chorister - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • become: Boys were taught with a view to becoming choristers or clergy.
  • have: We would love to have more choristers and musicians.
  • train: The most significant change did not come until 1955, when a choir school was set up to train choristers.
  • include: They will be joined by an ensemble of fifteen including two choristers from Westminster Abbey.

Adjective modifier

  • former: Many former choristers from all cathedrals go on to high profile jobs later in life.
  • young: He was distinctly courteous to even the youngest Chorister.
  • senior: O'Donnell places his senior choristers in the front line, with the juniors peeking out from the row behind.
  • new: Perhaps because this group included what appeared to be very new choristers, the program for Monday was not challenging.
  • full: Full choristers, for boys and girls from Primary 5 upwards who love singing and have some experience of singing at school.
  • many: Four or five priests and as many choristers were singing Miserere before the high altar when I went in.

Modifies a noun

  • parent: Chris Hedges, a chorister parent, reflects below on his experiences of a Diocesan Easter Vigil in Portsmouth Cathedral... ... .

Noun used with modifier

  • cathedral: Howard Thomas was a cathedral chorister at King's School, Ely where he studied organ with Dr. Arthur Wills.
  • boy: Boy choristers should be 8 or 9 years old in September of the year which they enter the choir.
  • girl: The Children's Choir was formed in May 2003 as a training choir for boy and girl choristers.
  • head: Born in London, James Burton began his musical training in the Choir of Westminster Abbey where he was head chorister under Simon Preston.
  • church: He had wanted to be a church chorister, or church organist.
  • school: Choral boarding places of 16 % fee are awarded to cathedral / choir school choristers.

Possessives

  • life: Be sure the parents have at least considered whether a chorister's life would be right for him.

Preposition: in

  • choir: Becoming a chorister in a church choir is the key to a world of opportunities for any child.

Preposition: from

  • cathedral: Many former choristers from all cathedrals go on to high profile jobs later in life.

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