The Choir of Royal Holloway
The Choir of Royal Holloway has attained standards of musicianship and technical refinement high above the reach of most student ensembles.
The Choir of Royal Holloway and Music Director Rupert Gough ensure that Oxbridge ensembles don't have it all their own way when it comes to great university choirs.
a truly fabulous sound
The Choir of Royal Holloway is considered one of the finest mixed-voice collegiate choirs in the country. The 20 choral scholars that constitute the college's Chapel Choir undertake a busy schedule of services, concerts, tours and recordings. The Choir of Royal Holloway is available for hire to sing concerts, commercial and corporate events, as well as at weddings and funerals. Watch and listen to clips of the choir on this website, purchase our recordings, and find out more about where to see the choir and how to support it.
Upcoming Events
- Midweek Music06 December 2023College Chapel1:15pm – 1:50pm
The choir’s popular lunchtime concert series returns and runs all term both in person and online here. Hear one of the finest university choirs in the UK perform varied programmes, with music from the 12th to the 21st centuries in the surroundings of the college’s gilded chapel.
- Service of Lessons and Carols07 December 2023College Chapel6:15pm – 7:45pm
Our annual services of Lessons and Carols return for a light dusting of festive spirit. Tickets can be reserved from 9am on November 1st here.
- Founder's Choir service of Lessons and Carols09 December 2023{cf_18}6:00pm – 7:30pm
The Founder's Choir's annual service of Lessons and Carols returns for a light dusting of festive spirit. Tickets can be reserved from 9am on November 1st here.
- Lunchtime Concert at St Martin-in-the-Fields15 December 2023St Martin-in-the-Fields1:00pm – 2:00pm
Latest News
Read all about our upcoming projects and recent news here:
Online choir open day
05 October 2021Would you like to sing in one of the country's finest university choirs? Watch our online open day video to find out more.
ReadMidweek music returns
26 September 2021Our weekly lunchtime concert series returns with a live audience!
ReadNew composition competition
20 September 2021We are delighted to announce our Composition Competition, for composers in years 10-13.
ReadFollow-up charity single for Save the Children
09 July 2021Follow-up charity single with Thomas Hewitt-Jones
ReadNew music from across the Atlantic
02 July 2021As part of an ongoing collaboration with Convivium Records, we're thrilled to release a recording of a brand new work by American Carson Cooman.
ReadMidweek Music returns
23 April 2021Midweek Music is back!
ReadNew recording with the Britten Sinfonia
15 April 2021We're delighted to feature on a new release of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Britten Sinfonia, directed by Thomas Adès.
ReadNew composer in residence 2021-2022
01 March 2021The Choir of Royal Holloway announce their first ever Composer-in-Residence for 2021-2022, the award-winning Welsh composer Nathan James Dearden.
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