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Tours & Outside Concerts
College Chapel Choir goes on a two-week tour, usually abroad, every Easter holidays. A list of recent tours is shown below.
| 1990 |
France (Paris, Fontevraud Abbey) |
| 1991 |
Northern English Cathedrals |
| 1992 |
Japan (Tokyo, Nagoya, Kyoto) and Hong Kong |
| 1993 |
Ireland (Cork, Limerick, Dublin) |
| 1994 |
Czech Republic (Prague, Karlovy Vary) |
| 1995 |
USA (Chicago, New York, Salt Lake City) |
| 1996 |
France (Paris, Versailles) and English Cathedrals |
| 1997 |
South Africa (Johannesburg, Cape Town) |
| 1998 |
USA (Denver, San Francisco, Charleston) |
| 1999 |
Italy (Florence, Rome, Spoleto) |
| 2000 |
Japan (to take part in the centenary celebrations
at Kumamoto High School) |
| 2001 |
USA (New York State, Virgina, Oregon, Minnesota) |
| 2002 |
China (Beijing, Shanghai, Nanking) and Hong Kong
Cuba (Havana) |
| 2003 |
Japan |
| 2003 |
Germany (Saarbrücken, Trier) |
| 2004 |
USA (Washington, Pittsburgh, Richmond, Jacksonville) |
| 2005 |
Australia & New Zealand (Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Wellington, Rotorua, Auckland) |
| 2006 |
Japan (Okayama, Nagoya, Kumamoto, Tokyo) |
| 2007 |
USA (Denver, Wichita, Boise, Princeton, New York) |
| 2008 |
Poland (Warsaw, Poznan, Wroclaw, Krakow) |
| 2009 |
South Africa (Drakensberg Choir School, Pretoria, Soweto, Cape Town) |
| 2010 |
Japan (Nagasaki, Tokyo, Kaiyo Academy) |
| 2011 |
America (Boston, Harvard, New York, Princeton, Washington) |
| 2012 |
China (Beijing, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Changzhou, Shanghai) |
The Choir’s repertoire is extensive, incorporating music from the 15th-century Eton Choirbook to the work of major modern composers such as Arvo Pärt. A boy organist comes on every tour to accompany the choir and to play organ solos.
The choir has made a number of recordings. Click here for details.
The choir and chamber orchestra also give occasional concerts and recitals outside the school when the demands of the academic and musical timetables permit. A list of recent engagements is shown below.
| 1996 |
Chamber Orchestra and Choir concert for the Bar Musical Society in the Middle Temple |
| 1997 |
Choir Recital in aid of repair fund, Deane Church, Basingstoke |
| 1997 |
Choir Christmas concert for Fairbridge at St John’s, Smith Square |
| 1999 |
Choir and Chamber Ensemble Christmas concert for Fairbridge at St John’s, Smith Square |
| 2000 |
Chamber Orchestra concert at St Matthias’s Church, Richmond |
| 2000 |
Choir and Chamber Orchestra concert for Barnardo’s, Christ Church, Esher |
| 2001 |
Lower Chapel Choir sang in the Great Ormond Street Carol Service for Friends of the Elderly |
| 2001 |
Chamber Orchestra Concert in aid of Rainbow at St Luke’s, Chelsea |
| 2001 |
Chamber Orchestra and Choir Christmas concert for Fairbridge at St John’s, Smith Square |
| 2002 |
Chamber Orchestra concert at the Clothworkers’ Hall, City of London in aid of RUKBA |
| 2002 |
Choir and Chamber Orchestra concert in aid of The Children’s Trust in College Chapel |
| 2002 |
Choir, Wind & Brass Ensemble Concert for Niemann-Pick Association at St John the Baptist, Wimbledon |
| 2003 |
Chamber Music concert in the Vicars’ Hall, Windsor Castle |
| 2003 |
Big Band, Choir, Brass, Wind & Chamber Ensembles concert for Multiple Sclerosis at Narden Farm Centre for the Arts, Maidenhead |
| 2003 |
Chamber Orchestra & Choir Christmas concert for Fairbridge at St John’s, Smith Square |
| 2004 |
Chamber Orchestra concert for the Peper Harrow Foundation in Middle Temple Hall |
| 2004 |
Choir and Chamber Ensemble concert in aid of the restoration of Boveney church by the Friends of Friendless Churches |
| 2005 & 2008 |
Carol Service at St Luke’s Chelsea for the Alice Martineau Appeal for Cystic Fibrosis |
| 2006 |
Choir, Brass Ensemble & Close-harmony Group Christmas Concert for Fairbridge at St James’s Piccadilly |
| 2007 |
Choir & Recorder Consort Concert for Addaction at Grosvenor Chapel |
| 2009 |
Choir Christmas Concert for Fairbridge at St. Paul's Knightsbridge |
| 2010 |
Choir with James Bowman Concert for The Voices Foundation, St. Paul's Covent Garden |
| 2011 |
Choir Christmas Concert for The Children's Trust at Grosvenor Chapel |
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