King's Voices
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King's Voices is the mixed-voice chapel choir of King's College, Cambridge
.
It was founded in 1997 primarily to give female students of the college the opportunity to sing in the chapel, because the main chapel choir
is all-male. Most of the choir members are King's College students, though some are other members of the university.
King's Voices sings evensong
on Mondays in term-time, when the main choir has its day off. It also participates in concerts and services in and out of Cambridge
, such as in Ely Cathedral
and St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and also goes on annual foreign tours. In recent years, these have included Venice (2002), Paris (2003) (including concert performances at Notre Dame and La Madeleine), Amsterdam (2004), Brussels (2005), Rome (2006), Dublin (2007), Copenhagen (2008), Barcelona (2009), Bologna (2010) and soon to Malta (Spring 2011).
The choir's current director is Simon Brown
, who is also director of music at King's College Choir School, and a former choral scholar
in the main chapel choir.
King's College, Cambridge
King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college's full name is "The King's College of our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge", but it is usually referred to simply as "King's" within the University....
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It was founded in 1997 primarily to give female students of the college the opportunity to sing in the chapel, because the main chapel choir
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge is one of today's most accomplished and renowned representatives of the great British choral tradition. 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...
is all-male. Most of the choir members are King's College students, though some are other members of the university.
King's Voices sings evensong
Evening Prayer (Anglican)
Evening Prayer is a liturgy in use in the Anglican Communion and celebrated in the late afternoon or evening...
on Mondays in term-time, when the main choir has its day off. It also participates in concerts and services in and out of Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
, such as in Ely Cathedral
Ely Cathedral
Ely Cathedral is the principal church of the Diocese of Ely, in Cambridgeshire, England, and is the seat of the Bishop of Ely and a suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Huntingdon...
and St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and also goes on annual foreign tours. In recent years, these have included Venice (2002), Paris (2003) (including concert performances at Notre Dame and La Madeleine), Amsterdam (2004), Brussels (2005), Rome (2006), Dublin (2007), Copenhagen (2008), Barcelona (2009), Bologna (2010) and soon to Malta (Spring 2011).
The choir's current director is Simon Brown
Simon Brown (musician)
Simon Brown has been the director of music at King's College School in Cambridge since 1999 and has been the director of King's Voices since 2001. He was a choral volunteer in King's College Choir in the late 1970s, and since then has sung in the choirs of New College, Oxford, Winchester...
, who is also director of music at King's College Choir School, and a former choral scholar
Choral scholar
A choral scholar is a student either at a university or private school who receives a scholarship in exchange for singing in the school or university's choir...
in the main chapel choir.