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Gallery · 2026.7.27 – 8.2

Residentiary Choir 2026

From 27 July to 2 August I sang with the RSCM Residentiary Choir at St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh — a week of daily services as a member of the cathedral choir.

Last updated: 7 August 2026

  • The exterior of St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh
    St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh. A week spent here.
  • The choir warming up
    Warming up. Every day begins here.
  • The pile of music to be sung in one week
    A week's worth of music, piling up on the desk.
  • Rehearsing in the quire
    Rehearsing in the quire. Sight-reading, words and all, straight off the page.
  • Robed, walking through to the cathedral
    Robed, and through to the cathedral.
  • Fellow members of the choir
    The others in the choir. A week brought a great many friendships.
  • Group photograph of the RSCM Residentiary Choir 2026
    Residentiary Choir 2026 — everyone together.

The week gathered into two and a half minutes of film. The music in the second half is Ubi caritas by Ko Matsushita, as we sang it at the closing Eucharist.

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