The cathedral choir consists of 25 boy choristers and 12 lay clerks. There is a regular choir of adult lay clerks, choral scholars and child choristers. The present Cathedral Choir consists of 16 choristers and 6 lay clerks. There are generally a dozen Gentlemen of the Lay Vicars Choral and sixteen boy choristers. There are usually 16 choristers in the Cathedral Choir. The main choir consists of the boy choristers, girl choristers and the lay clerks. There has been a choir of boy choristers at Wells since 909. The current organist and master of the choristers is Charles Harrison. The original French title translates as "The Choristers" or "The Choirboys", not "The Chorus". The men were former choristers from Westminster Abbey. The cathedral accepted female choristers in 1995. Atkinson was brought up Anglican, and was educated at Durham Choristers School, a preparatory school. There are now places for 20 choristers and 6 lay clerks. The treble choristers for St Margaret's are supplied by Westminster City School. The statutes of the College provide for sixteen choristers.