Cambridge University Chamber Choir
Cambridge University Chamber Choir is the latest addition to the CUMS 'family' of ensembles. Directed by Tim Brown, Martin Ennis and Mark Williams, the mission of the ensemble is to provide the best student singers with the opportunity to perform at the highest possible level repertoire that is not usually undertaken by the Cambridge chapel choirs. Accordingly, there is an emphasis on secular music and on repertoire that offers singers the chance to appear as soloists or in small groups. Although the new chamber choir often performs a cappella or accompanied by only keyboard instruments, it also performs on a regular basis with groups such as CUCO and the Faculty of Music's Collegium Musicum (a period-instrument ensemble directed by Margaret Faultless). The Chamber Choir will also be part of the combined choirs concert in King's College Chapel in January conducted by Sir Mark Elder.
Entry is by audition each October. Those interested in auditioning for the Chamber Choir for the 2011-12 season should see the auditions page. Highlights this year will include:
- 22 October 2011 Collaboration with CUCO in Vaughan Williams's Serenade to Music, conducted by Peter Ash (West Road Concert Hall)
- 28 October 2011 Festival of Ideas: Guide to the History of Music performance, conducted by Mark Williams (King's College Chapel)
- 28 January 2011 Act III Parsifal, Wagner, and La Damoiselle elue, Debussy conducted by Mark Elder (King's College Chapel)
- 9 March 2012 Bach's St Matthew Passion with Cambridge University Bach Ensemble, conducted by Tim Brown (St Giles' Church) Please Note: The venue, start time and orchestra have changed from the original concert details advertised
- 12 March 2012 Evening recital at the London house of Sir Vernon Ellis
- 20--27 March Tour to Israel: Bach's St Matthew Passion with Israel Camerata, conducted by Avner Biron (seven performances in Jerusalem, Haifa, Tel-Aviv, Rohovat)
- 21-26 June Tour to USA, conducted by Martin Ennis (masterclass and concert at Yale University, as part of a world choral festival, and further concerts on the East Coast)