Choir of Clare College Cambridge

Since the founding of a mixed voice choir in 1972, the Choir of Clare College has gained an international reputation as one of the world’s leading university choirs.  In addition to its primary function of leading services three times a week in the College chapel, the Choir keeps an active schedule recording, broadcasting, and performing.  Former directors have included John Rutter and Timothy Brown.  Under the direction of Graham Ross, Director of Music since 2010, it has been praised for its consistently outstanding performances worldwide.  Recent engagements include concerts with the Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment, Britten Sinfonia, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra and Orquesta Sinfonia Nacional de Mexico, as well as recitals in Barcelona’s Palau de Musica, El Escorial Madrid, Palacio de Bellas Artes Mexico City, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, and across the USA and Canada.  

In addition to live performances, the Choir has produced an impressive discography of more than fifty recordings.  Their recordings under Graham Ross on the Harmonia Mundi label have been released to great critical acclaim, earning a Le Choix de France Musique, a Diapason d’Or, and a Gramophone Award nomination.  The Choir has toured widely, including the USA, Australia, Japan, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Russia, the Middle East, Iceland, and mainland Europe.