🎵We’re delighted to announce that tickets are now available for our performance of Handel’s Messiah with the amazing Sinfonia Viva. 🎫Tickets are available at www.livetickets.org/whats-on/han... 🚫Our last performance of Handel’s Messiah sold out several weeks before the performance, so don’t wait!

🎹This morning at #SmallSounds, we had the latest in our Meet the Musicians sessions with the chance to hear the Cathedral organ as part of #PlayTheOrgan 2025. 👂Children had the chance to hear the different sounds the organ makes and had a go at playing themselves. 🤚

🤔On #InternationalChoristerDay we bring to you two people who you might know, but who now look just a little bit older! This is proof that quite a few years ago Mr Binns was a chorister at Halifax Minster and Mr Turner was a chorister at Southwell Minster.

🎵Happy International Chorister Day to all our fabulous choristers. We are so grateful to all that you do in leading worship at Cathedral services. 📷Watch this space later today to see some very old snaps of Mr Binns and Mr Turner when they were choristers...! #InternationalChoristerDay

On Monday, it was a pleasure to welcome Charles and Emily from Gabrieli for Roar Explore workshops as part of our Music in Schools Programme. Over the course of the day, they worked with over 200 pupils from Derby Cathedral School and Littleover Community School.

Many congratulations to our newly promoted Full Choristers and to those who have received their Royal School of Church Music Bronze, Silver and Gold awards. The future is very bright in their hands after a cracking set of results. #Congratulations #WellDone

Very many congratulations to former Chorister, Evie, who has gained a placed in the highly coveted vocal ensemble The 24. Evie has just started her music degree at the University of York. We wish you all the best!

🎼Our Friday Lunchtime Concerts start again this week. We look forward to welcoming you!

Do you know a child who loves to sing? Starting NEXT WEDNESDAY. Come and join our brand new choir at the Parish Church of St Werburgh Spondon. Please book your child’s space at www.ticketsource.co.uk/derbycathedralmusic #Choir #Spondon #Children #Singing

A very warm welcome to our brand new Probationer Choristers. What an amazing journey these young people have ahead of them, and in their hands the future of Derby Cathedral Choir is very bright!

On Sunday 21 September, our Director of Music leads the Festival of Choirs at St. George's Parish Church in New Mills. Do get in touch if you’d like to join to sing - it promises to be a wonderful afternoon and evening.

It was wonderful to welcome back former Choristers and Lay Clerks for our annual Old Choristers’ Association Evensong this afternoon. They joined the Cathedral Choir and Voluntary Choir for a musical feast at the start of the academic year.

It was so wonderful to welcome our Choristers back for their first rehearsal of the new term this afternoon, and they’re already sounding brilliant!

📢Calling all former members of Derby Cathedral Choir. Come and join us on Sunday 7 September for our annual Old Choristers’ Association Evensong. Please book your place via www.ticketsource.co.uk/derbycathedralmusic

St John the Evangelist, Derby are looking for a new #Organist. Please contact Mina or visit their website for more details. It’s one of the finest instruments in the city! 🎹

We’re launching a new choir in September as part of our Music in Schools Programme and in partnership with St Werburgh’s Spondon and two schools. Do you know a child who likes to sing? Sign them up at www.ticketsource.co.uk/derbycathedralmusic

Two of our Choristers and one of our Junior Choral Scholars are having an amazing time on Gabrieli Roar. Tonight, they’re singing Haydn’s The Seasons at Ely Cathedral. We’re very excited to welcome Gabrieli in January for a collaboration with the Cathedral Choir and our Music in Schools Programme.

Yesterday, we held our first ever Young Organists’ Showcase, which saw six young organists perform a concert in the Cathedral.

We are looking for a talented musician and teacher to join our growing team as Choral Director for Schools, on a full time, part time, permanent or temporary basis. For more details on this exciting opportunity, please contact our Director of Music, Alexander Binns at [email protected]

Yesterday, we welcomed 180 Year 7 pupils from Derby Cathedral School to their Celebration Concert as part of the Music in Schools Programme. Each class sang a movement of Jonah-Man Jazz, before all joining together to sing ‘The best that you can be’. Well done, everyone - it sounded amazing! 👏

A stupendously good Summer Organ Concert from our wonderful Assistant Director of Music, Edward Turner, this evening. Join us next Thursday for our Young Organists’ Showcase at 6.15pm and for our next Summer Organ Concert at 7.15pm.

📢Calling all former members of Derby Cathedral Choir. Come and join us on Sunday 7 September for our annual Old Choristers’ Association Evensong. Please book your place via www.ticketsource.co.uk/derbycathedralmusic

It was a great delight for the Cathedral Choir to open the proceedings at the Civic Awards Ceremony at the University of Derby this evening. The Cathedral enjoys a close partnership with the University of Derby and it was a pleasure to come and sing at such a special event.

☀️🎵Do join us TOMORROW for our summer concert, which promises to be a fabulous feast of English and French Choral Classics. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇫🇷 🎟️Tickets are still available from www.ticketsource.co.uk/derbycathedralmusic

📆⏰There’s just TWO days left to apply. Deadline Friday 4 July at noon. 🎵Come and work as part of our wonderful team! We are looking for a talented musician to join us as Choral Director for Schools on a part time basis for 3 days per week. More details from derbycathedral.org/about/vacanc...

