The chapel choir pursues a range of activities beyond the College, where it sings for services, such as performing concerts in Cambridge and around the UK, recording CDs, broadcasting, and undertaking a major international tour each Summer.

Listen to sample recordings online at www.christs.cam.ac.uk/college-life/recordings.

Churchill's choir provides an opportunity for college members to enjoy singing a wide range of works for choir to a high standard. Founded in 2004, the choir performs a wide range of music, both sacred and secular, from Tudor motets to arrangements of jazz standards and pop songs.

Listen a sample of the choir and the orchestra on the Hill’s recording for their forthcoming album of Brahms’s Geistluches Lied, Op. 30 at www.chu.cam.ac.uk/societies/music/?q=recordings

The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge has gained a reputation as one of the leading university choral groups in the world.  Music plays a significant role in the life of Clare College, both instrumentally and chorally.  The Choir sings three weekly choral services in the College Chapel during the academic terms, and maintains a busy external schedule with regular concert and festival appearances in the UK and abroad, radio and television broadcasts, international touring, and recordings on the Harmonia Mundi label. The College’s Director of Music is conductor and composer Graham Ross, himself an alumnus of the College.  The Choir has appeared twice at the BBC Proms (the first Oxbridge mixed choir ever to do so), and frequently performs with the world’s leading orchestras.  The Choir has commissioned many new works, and in recent years has given world première performances of works by John Tavener, Tarik O’Regan, Brett Dean, John Rutter, Giles Swayne, Matthew Martin, Nico Muhly, Cecilia MacDowall, Héloïse Werner, Emily Hazrati, Josephine Stephenson, and Graham Ross.  The Choir LiveStreams its Sunday Chapel services on the Choir’s YouTube channel, and gives frequent broadcasts for BBC Radio 3, Classic FM, and BBC Television. 

Music has played an important role during the 40 years since Clare Hall was founded and the College hosts a diverse range of ensembles including vocalists.

Keep up with the concert schedule on the Music at Clare Hall webpages or by following the College on Facebook and Twitter.

The chapel choir sings regular services in the College chapel and often travels to sing in concerts and services outside Cambridge. The choir also goes on an international tour in the summer. In 2015, the choir will be performing in London as part of the Brandenburg Choral Festival and will be joined by the Cambridge Baroque Camerata in a special concert of Bach’s St John Passion.

Keep an eye on the College's news and events webpages for further updates.

The Darwin College Choir is an enthusiastic group that sings a variety of musical styles and welcomes members with all levels of experience in choral singing.

Keep up with musical news via the Facebook group.

The Chapel Choir of Downing College is unique in Cambridge in that its direction, administration, and accompaniment rests entirely on the shoulders of the organ scholars. They and the Choir are supported and mentored by the Director of Music and the Chaplain. Besides weekly services in the College chapel, the Choir undertakes regular cathedral visits, swaps with other college choirs, and overseas tours – most recently to the US, Paris, Italy, and Portugal.

Follow the Choir on Facebook, and Instagram

The Chapel Choir | Downing College Cambridge

Emmanuel College choir sings weekly Choral Eucharist and Evensong in the chapel during term. Besides these regular commitments, the Choir makes occasional visits to other British churches and cathedrals, most recently St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Norwich, and Ely Cathedrals, and goes on yearly foreign tours, most recently to Hungary, France, and Turkey. The Choir has recorded several CDs, and is well-known for its friendly and supportive ethos. 

The Choir recently performed Bach's St John Passion with a professional period-instrument orchestra, the soloists for which were drawn from the Choir. Alongside services & concerts, the Choir frequently performs for College dinners and events. 

Fitzwilliam's choir is known for its high standard of singing, a commitment to a varied repertoire and its friendly, welcoming atmosphere. Most singers are members of Fitzwilliam College with some volunteers from other Colleges. The choir's main duty is to provide music for the weekly evening chapel service. It also sings joint services with other collegiate choirs, and has visited some of England's finest cathedrals including Ely, Peterborough, St Edmundsbury and Norwich.

Keep an eye on the choir's webpage www.fitz.cam.ac.uk/music/chapel-choir and @FitzwilliamColl on Twitter for updates, including a new CD due out this year.

The chapel choir at Girton College is an international-prize-winning choir of some 28 members. During Full Term, the choir's principal function is to sing the liturgy in the College chapel twice a week. 

