Much More Than Music

In 1893, former Durham choristers were surveyed as to their post-chorister careers a decade after leaving. They included an organist, a teacher of music (neither of which is surprising), various clerks, a brass finisher, a currier, and an engineer. Choristers have always gone onto a huge range of careers, many of which are entirely owing to the person's having been a chorister at all. This…