Projects supported by the Music Foundation
Junior Organ School
A scholarship program for young school-age students to begin learning the organ.
Inaugural Adelaide Sacred Music Composition Prize
Organ Scholars
Marco Callisto is our current senior organ scholar. Marco is an Elder Conservatorium graduate and has been learning the organ for two years. He plays in services once a month at the Cathedral and also plays for other services in churches around Adelaide.
In 2023 Marco Callisto is joined by Charlie Wells as organ scholars.
Recent Music purchases
Recent additions to the choir’s music library:
Edgar Bainton - And I Saw a New Heaven
Alexander L’Estrange - New College Service
June Nixon - Preces and Responses
Mack Wilberg - In the Bleak Midwinter
Dobrinka Tabackova - Truro Canticles
William Harris - Bring Us, O Lord
Durufle - Messe cum Jubilo
Robert Walker - Missa Brevis
Grayston Ives - Missa Brevis
Still, Still, Still - Bob Chilcott
Gaudete - Luke Fitzgerald
The Magi’s Dream - James Whitbourn
The St Peter’s Cathedral Music Foundation recently provided the important funds for the purchase of a new digital piano, to assist with music rehearsals. A key element to the success of rehearsals, and the standard of the music at St Peter’s Cathedral.
Concert Series
The St Peter’s Cathedral Music Foundation supports an incredible yearly concert series. Be sure to look at the program for 2023 and don’t miss any event by pre-booking your tickets online.
Annual support to the Cathedral
Every year, the St Peter’s Cathedral Music Foundation provides a grant to the St Peter’s Cathedral to support the musical traditions and the future of music in the Cathedral.
The annual grant made to St Peter’s Cathedral supports:
The Director of Music, Anthony Hunt
The Cathedral Organist, David Heah
The Assistant Conductor, Andrew Chatterton
Ongoing maintenance of the magnificent Cathedral Organ
Singing lessons for Choristers
The RSCM Voice for Life program, awarding treble medals
Choral Scholarships for University Students
Section Leader Scholarships for adult choristers
The support from music-lovers makes this possible, and helps ensure the music program can continue, improve and grow.
Be a part of this historic but vibrant tradition, and be certain it may continue into the future.