Retiring collection at each concert in aid of the Cathedral Musical Resources Fund. If you are a UK taxpayer, please use one of our Gift Aid envelopes at concerts when a donation is requested.*
The Cathedral of The Isles, Millport, is Britain’s smallest Cathedral
It was built on ground owned by the Boyle family and dates from 1851. Its founder, George Frederick Boyle, later became Sixth Earl of Glasgow. It is one of a group of buildings comprising two residential buildings (colleges) and a collegiate church designed by the famous English architect William Butterfield. Planned as a theological college for the Scottish Episcopal Church, in its early days it was seen as a ‘new’ Iona, and in 1876 it was consecrated Cathedral of the Isles.
From the beginning, music has played an important role in worship at the Cathedral
The Cathedral has a warm, resonant acoustic. Following an extensive fund raising campaign, an 1867 tracker action organ, built for the opening of All Saints’ Episcopal Church Edinburgh by Frederick Holt, was restored and installed into the Cathedral during 2004 by Wood of Huddersfield. Together with the restored Erard and Lipp pianos, the 1976 ‘Cumbrae’ harpsichord, and the recently-acquired Bösendorfer concert grand piano, this has transformed the Cathedral’s music.
Present-day musical activities in the Cathedral receive no subsidies
The Cathedral Musical Resources Fund has been established by the congregational Vestry to support the Cathedral’s music.
Gift Aid and donations
The Fund’s main source of income is the retiring collection after each concert. Please give generously: the musical artists already have.
If you are a UK taxpayer, please use one of our Gift Aid envelopes available at concerts where a donation is requested. This enables us to claim the tax paid on the donation at no extra cost to you. *Please note we are unable to accept gift aid where a ticket price is charged at concerts.