The choir has recorded several CDs and visits major churches throughout Britain as well as touring internationally. It also collaborates with professional musicians, such as the London Mozart Players, as well as eminent guest directors such as Christopher Robinson, Sir David Willcocks, Judith Clurman, Tim Brown and David Lowe.

The choir provides several ways to connect online: on the College website, Facebook and Twitter.

The Choir sings Chapel services three times per week (Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday) during the University term, many of which are live-streamed, and has a busy schedule of additional activities including concerts, recordings and BBC broadcasts. The Choir travels extensively abroad, performing at a variety of venues ranging from major concert halls to universities, cathedrals, and churches in Europe, America, and Asia. Recent tours include Menorca, Sweden, France, and Denmark. Live broadcasts of Choral Evensong on BBC Radio 3 are a regular feature for the Choir and recent locations include Buckfast Abbey, Cirencester Parish Church, and Pershore Abbey.

The Choir’s recordings have often specialised in the re-discovery of forgotten choral repertories, including previously unpublished music from within the English Choral tradition and beyond, as well as championing new music such as choral works by British composers Judith Weir and Julian Anderson. Much of the repertoire on their 2023 release (their first for Linn Records): Philips and Dering Motets had not been previously recorded. Their 2024 recording Matthew Martin: Masses, Canticles, Motets received a double five-star review from BBC Music Magazine, and in autumn 2025 an album of two masses by Michael Haydn (1737-1806) – including his Requiem – recorded with the Academy of Ancient Music will be released.

Find out more on the Choir website and social media: Facebook, Instagram and  ‘X’.

The Charter Choir was founded in 2009 in celebration of Homerton gaining its Royal Charter and obtaining College status within the University. The choir sings Evensong on Tuesday evenings during term, as well as UK visits and an annual international tour. Recent venues include Ely Cathedral, St Paul’s Cathedral, and the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court, and tour destinations have included the USA, Iceland, France, Germany, Croatia, Gibraltar, and Spain.

Find out more on the college website (including listening to sample recordings), on Facebook and on Instagram.

Hughes Hall choir offers opportunities to sing a range of music types, and in recent years has included sessions with a gospel choir leader, an evening of Mandolin-based folk song and an introduction to the Carnatic music (and dance) tradition of South India.

Keep in touch with the College via the website, Facebook and @Hughes_Hall on Twitter.

Jesus College has a long and rich tradition of church music. It is distinctive in maintaining two choirs: the Chapel Choir, which is made up of boy choristers and adult singers; and the College Choir, formed in 1982, with a top line of women undergraduates. The altos, tenors and basses form the ‘back row’ for both choirs.

The Chapel Choir sings two of the four choral Evensongs each week and also participates in services, concerts and events outside of the termtime routine. The choristers attend a variety of local schools and are an integral part of music-making within the College community. The Chapel Choir tours regularly, most recently to Italy, Ireland and Paris.

The College Choir sings two services each week and regularly performs at College feasts, additional services and concerts throughout the United Kingdom and abroad, most recently touring to Denmark and Sweden. The Choir also performs and records with a number of renowned orchestras, including Britten Sinfonia, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

The College and Chapel Choirs often join together for services and concerts, as well as for recordings with record label CRD, forming an ensemble of nearly fifty singers.

Find out more on the College website and YouTube channel, or follow on Instagram.

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

For more than half a millennium, King’s College Chapel has been the home to one of the world’s most loved and renowned choirs. Since its foundation in 1441 by the 19-year-old King Henry VI, choral services in the Chapel, sung by this choir, have been a fundamental part of life in the College. The Choir is formed of 16 boy choristers, aged between nine and 13 years and educated at King’s College School, and 14 male choral scholars and two organ scholars, who study a variety of subjects in the College.

As well as its annual worldwide broadcasts of A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, the Choir has an extensive discography and performs around the world; listen to webcasts on the College website, like the Facebook page, follow @choirofkingscam on Twitter and watch the YouTube channel. You can also find out more about the Concerts at King’s series and the Easter from King’s Festival.

King's Voices

The College is also home to King's Voices, a mixed choir which sings a weekly Evensong in the chapel during term time, as well as performing at other College events and touring in the UK and abroad. Find out more here: King's Voices | King's College Cambridge 

The King's Men

The King's Men is the close harmony close harmony group formerly known as Collegium Regale; although its members are choral scholars, the group functions separately from the choir. Their most recent recording features arrangements of pop and jazz hits from Cole Porter to Carly Rae Jepsen. Find out more at www.kingsmencambridge.co.uk.

