Arundel Cathedral choristers first to receive new Guild of Church Musicians medal

By Elaine Hammond
Published 18th Feb 2020, 12:14 BST
Arundel Cathedral choristers with Dame Mary Archer, president of the Guild of Church Musicians. Photo: Guild of Church MusiciansArundel Cathedral choristers with Dame Mary Archer, president of the Guild of Church Musicians. Photo: Guild of Church Musicians
Arundel Cathedral choristers with Dame Mary Archer, president of the Guild of Church Musicians. Photo: Guild of Church Musicians
Dame Mary Archer, president, presented the new Archbishops’ Chorister Medal to 12 choristers, aged 10 to 14, in a special ceremony at the cathedral.

The guild encourages musicians of all denominations to attain the highest standards of music in worship and the new medal expands the already wide range of established guild qualifications under the patronage of the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury and the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster.

The Archbishops’ Chorister Medal, which depicts the GCM logo and is worn on a gold cord, was created specifically for the under-18s, having been proposed and developed by Elizabeth Stratford, organist and master of the choristers at Arundel Cathedral.

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