Undergraduate Student Guide 2012-2013 - Selwyn College ...

Information about places of worship in Cambridge is available from the Chaplain
(chaplain@sel.cam.ac.uk), as well as information about chaplains to the various world faith communities.
There is also a wide variety of student faith societies.
9.10 THE CHOIR
“sensitive, precise and well-balanced” (Gramophone)
The Chapel Choir has vacancies for two tenors and one baritone or bass this year.
The Chapel Choir consists of up to twenty-eight singers, most of whom are undergraduates or graduates
at Selwyn and Newnham Colleges, with a few volunteers from other colleges. It comprises Choral
Exhibitioners (about three-quarters) and volunteers. The Choir is conducted by the Director of Music,
who is assisted by two undergraduate Organ Scholars. All members of the Choir receive a generous
subsidy for singing lessons, tours and Formal Hall, and choir parties are legendary.
During term, the Choir sings services in the College Chapel, as well as concerts and services throughout
the UK, recently in venues including St Paul's, Southwark and Canterbury Cathedrals, and St Mary's
Cathedral, Edinburgh and St Bride's Church, Fleet Street. Its repertoire ranges from the 10 th to the 21 st
century. They have broadcast services for BBC Radio, sung live on television, and every year undertake
an international tour (recent destinations have included the USA, New Zealand, France, Germany,
Canada, Israel and Palestine, and Finland and Estonia).
The Choir regularly works with major international conductors, recently including Nicholas Cleobury,
Stephen Layton, Sir David Lumsden, Christopher Robinson, Judith Clurman (the Juilliard School, New
York), Grayston Ives and Andrew Carwood. In an on-going collaboration with London's John Armitage
Memorial Trust, Selwyn Choir has premièred new works by some of the UK's most significant
established composers, including Gabriel Jackson, Judith Bingham, Jonathan Dove, John McCabe and
Paul Patterson.
The Choir has made a number of acclaimed commercial recordings, the most recent of which was
released in 2013. The Choir's engagements for the forthcoming academical year include performances in
King's College Chapel, St Paul’s Cathedral, and Bury St Edmunds. In June/July, the Choir will give a
performance of the Bach St John Passion, and will tour Tuscany.
For more information about the Chapel Choir, and to find out about the vacancies, please contact the
Director of Music, Sarah MacDonald, on seam100@cam.ac.uk, or by telephone on 01223 335877, before
you arrive.
9.11 BICYCLES
Cycle theft is endemic in Cambridge. As a precaution, the University requires all students to register
their bicycles in Cambridge. Bicycle Registration forms are available from the Porters’ Lodge. On
completion, the Porters will attach a tag to your bicycle. The College undertakes an annual cull of
unidentifiable bicycles and will not accept responsibility for the removal of any unregistered bicycle.
Owners of mopeds are required to lodge the registration number with the Dean, who will advise on
parking.
There are bicycle sheds to the north of the Library, to the west of Cripps Court, and to the north of Ann’s
Court by the Ramsay Murray Gate. These sheds are secured. Entry is via your room key. It is most
important that you close the gates behind you. The College cannot accept responsibility for the loss,
damage or unauthorised use of bicycles stored in the bicycle sheds, and you are strongly advised always
to lock your bicycle or moped when it is left unattended, and also to keep an accurate description of it,
including the frame number. Bicycles should not be left at any time on the College premises except in the
bicycle sheds, or in the racks in front of Old Court, and especially not left leaning against the walls of the
College nor kept in College residential buildings. They may not be ridden on the College paths or taken
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