Choir Residency at York Minster, York, UK
July 20-28, 2025
For over a thousand years, York Minster's magnificent spaces have resounded with choral music. The Christ Church Choir will join that tradition as a visiting choir in July 2025. Led by our director of music, Bruce Barber, the choir will sing at the daily worship and Sunday services in the Minister. This is the third residency our choir has made in England and builds on the choir's ministry in the Anglican choral music tradition, developed over 110 years of Christ Church’s worship.
You may accompany the choir during their residency in York. Accommodations include 8 nights lodging at the Doubletree by Hilton Monkbar Hotel, all breakfasts, and two evening meals. Companions are free to explore the city and surrounding area on their own each day.
Cost: $1300 per person with $650 upgrade for single accommodations, excluding airfare.
This residency is fully subscribed. Please contact Mike Sayer to add your name to a wait list.
Choral Pilgrimage in Northern England
July 23-August 4, 2025
Five cathedrals, three abbey ruins, two islands, and 13 days to explore the rich history and Celtic spirituality of England's northern counties of York, Durham, and Northumberland. Join the Revs. Ruth and David Beresford for worship in the Anglican choral tradition with the Christ Church Choir in York Minister at the beginning of the Northern Pilgrimage and ending with the wild beauty of Lindisfarne and the North Sea coast where our Celtic spiritual ancestors lived in holy community, close to God and to the natural world. This pilgrimage is ideal for those who love music, sacred spaces, and history and who seek to draw closer to God in community with other pilgrims on the journey.
Accommodations are in four-star hotels for 11 nights, and the pilgrimage includes most evening meals and all breakfasts, plus entrance fees and all ground transportation in England.
Cost: $3800 per person with $950 upgrade for single accommodations, excluding flights to and from London's Heathrow Airport.
This pilgrimage is fully subscribed. Please contact Mike Sayer to add your name to a wait list.