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The Choir of King's College, Cambridge is an English Anglican choir.It was created by King Henry VI, who founded King's College, Cambridge, in 1441, to provide daily singing in his Chapel, which remains the main task of the choir to this day.
Sir Stephen John Cleobury CBE (/ ˈ k l iː b ər i / KLEE-bər-ee; 31 December 1948 – 22 November 2019) [1] [2] was an English organist and music director.He worked with the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, where he served as music director from 1982 to 2019, and with the BBC Singers.
Sir Philip Stevens Ledger, CBE, FRSE (12 December 1937 – 18 November 2012) was an English classical musician, choirmaster and academic, best remembered as Director of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge from 1974 to 1982 and of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama from 1982 until he retired in 2001. [1]
The choir was founded in October 1997 under the direction of Dr John Butt, then Director of Studies of Music at the College.The primary aim of the choir was to give female students to opportunity to sing in the chapel, and it renders female King's students able to audition for choral awards. [1]
King's College is home to the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, which was founded in the 15th century and is now one of today's most well-renowned representatives of the English choral tradition. In 2013, the choir launched its own label, King's College Recordings, allowing it to gain more artistic freedom over its releases.
This is a list of carols performed at the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at King's College Chapel, Cambridge. The Festival is an annual church service held on Christmas Eve (24 December) at King's College Chapel in Cambridge, United Kingdom. The Nine Lessons, which are the same every year, are read by representatives of the college and of ...
King's College School is a coeducational private preparatory school for pupils aged 4 to 13 in Cambridge, England, situated on West Road off Grange Road, west of the city centre. It was founded to educate the choristers in the King's College Choir during the 15th century.
The choir stalls and great organ of King's College Chapel, Cambridge, where Hyde has served as Director of Music since 2019. After Durham, Hyde spent a year as assistant organist at St George's Cathedral in Perth, Western Australia, from 1998 to 1999. [5] He was awarded an organ scholarship at King's College, Cambridge, which he commenced in ...