Why a Music Development Campaign is needed

From the beginning, Guildford Cathedral has maintained a reputation for the excellence of its music. Moreover, this has been achieved without any of the financial advantages enjoyed by the older cathedrals, and it has depended upon the enthusiasm of many people – choristers and parents, lay clerks and supernumerary singers, sponsors and others too numerous to mention – who have been convinced that ‘the Cathedral must have music, and that music must be good’. Through their commitment the musical life of the Cathedral has flourished.

However, today’s circumstances are very different from those of the 1960s when the choir began. It is time to consolidate the achievements of the first four decades of the choir’s existence, but at the same time to look to the future and develop Guildford’s music in new and exciting directions.

To secure the music foundation and to enable these developments to take place a major fund-raising campaign is essential.