Like most other Anglican cathedrals and churches, music plays a crucial and integral part in the life and worship at St Paul's.

Since part of the Cathedral's mission is to be a place of comfort and challenge in the heart of the city, we try to reflect this in our music and liturgy. There are times to be still and reflect, to hear and sing words of comfort; there are also times to hear or sing words of excitement and challenge. In all of this we draw on the best of the church's rich musical heritage of past centuries, as well as using music and hymns by contemporary writers.

Singing At St Paul's

• We have an Adult Choir who help lead worship on a Sunday morning and once a month on a Sunday evening. Music is integral to our Eucharistic Liturgy on a Sunday morning, as well as to our meditative service of Evening Prayer in the evening. Music also plays an important part in our weekday services of Midday Prayer at 1 pm. 

• The choir also sings at various diocesan and civic functions outside the Cathedral, which itself has a fine acoustic and instruments (a 3 manual Hill, Norman & Beard Organ and Bluthner Grand Piano) and is regularly used for concerts/ recitals. 

• We also offer a number of Choral Scholarships, especially targeted at young people of secondary school age. These have kindly been sponsored by Blackadders solicitors, John Ferguson Denholm Trust, Leng Charitable Trust, W M Mann Foundation,  Scotbelge Charitable Trust , Harry Lawson Ltd and McCorquodale Trust.

Here is an example of some music by the Choir:

Drop, Drop Slow Tears Recorded live at Evensong, 9/3/03 - excuse the background noise

Interested in Joining the Choir?

• Contact the Pastoral Musician, Stuart Muir, who will be happy to speak with you.

Cathedral Art Space

• Anyone interested in using the Cathedral as a concert/artistic venue should contact the Cathedral Office by phone or on email@stpaulscathedraldundee.org

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Bells

The Organ

1865 - built by Hill & Son of London
1894 - worked on by Wadsworth of Manchester
1937 - major rebuild by Rothwell
1975 - reconstruction by Hill, Norman & Beard including new console and electrification of action

Organ Specification (dimensions in feet)

Great Organ

Double Diapason	16
Open Diapason	8
Stopped Diapason	8
Gemshorn	8
Viol D'Amour	8
Principal	4
Harmonic Flute	4
Twelfth	2 2/3
Fifteenth	2
Mixture	IV
Grand Trumpet	8

Choir Organ

Lieblich Gedackt	8
Gamba	8
Suabe	4
Flautina	2
Larigot	1 1/3
Clarinet	8
Grand Trumpet	8
Tremulant

Swell Organ

Open Diapason	8
Stopped Diapason	8
Viol d'Orchestre	8
Viol Celestes	8
Principal	4
Fifteenth	2
Mixture	II
Shalmey	16
Cornopean	8
Oboe	8
Clarion	4
Tremulant

Pedal Organ

Harmonic Bass	32
Open Diapason	16
Bourdon	16
Echo Bourdon	16
Octave	8
Bass Flute	8
Super Octave	4
Flute	4
Octavin	2
Trombone	16
Clarion	4

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