It took the Choir about 18 months longer than Choirs our counterpart churches to be allowed to return to regular singing. The highly extended break and consequent significant reduction to the number of services the Choir sings have caused much upset and disruption – for those who attended Mass at The Carmelite Priory at least in part for its music, and for the Choir’s singers who have been faced with significant loss of earnings. More than half the Choir members found it necessary to depart during this hiatus to take up more secure work. It has not been feasible to return to the project-based music planning for which the Choir was known. In fact, simply ensuring that each service is viable has seen a change to a service by service approach. Hope remains that, in time, priorities and resources might allow the Choir to contribute to the church’s liturgy in a manner more similar to its multi-year history, and that increased regularity might provide greater security to singers and the opportunity for more innovative music planning. For now, we must consider ourselves fortunate that professional music does continue in some form at the church; that tradition has not yet been lost entirely.