1. Aims and Objectives

• To develop a sustainable singing programme for young people within the Church community of Jersey and the Island

• The aspirations are for excellence of musical education and performance, building commitment from children and their families through a structured programme.

• The key elements in such a programme are to nurture music making with children 7+ at primary schools, which can carry this interest into their later career at secondary school.

• The project is essentially one of long-term educational development.

2. Partners

• All schools, Churches and community projects will be invited to take part. 

• St. Luke's Church - Fr Nick Barry, Vicar of St Luke's, and Rev Dawn Saunders, Methodist Superintendent, who will act as chaplains to the Programme, and Michael Wynne, Director of Music.​

​3. Leadership

 Leadership of the project will be in the hands of Michael Wynne, Director of Music at St Luke's.  He will be supported and advised by a management committee comprising the Director of Music at Victoria College, and other Music Directors.

 4. Funding

• Funding to be provided from Schools and organisations involved.

• The project will run for a probationary year, following which a review of its success will be made.

​5. Benefits to Partners

• Schools benefit financially from potential lottery funding.

• St Luke’s gets grants for outreach.

• State schools music programme gets prestigious partnership with the programme, which is a big thing to go in their prospectus when attracting pupils and government grants

6. Project implementation

• Autumn term 2022/Spring term 2023 - The initial interest in choral singing will be built into any existing school courses and will take the form of weekly workshops based on various musical choral styles.

• Summer term 2023 – Separate weekly rehearsals for girls and boys will commence in May at St Luke's Song School lasting 1 hour after school. A Parents support group will be formed to co-ordinate the transport of children and ensure that sufficient adults are available for the best practice Diocesan Child Protection Procedures.

• Autumn term 2023 – The weekly rehearsals from the summer term will continue. Choirs will sing at School services and events, and at their respective school Churches. There will be Christmas concerts held in St. Luke's and the choirs will perform alongside Jersey Chamber Orchestra in Victoria College.