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Cathedral Music Sector Training and CPD Survey
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For how many years of your adult life have you worked in the cathedral music sector in the UK or Republic of Ireland?
This could be in any capacity, e.g. as a Director or Assistant Director of Music, Lay Clerk or member of the pastoral or admin team
Fewer than 5
Between 5 and 10
Between 10 and 15
Between 15 and 20
Between 20 and 25
Between 25 and 30
More than 30
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What is your age range?
18 - 24
25 - 34
35 - 44
45 - 54
55+
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What is your current workplace?
Cathedral
Royal Peculiar
Collegiate Choral Foundation
Parish Church
Other
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Denomination of your workplace
Church of England
Church in Wales
Church of Ireland
Roman Catholic
Scottish Episcopal
Other
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Location of your workplace
England
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Republic of Ireland
Other
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Location of your workplace
Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland
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What is your current role?
Type or scroll down to choose the option that best fits your role
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Administrator
Assistant Director of Music
Chaperone/pastoral care
Choral Director (e.g. junior choir leader)
Choral Scholar
Director of Music
Organ Scholar
Precentor/Succentor
Professional singer
Singing teacher
Sub Organist or equivalent
Voluntary singer
Other
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Administrator
Assistant Director of Music
Chaperone/pastoral care
Choral Director (e.g. junior choir leader)
Choral Scholar
Director of Music
Organ Scholar
Precentor/Succentor
Professional singer
Singing teacher
Sub Organist or equivalent
Voluntary singer
Other
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For how many years have you worked in this role?
If you have held a similar role in different cathedrals/churches, please state the total number of years you have worked in the role
Please round to the nearest whole number
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What does your role comprise?
Please tick all that apply
Administration
Choral and solo singing
Choral direction/conducting
Class teaching
Management
Organ playing
Pastoral care
Small group teaching
Teaching individuals
Workshop leading
Fundraising
Other
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What relevant music qualifications do you hold?
Tick all the qualification types that you feel to be relevant to your work
Music degree/degrees
RCO qualifications
Music diploma (not RCO)
ABRSM exams
RSCM exams
Other
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What level of music degree do you have?
Bachelor's
Master's
Doctorate
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Which types of non-RCO music diploma do you have?
Associate
Licenciate
Fellowship
Other
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Which RCO qualifications do you have?
CRCO
ARCO
FRCO
DipCHD
LTRCO
Other
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Please describe your qualifications in more detail
E.g. type of diploma/degree
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What relevant, non-musical qualifications do you have?
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Have you ever undertaken training in the following fields?
Choral conducting
Orchestral conducting
Workshop leading
Vocal health
Organ playing
Singing
PGCE/QTS
Other teaching CPD
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Have you ever undertaken the following training?
Safeguarding
Health and safety
First Aid
Mental health first aid
Finance and budgeting
Fundraising
Publicity and marketing
Evaluation
Administration and management
Leadership
EDI training (e.g. unconscious bias)
IT (e.g. live streaming)
Other
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Please describe in brief the training you feel has been most relevant to your role
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How well equipped did/do you feel for the tasks within your job description?
Move the slider to the right according to how equipped you felt
When you started your role?
Now?
Barely equipped at all
Well equipped in some areas
Well equipped in most areas
Well equipped in all areas
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When you
started
your role, in what areas did you need training/development?
Orchestral conducting
Choral conducting
Workshop leading
Organ playing
Singing
Vocal health
Musical pedagogy
Leadership and management
Administration
Classroom management
Project management
Finance and budgeting
Fundraising
Publicity and marketing
EDI training
IT training
Other
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How much did the following types of learning help you develop your skills?
Formal training/CPD
Learning by doing the job
Observation of others
Self-directed training/reading/research
Not applicable
Did not help at all
Helped a little
Helped a moderate amount
Helped a lot
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What areas of CPD do you feel you
currently
need?
Orchestral conducting
Choral conducting
Workshop leading
Organ playing
Singing
Vocal health
Musical pedagogy
Leadership and management
Administration
Classroom management
Project management
Finance and budgeting
Fundraising
Publicity and marketing
EDI training
IT training
Other
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Are you responsible for recruiting and managing staff?
YES
NO
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Which roles are you responsible for recruiting and managing?
Musicians
Administration staff
Pastoral staff
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Are there areas of CPD you would like for your staff that you cannot currently source or fund?
Please give details
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Does your employer/department have a budget for CPD?
YES
NO
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Is this budget...
Insufficient for your department's needs?
About right?
More than your department needs?
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In the last three years, has the CPD budget...
If it has increased in line with inflation, please check 'stayed the same'
Decreased?
Stayed the same?
Increased?
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Anything else you would like to tell us about training and CPD within the cathedral music sector?
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