The Foundation Service held in 2014 to celebrate the College's 750th anniversary - Photo: © John Cairns - www.johncairns.co.uk
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Members of Merton College Girls' Choir in 2018 - Photo: © KT Bruce www.ktbrucephotography.com

Chorister Open Day

Wednesday 27 February 2019
An opportunity for girls in Years 3 to 6 to experience what it’s like to be a member of an Oxford collegiate choir.
Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley, by Howard Coster, 1938. NPG x10359 © National Portrait Gallery, London

Berkeley Day

Saturday 2 March 2019
A day to celebrate Berkeley's four years as an undergraduate at Merton (1922–6), and to mark the 30th anniversary of his death.
Tapestry with scenes from the Passion of Christ, by an unknown weaver, Flemish (active 1470-1490 in Tournai), via Wikimedia Commons

Passiontide at Merton

Friday 12 - Sunday 14 April 2019
The tenth Passiontide at Merton festival.
Merton College Girls' Choir in 2018 - Photo: © KT Bruce www.ktbrucephotography.com

Passiontide at Merton: Stabat Mater

Saturday 13 April 2019
The Girls’ Choir of St Mary le Tower, Ipswich join Merton College Girls’ Choir to perform Britten's 'Missa Brevis' and Pergolesi's 'Stabat mater'.
1746 Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach by Elias Gottlob Haussmann

Passiontide at Merton: JS Bach's 'St…

Sunday 14 April 2019
Performed by The Choir of Merton College with Instruments of Time & Truth.
The Choir of Merton College, Oxford, in February 2018 - Photo: © KT Bruce www.ktbrucephotography.com

Choir Concert: Mozart's Solemn Vespers

Saturday 4 May 2019

Performed by the College Choir with the Berkeley Sinfonia.
Tewkesbury Abbey - Photo: © Saffron Blaze - www.mackenzie.co (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Choir Concert at Tewkesbury Abbey

Friday 26 July 2019
The College Choir will perform James MacMillan's 'Seven Last Words from the Cross' as part of the Three Choirs Festival.
The Choir of Merton College, Oxford, in February 2018 - Photo: © KT Bruce www.ktbrucephotography.com

Advent Carol Service

Saturday 30 November 2019
A celebration of the beginning of the Christian year, this is the first of Merton's 2019 Advent Carol services.
The 2013 Service of Lessons and Carols

Advent Carol Service

Sunday 1 December 2019
A celebration of the beginning of the Christian year, this is the second of Merton's 2019 Advent Carol services.
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