York Minster Choral Scholarships

York Minster offers choral scholarships lasting 12 months or longer to altos, tenors and basses who are undergraduate or postgraduate students.

  • Funding: Approx £8,000
  • Academic year: 2025/26
  • Open to: International (including EU) and UK (home) students
  • Qualification level: Postgraduate research, Postgraduate taught and Undergraduate

York Minster offers choral scholarships lasting 12 months or longer to alto, tenor and bass singers with the requisite ability and experience in choral singing. They are available to undergraduate or postgraduate students, and involve singing 8 services per week at the Minster, amounting to 12 hours over a week.

They are allocated following an audition.

Eligibility

Open to International (including EU) and UK (home) students.

Open to all students (including international, EU and UK (home) students) of the requisite standard and experience in choral singing, following an audition (you do not have to be studying Music).

How to apply

To apply, contact the Director of Music at York Minster, Robert Sharpe, at music@yorkminster.org.

Contact details

Robert Sharpe
music@yorkminster.org