Clerk (choral)

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The clerks are the adult members of the college choirs of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

• Undergraduates admitted to a College on the basis of their ability and potential in both singing and academic study are traditionally called "Academical clerks".
• "Lay clerk" is the term used to denote the professional singers alongside whom they work, most of them tending to be recent graduates.
• "Clerks Choral", or Choral Clerks are also found in a few of the ancient Cathedrals and collegiate churches in United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland however these singers are more usually styled "lay clerks" or occasionally "lay vicars" or "lay vicars choral".