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OXFORD'S Merton College is setting up a new choir for girls from the city and the surrounding area.
John Cairns.
The Merton College Girls' Choir will be open to girls who, in September 2016, will be in school years 5 to 10.
Auditions are currently taking place and the choir will start performing in October.
Girls selected will have the opportunity to sing in the college's 13th-century chapel.
They will also have the chance to take part in services and concerts in Oxford and further afield.
Members of the choir will meet twice a week, singing Evensong every Wednesday during the school term. There will be occasional extra commitments during the Christmas and Easter holidays.
Interested girls and their parents/guardians/carers are invited to an information evening on Tuesday 26 April, which begins at 6:15pm with Choral Evensong sung by Merton College Choir, followed by a reception.
Auditions will be held on Saturday 21 May and at other pre-arranged times during summer term. For more information contact the Deborah Thimbleby on 01865 616724.
www. merton. ox. ac. uk/news/auditions-open-colleges-new-girls-choir John Cairns.