Oxford - The Queen's College
Services
| Sunday | Choral Evensong 18.15 |
| Wednesday | Choral Evensong 18.30 |
Music
Organist
Dr Owen Rees
(since )
Choir
The mixed voice choir of 25, consists of choral scholars and volunteers. There are 2 organ scholars
who assist in the training of the choir and play for Chapel services. The choir tours abroad most
years, in 2007 to Portugal, and has a number of CD recordings.
Cathedral
Building
The college was founded in 1341 by Robert de Eglesfield, a Chaplain to Queen Philippa. The medieval
college was rebuilt in the eraly 1700s so that by 1730 Queens was the only Oxford college to be
housed entirely in Baroque buildings. The Front Quad has been called 'the grandest piece of
classical architecture in Oxford'. The Chapel was consecrated in 1719.
FCM at Oxford
FCM Diocesan Representative
Robin Alden.