Special Projects

The New Altar Appealaims to raise £100,000. Shirazeh Houshiary & Pip Horne, designers of our new East Window, have been selected to design the new Altar, forming the focus of the interior of the church. The new design resembles a sarcophagus and will be made from a single travertine block that has been hollowed out. It will ‘float’ on a plinth of dark stained oak similar to the material of the church’s choir stalls and seating. We have already received a generous donation of £20,000 and aim to have all the funds in place by September this year.

The Choral Scholarship scheme aims to raise £25,000 enabling St Martin’s to deliver one of the most stimulating and educative choral programmes available in London. Ten singers are offered a year long varied and challenging experience of the whole spectrum of church music through small-group choral singing, workshops and involvement in concerts, outside visits, broadcasts and recordings. Many of our scholars have gone on to join the professional choirs in London’s City churches and cathedrals around the country, or taken up further scholarships, such as at Oxford and Cambridge.

St Martin’s Choir Tour to the United States, our first ever, needs £30,000. The tour is an investment for St Martin’s, it will raise the standard of the Choir by attracting and holding members and enable us to build our friends base in the USA.