the church hall, the narthex (the entrance porch) and the campanile. There is also a repository where devotional aids, rosary beads, cards, and the like may be purchased. It was built to match the liturgical changes decreed by the Second Vatican Council. The council asked that all new churches should have an altar that is clearly visible to all and a liturgy that is audible to all. Music Cathedral organ Dr John Rowntree of the Organ Advisory Group (Society of St. Gregory), as consultant, established the requirements and design of the organ which was built by the firm of Schumacher of Europe in Belgium. The organ has two manuals and pedals, mechanical key and stop action and 16 stops. The case is of ash, in keeping with the furnishings of the cathedral , and its asymmetric form relates to its location off the central axis of the buildings and to the internal roof lines. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. Cathedral Choral Foundation The music tradition of the cathedral is encompassed by the cathedral’s Choral Foundation, led by the Cathedral and Diocesan Director of Music. Choirs which are part of the Choral Foundation include: Cathedral Choir Cathedral Consort Upper Voices Schola Cantorum Diocesan Choir Choral service pattern Currently the Cathedral Choir sings for the main Sunday morning Solemn Mass. Choral Vespers and Benediction is on a Wednesday evening, and these are led by the various other choirs that make up the Choral Foundation of the Cathedral Music Department. Other services at the cathedral are also sung, however they are led by an organist or cantor. Director of Music Mr. Timothy Craig Harrison (2010–2021) Mr. Steven Maxson (2022–present) References External links Middlesbrough Cathedral homepage Middlesbrough Churches in Middlesbrough Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough Roman Catholic churches completed in 1998 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United Kingdom