A very warm welcome to these three new Probationer Choristers, who have started their journey in the Cathedral Choir over the past few weeks, and have come via our Music in Schools Programme. The future is very bright! #Welcome

Our two outgoing Head Choristers conducted most of Evensong this evening, whilst one of our organ students from the keyboard pathway of the Music in Schools Programme played the voluntaries. Well done, everyone - you did a super job! #MaestroMaking

☀️We're excited to announce our Summer Organ Concerts, including our very first Young Organists' Showcase! 🎹

Our ears are still ringing from the glorious sound at our Diocesan Choral Festival yesterday. It was wonderful to welcome so many singers from churches across the Diocese of Derby.

It was wonderful to welcome over 120 singers from church choirs from across the Diocese of Derby for our Diocesan Choral Festival this afternoon. Well done, everyone - it sounded amazing! You can hear the service back at www.youtube.com/live/RbNKYqu...

Our choristers had an amazing afternoon singing with The Sixteen, as they rehearsed for their concert in the Cathedral this evening. Particular thanks to Mark Dobell, one of their singers, who led the choristers through a vocal workshop beforehand.

☀️It’s not long until our Summer Concert. 🎫Tickets are now available from www.ticketsource.co.uk/derbycathedralmusic 🎵It promises to be a wonderful evening of well loved choral music from England and France! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇫🇷

How wonderful to have one of our choristers to accompany the end of our boys’ rehearsal this afternoon. Well done!👏

We’re very excited to announce the details of our Summer Concert. Tickets are now available from www.ticketsource.co.uk/derbycathedralmusic It promises to be a wonderful evening of well loved choral music from England and France! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇫🇷

We’re absolutely delighted that our amazing Voluntary Choir are one of the finalists of the Association of English Cathedrals’ Volunteer Team of the Year. This wonderful team of singers regularly support the leading of worship at the Cathedral with dedication and commitment.

Tomorrow we welcome back former Cathedral chorister, Grace Hindle, who will sing for the Friday Lunchtime Concert at 1.00pm. Grace is now a Choral Scholar with The Choir of Royal Holloway. Do come and hear her!

It was amazing to sing at the opening of the newly restored Derby Market Hall. Great to see so many people coming to explore this wonderfully restored space. We had a wonderful time singing to you! #DerbyMarketHall

What an amazing morning singing at the opening of the newly restored Derby Market Hall. Great to see so many people coming to explore this wonderfully restored space. We had a wonderful time singing to you! #DerbyMarketHall

Today is the official opening of the newly restored Derby Market Hall. Come and hear the Cathedral Choir perform choral classics as part of the Opening Ceremony. You can hear us on the stage from 11.45am to 12.15pm. #DerbyMarketHall

The children on our Music in Schools programme are busy preparing for our Celebration Concerts. We are very excited to welcome over 900 children from 15 schools to the Cathedral over four concerts. It promises to be a wonderful occasion celebrating all that they have achieved this year.

Many congratulations to one of our Year 6 choristers, who has composed his very own piece, Resurrection Music, which was premiered by the Cathedral Choir at Evensong this afternoon. You can hear it back on our live stream.

What a wonderful service to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day. Thank you to all those who came to mark this poignant occasion. #VEDay80

May the Fourth be with you! This afternoon at Evensong the Cathedral Choir will sing Dyson in D, affectionately known by many choral enthusiasts as the Star Wars canticles, due to their similarity to the theme music by John Williams. Happy Star Wars Day! #StarWars

🎼Starting tomorrow! Come and hear some wonderful performances in the beautiful surroundings of the Cathedral. #Music #ClassicalMusic #LiveMusic #Derby #DerbyUK #Derbyshire #Concert

We are excited to announce the details of our Diocesan Choral Festival for 2025. We are very excited to welcome church choirs from across the Diocese of Derby to join with us for a feast of music. We recommend that choirs and singers sign up at forms.gle/Wmg6CKMd7ht3...

🎹Ever wondered what it is like to play a Cathedral organ? Your little ones can find out on Bank Holiday Monday 5 May! Booking highly recommended at ticketsource.co.uk/derbycathedralmusic #PlayTheOrgan

Happy #InternationalOrganDay! 🎹 🤔Did you know that you can hear the Cathedral organs most days at our services played by our organists? 🎼We have ambitious plans to introduce the instrument to more people as part of #PlayTheOrgan Year 2025!

A wonderful review of our performance of Bach’s St John Passion with Sinfonia Viva on Good Friday. www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2025/04/st-j...

🎵Our series of Friday Lunchtime Concerts starts next Friday at 1.00pm. 🥪Make the most of your lunchtime with music in the beautiful surroundings of the Cathedral. 💷Free to attend

There are just a few days left to apply for our Keyboard Tutor for Schools role, an exciting role for a talented organist, pianist and teacher. The successful candidate will teach the organ and piano and play for services at the Cathedral. More details from www.derbycathedral.org/vacancies