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A Real Choral Life in the UK
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A letter by email, from the daily services of an English cathedral.
Aiming for at least one letter a week
- What was sung that week, and at which service
- A photograph taken on the spot
- Now and then, the small ordinary business of living
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Timeline
The road so far
- March 2026Stepped down as pastor of Shinsei Kamaishi Church after nineteen years.
- 20 JulyLeft Japan for the UK, arriving in Edinburgh.
- 27 July –
2 AugustSang with the RSCM Residentiary Choir at St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh — a full week of daily services. - From AugustVisiting cathedrals across England, looking for a place to sing from September.
- From SeptemberPlanning to sing the daily services as a member of an English cathedral choir. News will come first in this letter.