{"id":11766,"date":"2025-12-17T16:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T16:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=11766"},"modified":"2025-12-17T16:00:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T16:00:12","slug":"sweet-singing-in-the-choir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2025\/12\/17\/sweet-singing-in-the-choir\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet singing in the choir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to the <strong>University\u00a0Cecilian Choir<\/strong>, who sang as part of the University Carol Service at Canterbury Cathedral last week.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11768\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2025\/12\/PXL_20251208_193235568.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" \/>The Choir, comprising students, staff and alumni, is a by-invitation choir, which has previously appeared on BBC Radio 4&#8217;s\u00a0<em>My Choir<\/em> and Heart Kent Radio, and also sung the service of Choral Evensong at the Cathedral.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11769\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2025\/12\/PXL_20251208_204338743-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" \/>The solo verse to &#8216;Once in royal David&#8217;s city&#8217; was launched high and clear into the hushed expectancy of the Cathedral Nave by final-year Wildlife Conservation student and Music Performance flute Scholar, Charlotte Farmer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11770\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2025\/12\/PXL_20251208_162014178.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Well done to all the choir, and to Kent Gospel Choir, who also sang as part of the service.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2025\/12\/17\/sweet-singing-in-the-choir\/&amp;t=Sweet singing in the choir' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Sweet singing in the choir%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2025\/12\/17\/sweet-singing-in-the-choir\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2025\/12\/17\/sweet-singing-in-the-choir\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2025\/12\/17\/sweet-singing-in-the-choir\/&amp;title=Sweet singing in the choir' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2025\/12\/17\/sweet-singing-in-the-choir\/&amp;title=Sweet singing in the choir' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to the University\u00a0Cecilian Choir, who sang as part of the University Carol Service at Canterbury Cathedral last week. 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