20.11.2017
Church Music Graduates Presented With Certs
The latest graduates of the Archbishop’s Course in Church Music were presented with their certificates during Choral Evensong in Christ Church Cathedral yesterday. The course, which supports parish organists, is run by Church Music Dublin.
Jonathan Stanley (Bray), Caroline Richards (Christ Church Cathedral), Thomas Maxwell (Taney), Margarita Vilkoviskaia (Mount Argus), Christopher May (St Bartholomew’s), Adam Behan (Three Patrons) and Emma Norse (Tullow Group of Parishes) have all received certificates.
Chairperson of Church Music Dublin, Archdeacon Ricky Rountree, told the congregation that the organization was formed in 1990 with the first students on the Archbishop’s Course in Church Music starting in 1991. Since then 90 students have undertaken at least one year of the course and 45 students have completed all three years.
“The idea of the course is to encourage and maintain church music and many parishes, including my own, are indebted to the course,” he stated.
The presentation of certificates takes place each year on the Sunday closest to St Cecilia’s Day, the patron saint of music.