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Welcome. Joining Trinity College Choir is one of the most exciting and rewarding things you can do in your time at the University. The Choir provides a wonderful social environment of friends from different subjects and years.
The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge. Voted the fifth best choir in the world in Gramophone magazine’s ‘20 Greatest Choirs’, The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge comprises around thirty Choral Scholars and two Organ Scholars, all of whom are students at the University.
Here you can find out more about some of the current Choral and Organ Scholars, why they enjoy being part of the Choir, and how they find the commitment alongside their courses of study and other activities. For more information about being in the Choir please email: > music@trin.cam.ac.uk.
- You Get to Sing Great Repertoire
- It's An Excellent Stress Reliever
- You Meet New People
- You Learn to Listen
- It's A Workout For Your Brain
- It's An Exercise in Teamwork
- You Don't Need to Buy Any Equipment
- You'll Learn A Lot of Choir Jokes
- It's Uplifting
When we think about great classical music, we tend to focus on symphonies, concertos, sonatas, string quartets and operas. But the truth is, many of the best composers saved their most inspired creativity for choral music. (Think Bach's B Minor Mass, Fauré's Requiem, Vaughan Williams's Sea Symphony.) Pictured below: Under the direction of Paul Hall...
You rush to meet deadlines, deal with unhappy clients, cope with a rage-aholic boss and — if you're lucky — eat lunch in front of your computer. By the time you get to your choir rehearsal, you're a nervous wreck. But sitting up straight, relaxing your shoulders and breathing from your diaphragm is a great way to return to your centre and leave the...
Nowadays people make "friends" without ever meeting in person. Joining a choir is an old-school way to meet nice, like-minded people interested in having a good time together. What a concept! Pictured below: Toronto's Choir! Choir! Choir!was started in 2011 by Daveed Goldman and Nobu Adilman as a weekly drop-in, no-commitment singing event open to ...
While it's fun to belt it out like Björling, a key to good choral singing is paying attention to what's going on around you — listening. (It's a good thing to do outside choir, too.) A rule of thumb is, if you can't hear the person next to you, you're singing too loudly. Pictured below: Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir, an auditioned community cho...
Most choirs require basic music-reading skills, which are known to increase the capacity of your memory, sharpen your concentration and improve your spatial organization. You hit the gym three times a week to keep your body in shape (right?). Think of choir as boot camp for your brain. Pictured below: Edmonton's Chronos Vocal Ensemblewon the Healey...
A choir is the perfect manifestation of the adage "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts." You don't need to have a particularly beautiful voice to contribute to a beautiful, collective sound. Being part of something bigger than yourself is both humbling and motivating. Pictured below: Based in St. Catharines, Ont., 100-voice Chorus Niagar...
All you need to sing in a choir is your voice, a bottle of water and a pencil for marking your music. Simple and cheap! Pictured below: Toronto's Nathaniel Dett Choraleis dedicated to Afrocentric music of all styles, including classical, spiritual, gospel, jazz, folk and blues. Braindern Blyden-Taylor is the artistic director.
For example: Q: How many altos does it take to screw in a light bulb? A: None. They can't get that high. Pictured below: Winnipeg's Midnight Choiris an open-membership musical project. They perform songs ranging from Radiohead to David Bowie to Neil Young. No musical experience is necessary to join.
Every day, we're bombarded with bad news: tragedy, terrorism, scandal, etc. While singing in a choir doesn't make those things go away, it's the perfect way to bring something positive and uplifting into your life. Pictured below: The Ottawa Children's Choirpromotes the advancement of children's musical education and appreciation of choral music, p...
The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge is a mixed choir whose primary function is to sing choral services in the Tudor chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge. In January 2011, Gramophone named the choir the fifth best choir in the world.
About Us: Voted '5th best choir in the world' by Gramophone Magazine, the Choir of Trinity College Cambridge has established itself as one of the leading mixed-voice choirs in the UK.
Voted the fifth best choir in the world in Gramophone magazine’s ‘20 Greatest Choirs’, the Choir of Trinity College Cambridge comprises around thirty Choral Scholars and two Organ Scholars...
