Chapel Music
The University of Glasgow Chapel Choir and University Organist
The University of Glasgow Chapel Choir provides music for services and events in the chapel and elsewhere, as well as giving concerts and recitals throughout the academic year, such as the weekly "Choral Contemplations" series in the first and second terms. It also records and tours nationally and internationally, has recorded several CDs, and is available for weddings and memorial services.
There are thirty-two regular members (a mixture of volunteers, paid choral exhibitioners and professional lay clerks) plus around ten associate singers who join us for concerts and some other events. All are auditioned regularly and receive free singing tuition.
The choir is directed by Katy Lavinia Cooper (Director of Chapel Music) and accompanied by Kevin Bowyer (University Organist).
The Chapel Organ was built by Henry Willis III in 1927 and was most recently refurbished by Harrison & Harrison of Durham in 2005. Please see Chapel Organ Specification.
Divine Liturgies: Choral Society &Chapel Choir Spring Concert
UofG choirs join with the Kevin Bowyer at the organ, for a concert of sacred choral music by Joseph Haydn and Lennox Berkeley.
Music in the University
Date: Saturday 22 March 2025
Time: 19:00 - 20:30
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Category: Concerts and music
University of Glasgow Choral Society & Chapel Choir, with Kevin Bowyer (organ)
Conducted by Sophie Boyd and Katy Lavinia Cooper
Join the University of Glasgow Choral Society and Chapel Choir, with Kevin Bowyer (organ) for concert performances of two short, but perfectly formed mass settings.
Haydn's beautiful 'Little Organ Mass' is one of his most frequently performed mass settings ans was composed in about 1777. Berkeley's Missa Brevis was written in 1960 and was last performed by the Choral Society in 1977. The programme also includes Haydn's dramatic motet Insanae et Vanae Curae, a reworking of a chorus from an oratorio.
This event is presented by Music in the University and generously supported by the University of Glasgow's Ferguson Bequest.
