Chapel Music
The University of Glasgow Chapel Choir and University Organist
The University of Glasgow Chapel Choir provides music for services and events in the chapel and elsewhere, as well as giving concerts and recitals throughout the academic year, such as the weekly "Choral Contemplations" series in the first and second terms. It also records and tours nationally and internationally, has recorded several CDs, and is available for weddings and memorial services.
There are thirty-two regular members (a mixture of volunteers, paid choral exhibitioners and professional lay clerks) plus around ten associate singers who join us for concerts and some other events. All are auditioned regularly and receive free singing tuition.
The choir is directed by Katy Lavinia Cooper (Director of Chapel Music) and accompanied by Kevin Bowyer (University Organist).
The Chapel Organ was built by Henry Willis III in 1927 and was most recently refurbished by Harrison & Harrison of Durham in 2005. Please see Chapel Organ Specification (PDF).
Sheena Wellington: Celebrating 225 Years of the Burns Supper in Song
Join us for this special concert celebrating 225 years of Burns Supper Songs, with legendary folk singer Sheena Wellington. Presented in partnership with the University's Centre for Robert Burns Studies, to tie in with their programme celebrating 225 years of Burns Suppers.
Music in the University
Date: Thursday 22 January 2026
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Venue: University Concert Hall
Category: Concerts and music
This event is free! Booking is via Eventbrite: please follow the link below to reserve your space.
Honorary Life Member and Patron of the Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland, Sheena Wellington was born in Dundee into a family of singers and factory weavers.
Sheena’s repertoire covers everything from Burns to ballads to the best of contemporary songwriting, drawing from the rich Scottish tradition passed from musician to musician through the ages. She has toured widely from California to China.
A passionate and articulate advocate for traditional music, she has played a leading role in the fight for recognition, status and improved funding for Scotland's traditional arts, working in schools, and mentoring young singers and lobbying politicians, funding bodies and media.
She is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Honorary Fellow of the Association for Scottish Literature and has received honorary degrees from the University of St Andrews, the University of Dundee, and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Since its establishment in 2007, the Centre for Robert Burns Studies has proudly followed the University of Glasgow’s ‘world-changing’ ethos through its significant contribution to Scottish knowledge and culture.
Alongside the Centre’s flagship research project, the Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded ‘Editing Robert Burns for the 21st Century’, the Centre has hosted many other projects with a specific focus on Burns, his life, works, cultural period and related literature. Projects include ‘Robert Burns in the Scottish Economy’, a groundbreaking study commissioned by the Scottish Government, the AHRC-funded multi-volume edition of ‘The Collected Works of Allan Ramsay’ and the 'Burns Beyond Reality' Virtual Reality experience. The Centre further supports a variety of smaller networks, and staff at the Centre for Robert Burns Studies undertake collaborative and independent research projects related to Burns’s literary, cultural, historical and political contexts.
The Centre has further encouraged Robert Burns Studies through a wide range of public engagement events, including conferences, high-profile performance events, and seminar series. Annual events, such as the Centre for Robert Burns Studies Annual Conference and the University of Glasgow's Global Burns events series, connect audience members from the academy and beyond.