Since their first public concert in 2009, the Lucy Cavendish Singers have been capturing the hearts and minds of audiences with their vibrant performances and imaginative programmes.

Performing entirely from memory, the Singers bring enormous commitment and spontaneity to their songs. The varied musical background of the individual singers supports a wide-ranging repertoire from jazz and traditional music to classical pieces.

Find out more on the College's website and at www.lucycavendishsingers.org.uk. Listen on SoundCloud, like the Facebook page and follow @lucysingers on Twitter.

Magdalene's ambitious and friendly College Choir sings Evensong twice a week. Alongside their chapel commitments the Choir performs regularly at College events, as well as for visiting services and concerts around the UK. The Choir has recorded several CDs, and undertakes a yearly foreign tour, including South Africa, Europe, the US and the Far East. 

Find out more about the choir on their website. The choir is also on Youtube, Facebook, and Instagram.

The student-run choir at Murray Edwards performs regularly in concerts and at College occasions. Open to music of any style, including classical, folk and a cappella, it welcomes singers of all levels who can read music.

Find out more on the College website and connect online via Facebook and Twitter.

Newnham and Selwyn

Newnham College shares the chapel and the chaplain at Selwyn, and the mixed chapel choir of Selwyn College (founded in 1976) now consists of up to twenty eight choral scholars from the two Colleges and a few volunteers. During term, the choir sings three services per week in the chapel, as well as concerts and services throughout the UK. Its repertoire ranges from the 10th to the 21st century. The choir has made a number of recordings and undertakes an international tour every year.

Newnham College Choir

Newnham also has its own non-auditioning, student-run choir, which rehearses every week and performs in the end of term concerts. The choir welcomes all college staff and students of all musical abilities.

Voices of Newnham

Voices of Newnham is the College's a cappella group, which performs at College concerts and special events throughout the year.

Find out more on the College's music webpage.

As well as the chapel choir, Pembroke provides opportunities for more informal singing through participation in The Pembroke Singers, who give two concerts a year, performing a wide variety of repertoire from Bach to Disney, and the Wren Choir, which is made up of graduates and meets out of term.

Find out more on the College website, including forthcoming recitals in the Sir Arthur Bliss song series.

The Peterhouse Chapel Choir is a friendly and diverse group drawn from the undergraduate body of the College and beyond. The choir consists of about 25 students. As well as singing in the College chapel and at College feasts, the choir regularly sings Evensong around the UK and goes on international tours.

Visit the choir's website to listen online and connect on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

The mixed chapel choir comprises both choral scholars and volunteers both from Queens' and outside. In addition to singing for two or three chapel services a week in term time, the choir travels regularly, singing for services around the country, and giving concerts on international tours. Its most recent recordings on Guild Music, Flight of Song, Songs of Heaven and Earth, and Love and Honour have attracted widespread critical acclaim.

Visit the College website, listen to recordings on the choir's website and like the choir's Facebook page.

The Chapel Choir is an exciting, friendly, and ambitious ensemble comprising Choral Scholars and volunteers from Robinson and other colleges.

 As well as singing for two services a week throughout term, the Choir maintains a schedule of concerts, cathedral visits, international tours, and recordings. Recent tour destinations have included Barcelona, Milan, Paris, Toronto, and Hong Kong.

 The most recent CD recording features contemporary music written for the Choir. Find out more on the College website and our Facebook page.

Selwyn College Chapel Choir has led worship in the College chapel since its foundation in the last decade of the nineteenth century. The choir today is mixed and consists of up to twenty-eight singers, choral scholars (called Choral Exhibitioners) from Selwyn and Newnham and some volunteers.

The choir sings three services a week in the College chapel, as well as concerts and services throughout the UK, recently in venues including Westminster Abbey, St Paul's Cathedral, and St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh. International tour destinations have included Israel and Palestine, Canada, New Zealand and the United States as well as European locations.

Find out more on the College's webpages about the Choir, its recordings and travels.

The Choir is a major focus of College life, and is made up of between 22 and 26 choral scholars per year. During term time, the Choir sings three services per week in the Chapel: Latin Choral Vespers on Wednesdays at 6:30pm, and Choral Evensong at 6:30pm on Fridays and 6pm on Sundays. Directed by Dr David Skinner, the Choir has a specialism in performing and recording Renaissance polyphony. The Choir enjoys a busy and ambitious schedule, with annual BBC Broadcasts, commercial recording projects, Evensongs at Westminster Abbey and multiple international tours annually, with recent destinations including the USA, Dubai, Italy, and Austria.

