Time moves on. The historic Grade 2* listed College “Old Building”, other buildings and grounds are now up for sale. Full details can be found here Agent’s sale brochure (If any Old Boy can raise the £3.5 million, the Society Committee would like to hear from them!) There is also some drone footage on...
SMCS Magazine 2023
The 2023 Magazine is now available along with the booking details for the 2023 Reunion....
Willis Organ – update
You will recall our appeal to fund a new set of blowers for the Willis Organ in the Chapel. Members responded magnificently to the appeal, and after a few false sarts (mainly due to the pandemic) the blowers were ordered. The latest news (as of 18th Oct) is that the blowers have arrived at...
Jenny Paxman 1931-2022
We are very sad to report that Jenny Paxman, former Warden’s wife, teacher and parent at St Michael’s, has died at the age of 91. Our thoughts and condolences are with Richard, James and Victoria and their families. Jenny’s funeral took place on Monday 19th September at 2.45pm at Hutcliffe Wood Crematorium, Sheffield. A...
An Organist Remembers by Roy Massey
Roy Massey has let us know of the following publication, which may well be of interest to members: I don’t know whether it would interest members of SMCS but I have recently written my memoirs entitled An Organist Remembers published by the RSCM (musicdirect@rscm.com}. Chapter 8 is entitled St Michael’s College, Tenbury and is a...
Andrew Nethsingha moves on
Congratulations to Andrew Nethsingha, currently Director of Music at St John’s College, University of Cambridge, who has been appointed the new Organist and Master of Choristers at Westminster Abbey. More information...
Reunion 2021 and Magazine
Reunions Updates from the 2021 reunion and the SMC Society Magazine...
Lucian Nethsingha 1936-2021
UPDATE Sept 21: Memorial Recital recording and tributes It is with great sadness that we report the death on Friday 12th February 2021 of Lucian Nethsingha, a former organist and choir master at St Michael’s. Lucian had been in poor health for a while, and latterly had been in a hospice in Cambridge.Born in Colombo, Ceylon, in...
SMC Society Legacy Appeal
Dear Members and Friends I am writing to you to ask for your help to raise money for something that I know will be close to many of your hearts – the Father Willis organ at St Michael’s. To be precise, it’s for the blowers – the lungs of the organ which we can...
List of Recordings
List of known Recordings and broadcasts from St Michael’s College compiled by Frederick Appleby...
Reunion 2020 – update
Update Post-2020 AGM – Sept 27th 2020 The AGM of the St Michael’s College Society was held, for the first time in its 114-year history, on-line on Saturday 26th September 2020 at 2pm. The President and officers were joined by SMCS members both from across the UK and from other parts of the world...
Magazine 2020
The Society’s magazine for 2020 is available....
Audio Archive expanded
To ease your mind a little during lockdown, why not escape to that chapel nestling in the trees at Oldwood.We have added some archive SMC Choral Evensong Recordings to enjoy. More...
College Buildings’ future
The international school that was run from the buildings at St Michael’s College has closed, leaving the future of the whole site in doubt. SMC buildings future in doubt...
Believe it or not?
Scenario: It’s Autumn 2000. Former S.M.C.S member Derrik Jenkyns is visiting the National Railway Museum in York to undertake some research on the Bishop’s Castle Railway, using the extensive archives at the museum. Whilst looking through some documents, he comes across some jottings about the railway, and decides that one in particular would be...