the choir in its 900-year history.
Lila, 11, and Lois, 10, made history in June when they became the first female members of the choir at the Choral Evensong service.
The pair were given full membership, after having been probationers in training within the choir since September 2023.
Female choristers are now becoming permanent members of the cathedral choir and will play an equal part in the singing of services, as well as at events of national importance.
The announcement was made in May 2022 that girls were set to join the choir and that the Cathedral and St Paul’s Cathedral School would ‘undertake the practical arrangements needed to provide a truly equal offer for girl and boy choristers’.
Plans included a fundraising campaign and to ensure the Cathedral’s scholarship programme could be delivered equally to boys and girls.
At the time the Dean of St Paul’s, the Very Revd Dr David Ison, said: ‘It has been a long-held ambition to introduce girls’ voices into the Cathedral Choir at St Paul’s.
‘Doing this will create an exceptional new music opportunity for young people and will further enhance the contribution of our highly valued and much-loved choir to the worship life of the Cathedral and the heritage of the nation.’
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