Find out more on the College website, and stay updated with us on Facebook and Instagram. We livestream our services on YouTube, and our recent album, featuring music by Jacquet de Mantua, is available on all streaming platforms.

St Catharine’s College boasts a distinguished and varied musical tradition, in which the College choir plays a major role. Outside the College walls, the choir’s concerts and recordings, educational and community work, has earned it a reputation for innovation and excellence.

Find out more about the choir on the College's website where you can listen to a sample track. The College is also home to St Catharine's College Girls' Choir. Like the  St Catharine's music Facebook page.

The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge is one of the finest collegiate choirs in the world – known and loved by millions from its broadcasts, concert tours and recordings. Founded in the 1670s, the Choir is known for its distinctive rich, warm sound, its expressive interpretations and its breadth of repertoire. Alongside these musical characteristics, the Choir is particularly proud of its happy, relaxed and mutually supportive atmosphere.

The Choir’s primary purpose is to enhance the liturgy and worship at seven services each week during term time in the College’s beautiful Gilbert Scott Chapel. The group has a vast repertoire spanning over 500 years, with a special interest in championing new music. In recent decades, there have been commissions from most of the UK’s leading composers of choral music, as well as from numerous early-career artists in Cambridge and elsewhere.

The Choir has a busy touring schedule in the UK and abroad, with regular appearances at many of the world’s most prestigious concert halls and churches.

There is a rich recording heritage with over 100 albums released over the last six decades. A wide variety of content is available online including webcasts of services and live-streamed video broadcasts on various platforms.

Find out more at www.sjcchoir.co.uk or on our Facebook or Instagram. Hear our award-winning recordings wherever you listen to music, including on Spotify and Apple Music. 

The Gents of St John's

Close-harmony from the choral scholars of St John's College.

Formed of the choral and organ scholars of the world-renowned Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, the Gents of St John’s have enjoyed a busy schedule of concerts and recordings for over fifty years. The Gents are noted for their versatility and range of repertoire, performing music spanning over 600 years, from the polyphony of the early renaissance all the way through to close-harmony arrangements of modern-day hits. Whether singing a concert, wedding, workshop, or a private function, the Gents of St John’s have music to match.

Find out more at www.gentsofstjohns.co.uk/

Voted the fifth best choir in the world by Gramophone magazine, The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge comprises around 30 Choral Scholars and two Organ Scholars, all of whom are students at the University.

Trinity’s rich choral tradition goes back to the fourteenth century; Directors of Music have included Charles Villiers Stanford, Alan Gray, Raymond Leppard, Richard Marlow, and Stephen Layton.  The current Director of Music is Steven Grahl.

The Choir’s main term-time focus is the singing of the liturgy in the College Chapel, with all services since 2012 webcast live. Outside of term, the Choir undertakes an extensive schedule of recordings and concerts, including regular international tours. Critical acclaim for the Choir’s recordings includes a Gramophone Award and a GRAMMY nomination.

Numerous Trinity Choral and Organ Scholars proceed to successful professional music careers. Recent alumni include Owain Park, Helen Charlston, Jess Dandy, Gwilym Bowen, Christopher Lowrey, Eddie Redmayne and Alexander Armstrong. Two leading vocal ensembles, The Gesualdo Six and Stile Antico, have their roots in Trinity; Trinity alumni sing with ensembles including Voces8, The Monteverdi Choir, Polyphony, Tenebrae, The Tallis Scholars, and The Sixteen.

For more information visit www.trinitycollegechoir.com 

The Chapel Choir of Trinity Hall is an accomplished consort of approximately 22 voices which is professionally trained, rehearsed, and conducted by the Director of Music, Andrew Arthur. Alongside their regular weekly schedule of chapel services, the Choir sings for other important College occasions throughout the year. The Choir also undertakes regular foreign concert tours and has recorded a number of albums to critical acclaim.

Find out more and listen to recordings on the College's website.

Wolfson College Choir is a mixed choir which draws its membership from across the College community. It typically performs at least one concert and one service per term amongst other College occasions and a summer tour every other year.

Find out more and watch recordings on the College website at www.wolfson.cam.ac.uk/societies/music/choral.

If you can't get enough, there are even more choral ensembles in the University and alumni community, such as Cambridge University Musical Society's Chorus and Chamber Choir, amongst others.

Heffers Bookshop in Cambridge stocks some of the CDs produced by Cambridge's choirs. Alumni receive a discount from Heffers, when they present their CAMCard.