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. They are joined one Sunday a month in the morning by our Junior Choir which draws its membership of children from primary schools throughout the city (age level P4 - P7). 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 funtions 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 Adult 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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Junior Choir

Enjoy singing?

Are you aged between Primary 4 & 7?

Then why not come along to St Paul's Junior Choir…..

We meet to sing every Thursday between 4.30pm and 5.30 pm in the Music Room in Castlehill House (just beside the Cathedral) and we sing once a month at the morning service in the Cathedral. We also sing at the Cathedral Carol Service in December and some of the big Festival Services. The Cathedral's a lovely building to sing in - the ceiling's so high, sometimes the sound echoes round and round for ages! Each of us has our own special outfit to wear when we sing in the Cathedral and we also get some 'pocket-money' for every rehearsal and service we are at! It's great fun!

If you're interested get in touch with the Cathedral on 01382 22 44 86 or at 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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