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...
We are establishing an extensive on-line archive of SMC Magazines. Look under ‘Archive’ to see how far we have got, and keep coming back as we add more. Do you have any copies that you could scan as a pdf, for us to share?...
Do you remember occasions when the College played host to ‘celebrities’? John Craven, for example, in 1974, for BBC Radio 4’s ‘4th Dimension’ Listen again to the programme: 1970 – 1979...
A former Fellow of SMC, founder of the School of English Church Music, a young Sir Sydney can now be seen in a colourised photo, taken whilst he was at Carlisle Cathedral, prior to him taking up residence near Tenbury during the early 1940’s. https://twitter.com/recordedcm/status/1379386350026248196?s=20 You can read more about Sir Sydney’s life and...
At this time of year, you might like to reflect on Lent/Holy Week/Easter along with the Choir of St Michael’s, via this broadcast made in 1964....
It is with sadness that we report the death in January 2021 of Hamish Preston (SMC 1938-44). Hamish was a chorister at SMC, where the daily singing of the liturgy was to make a lifelong impression on him. Much of his focus in later life revolved around developing thought and compassion on the...
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 1936, Lucian was educated at St. Thomas’ College,...
Here’s a blast from the past – something festive from 1978 from the Choir’s archive, from our friends at the Archive of Recorded Music. A Worcestershire Carol – Choir of SMC...
Sir Francis John Badcock Sykes, 10th Baronet 1942-2020 Sir John Sykes, 10th Baronet, has died at the age of 78. He was an Old Boy of St Michael’s from 1952-1955 Peerage news reported: Francis John Badcock Sykes was born 7 June, 1942, son of Sir Francis Godfrey Sykes, 9th Baronet , by his...
List of known Recordings and broadcasts from St Michael’s College compiled by Frederick Appleby...
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...
The Society’s magazine for 2020 is available....
Thanks to Peter Davis, who writes on our Facebook page: Found these on You Tube. St M's choral at Xmas '63. My solo in 'Away In A Manger' for British Pathe and the out-takes are fascinating....
We have added a growing “In Memoriam” section. Please feel free to add your memories via e-mail...
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...