Carol Butler, who was a pupil at Hele’s School from 1966 to 1972, is Chief Executive of the Choirbook Trust, which has published a collection of 44 anthems for cathedral choirs.
All of them have been written in the last 10 years by British composers, including 11 commissioned by the Trust especially for the Choirbook.
Carol said: “It’s amazing, utterly extraordinary that we have been able to do this. It’s just really wonderful and the whole project has been a joy.” Carol presented Her Majesty with the choral anthems at the Maundy Service in York Minster.
The Choirbook is the result of an eight-year collaboration by a group of individuals drawn from the worlds of choral music and religion, with Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Master of The Queen’s Music, as Artistic Adviser.
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