CAMBRIDGE CHORALE

Cambridge Chorale has become, since our founding in 1994, one of the most successful choirs of the region. We have performed in many Cambridge venues, including the chapels of Jesus College, Queens' College and Selwyn College, Great St. Mary's Church and West Road Concert Hall, and also further afield in the cathedrals of Ely, Peterborough and St Paul's, London. In addition we have taken part in many special events such as the Kings Lynn Festival, and a performance of Messiah at Australia House, the Australian Embassy in London, and concerts in Thaxted, Aldeburgh and other East Anglian venues.

We perform a wide range of music; our programming spans the cultural divide to include great music from many sources, classical, popular, jazz and folk. Some concerts have been devoted to the music of a particular country or region, some to major choral works, such as Messiah, the Mozart Requiem, Carmina Burana; many have included modern and contemporary music: we were the first to perform Rihards Dubra in this country, and have comissioned and performed a work for choir, percussion and electric string quartet.

We regularly tour abroad, and in particular to Italy (Ligurian coast in 1996 and 1997, Piemonte and Venice in 1998, Umbria in 2000 and 2001, Riva del Garda and Venice in 2002). In August 1999 we visited Riga and Tallinn in a tour of the Baltic States. We will be visiting Sardinia in April 2003.

We have made two CDs which are available on general release, in addition to a number of commercial recordings. The CDs feature the works of Latvian composer Rihards Dubra. Cambridge Chorale has a very wide-ranging repertoire and can provide an entertaining programme for dinners, parties and other special events, as well as music for more formal concerts and services.