THIS WEEK
SUNDAY 14th September
Holy Cross Day
11:00am Sung Eucharist
W.A.Mozart - Missa Brevis in D K194
Pierre de Manchicourt -
O crux splendidior
TUESDAY 16th September
12.30pm Eucharist
1.10pm Mayfair Organ Concert
at the Chapel
Thomas Allery (Temple Church)
THURSDAY 18th September
9am Morning Prayer
6.30pm Choral Evensong
Richard Farrant -
Hide not thou thy face from us
Responses: Richard Ayleward
Daniel Purcell in E minor
Maurice Greene - Lord, let me
know mine end
FRIDAY 19th September
8.45am Morning Prayer
9.10am Act of Collective Worship
St George’s School
(parents and carers only)
SUNDAY 21st September
The Feast of St Matthew
11am Sung Eucharist
Anthony Caesar -
Missa Capella Regalis
Ernest Bullock - Give us
the wings of faith
CHAPEL OPENING TIMES
The Chapel is normally open to visitors Monday - Friday 8am to 2.30pm. The Chapel is also open on
Saturdays for Occasional Offices and on Sundays for the 11am Sung Eucharist. Exceptons to weekday opening times are public holidays, private bookings, and staff annual leave.
ACCESSIBILITY
Step-free access to the Chapel is via a ramp through the main entrance. Please arrange in advance by contacting the Chapel office.
Audability: The Chapel's soundsystem is suitably fitted with
a loop system for pews directly
beneath the south gallery.
Grosvenor Chapel Organ Scholarship
The Scholarship
The Grosvenor Chapel Champniss Organ Scholarship runs from September 1st to August 31st each year and attracts a payment of £3,000 per year generously donated by the Champniss Foundation. The organ scholar will be under the direction of the Director of Music, Richard Hobson, and the Priest-in-Charge, Fr Stephen Coleman. Applications are invited from organists over 18 of at least grade 8 ABRSM standard, with some experience of service playing. The next appointment will be made for September 2025 and applications should be received by the end of March.
Duties
The organ scholar will be expected to attend all Sunday services at 11.00 when the choir sings and to share the playing of the 6 or 7 non choir Sundays per year. On Sundays the rehearsal begins at 9.45 for the 11.00 service. Occasional weekday services are at 6.30pm except for Good Friday when it is at midday. Additional duties might also include playing for a monthly choral evensong, and for one or two school services per term.
The organ scholar will also be the accompanist for the Mayfair Community Choir for which a small additional payment might be made. He/she will assist the conductor of the choir, playing for rehearsals and performances, taking sectional rehearsals, and deputising when necessary. The choir meets, usually at Grosvenor Chapel, on Tuesday evenings from 6.30 – 8.00.
The organ scholar will be given the opportunity to accompany all or part of services, to play voluntaries, and to direct the choir. The Director of Music will assist in the preparation of music to be accompanied or conducted. The organ scholar might be asked to deputise for the Director of Music occasionally, and assuming his or her skills are of an appropriate standard, will be offered any additional services (weddings, funerals, memorial services) for which the Director of Music is unable to be present. The Organ Scholar might also be asked to accompany the choir on such occasions, should the music chosen require it. Additional fees will be paid on these occasions.
Recitals
Mayfair Organ Concerts was established jointly with St George’s, Hanover Square in January 2013 to continue and expand the Tuesday Lunchtime Recitals begun when the Grosvenor Chapel Organ was installed in 1991. The organ scholar will be offered the opportunity to perform in this series, and to assist by being present on Tuesday lunchtimes if at all possible, both at the Chapel and at St George's, Hanover Square.
The organ scholar will have access to the William Drake organ for personal study and practice by arrangement with the Director of Music and the Administrator.
Richard Hobson has wide experience as an organ teacher, and, should this be appropriate, he will be happy to teach and/or coach the Organ Scholar, including preparation for the RCO diplomas (playing and paperwork), and university organ awards, as part of the organ scholarship. The Champniss Foundation is also able to make additional grants for organ study.
Application should be made to Richard Hobson (hbsrnh@aol.com) with a CV and the names of two referees (one of whom will usually be the applicant’s organ teacher). Shortlisted candidates will be asked to visit Grosvenor Chapel to meet the Priest-in-Charge and the Director of Music, to play an organ solo of their choice and demonstrate their keyboard skills.
Inquiries are welcome at any time.
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