Truro Cathedral
Monday 03 - Sunday 09 August 2026
Information last updated on 01 October 2025
Next visit: Worcester Cathedral -> 25th-26th October 2025
Information last updated on 01 October 2025
This is our annual summer week residency.
Members: sign up on Muzodo
Non-members: contact Ed
The following singers have a confirmed place on this visit.
Those not attending the whole week have the days they wish to sing in brackets after their name. If this information is wrong, please email Ed.
Those shown with an * are required to attend the weekenders' rehearsal on Saturday (see schedule below).
Sopranos
Rachael
Debs
Barbara
Elizabeth
Janet
Joan
Altos
Sylvia
Jill
Anne
Jane K
Jane O
Sue R
Carrie
Clare
Tenors
Peter B
David H
Graham S
Ashley
Geoff Wh
Peter Wo
Basses
John B
Chris J
John R
Chris S
Nigel Bennetts (Sat-Sun)*
Mark Harris (Thurs-Sun)*
At this stage only service times are given. The current intension is to rehearse in the early afternoon, with a break before the run through in the stalls. The weekenders' rehearsal will take place on Saturday morning.
Monday 3rd August
1730-1830 Evensong
Tuesday 4th August
1730-1830 Evensong
Wednesday 5th August
1730-1830 Evensong
Thursday 6th August (Transfiguration)
Friday 7th August
1730-1830 Eucharist
Saturday 8th August
1400-1600 Weekenders' rehearsal** (Song School)
1600-1700 Full choir rehearsal (Song Room)
Sunday 17th August
1000-1115 Choral Eucharist
1600-1700 Choral Evensong
*Not all parts will be required for the whole rehearsal. A substantial break will also be included within this time. This time represents the maximum period and may be shortened on the day.
**This rehearsal is compulsory for those joining us at the weekend only (with an asterix after their name above). Other members may choose to attend if they wish.
Information to follow...
Responses for the week:
Monday 3rd August
Tuesday 4th August
Wednesday 5th August
Thursday 6th August (Transfiguration)
Friday 7th August
Saturday 8th August
Sunday 9th August: Eucharist
Sunday 9th August: Evensong
Where available the music above is linked to online scores. You are reminded that no time will be spent in rehearsal note bashing music made available in advance.
St Mary's Street
Truro
TR1 2AF
There are regular bus and train services to Truro from all around Cornwall. There is even a passender ferry service Falmouth and St Mawes.
It is apparent that accommodation in Truro in August is quite expensive.
For our previous residency in 2011 we stayed at Truro School. Their current price for Bed and Breakfast in rooms with shared bathrooms is £72 per night. Other venues within the City have been explored but were even more costly than this.
Looking further afield, student accommodation has been located at Penryn and should be able to be priced at £42 per night for single en-suite rooms with the usual breakfast supplies arranged. Please click here for more information.
Information to follow.
The appearance of the choir is important: it gets noticed and affects how we come across.
The choir provides cassocks, surplices and whites. If you have yours at home, please be sure to bring them with you. If you haven’t done so already and this is your first time with Harsnett, please let Ed Sutton know your approximate height and build.
Please wear quiet black shoes and dark trousers and socks or tights as these may show under your cassock. Academical hoods and RSCM medals may be worn during Evensong. They are not worn at the Eucharist.
You will be given a cardboard wallet containing the week’s music. It would greatly help if you kept all the music in the wallet when not in use. Please ensure that any markings you make on your copy are made in pencil only.
Harsnett borrows a great deal of music from various sources. Their willingness to lend to us for free depends on us returning it promptly, intact, and with our pencil markings removed. You may keep music you have downloaded or, if you wish, donate it to the choir library.
For services, we carry music in red hardback folders. If you have one of these, please remember to bring it with you. If you do not have one, they will be available. Please return both folders and all music before you leave.
Where available, online versions of sheet music are linked from the 'music' section above.
Once the music list has been agreed with the abbey, Ed will create a Spotify playlist and provide video recordings below. Please bear in mind that the sheet music and recordings linked from here may differ subtly to our own version on the day.
If you have any questions, please contact Ed.