Meet The Choirs

Bradford Catholic Youth Choir (BCYC) is part of the Diocese of Leeds’ Schools Singing Programme, with its members coming principally from schools taking part in this. The choir is made up of four groups – two mixed Junior Choirs (Y3-6, Bradford and Keighley), Senior Boys’ Choir (Y4-13) and Senior Girls’ Choir (Y6-13).

The Schola Cantorum is the liturgical choir of The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, Kensington. Its principal duty is that of serving the liturgy of the school and the Schola sings each week at the Wednesday morning school Mass. The Schola also has frequent external engagements and is often heard at London’s concert halls and churches.

Cantate is widely recognised as one of the outstanding open-access choirs in the UK and accepts all students without audition and regardless of their previous experience or ability. For 21 years it has promoted musical excellence from its base in Bishops Stortford to students aged 8-18 and within a three choir structure challenges its members to perform in a huge range of musical styles to the very highest standards.

The DRET Youth Choir draws its membership from ten secondary academies in the David Ross Education Trust across Northamptonshire, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire, working in schools where there have historically been little to no opportunities to sing classical repertoire.

Egglescliffe School is a non-selective state comprehensive school in the Stockton-on-Tees area of the North East. It is an ‘outstanding’ school (OFSTED) operating within an area identified as having Lowest Cultural Engagement (38.53%: Arts Council England Active People Survey). This is the newest choir to join the Gabrieli Roar family and An English Coronation will be the choir’s first project with us.

The Hertfordshire County Youth Choir is open to senior secondary-aged pupils by audition from throughout the county and meets weekly during the autumn and spring terms. The Choir provides tuition in voice production, Alexander Technique and aural training, as well as numerous opportunities for solo singing and conducting.

Inner Voices was set up in 2011 as a collaboration between Ralph Allwood, ex-Director of Music at Eton College, and Ed Watkins, Director of Music at the West London Free School. The aim of the choir is to bring together great singers from a group of state schools in London with the best choral direction from the private sector to create a choir that tackles challenging music to a first class standard.

The London Youth Choir provides young singers living or educated within Greater London with a world-class choral education. Their vision is to create a flagship ensemble to represent the city of London on a world stage.

Taplow Choirs was set up in September 2004 by Gillian Dibden and Philip Viveash to establish a centre for local singers and bring together children and adults interested in building their singing skills.

The Tiffin School is a non-fee paying, selective school for which entrance is highly competitive. Its renowned choir is fortunate to have a large number of professional engagements across London and as a result is well-positioned to work with other choirs within its community, frequently working with local primary school children on music and arts projects.

The Tiffin Girls’ School is one of the country’s leading maintained schools and has gained a national reputation for exceptional academic and musical success. The school gives a great number of major orchestral and choral concerts each year, and under the direction of Dominic Neville, the choir has performed widely in the UK and internationally.