Voce is a

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-based

chamber choir A chamber choir is a small or medium-sized choir of roughly 8 to 40 singers (occasionally called 'chamber singers'), typically singing classical or religious music in a concert setting. (This is distinct from e.g. a church choir, which sings in rel ...

founded in 2003 by Harry Briggs and

Suzi Digby Susan Elizabeth "Suzi" Digby, Baroness Eatwell OBE (née Watts; born 1 July 1958) is a British choral conductor and music educator. She is an internationally renowned choral conductor and music educator. Digby founded the influential national ...

. Based in

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, the choir is made up of around thirty singers in their 20s and 30s and covers a wide-ranging and challenging repertoire of primarily a cappella music. Past concerts have featured European sacred music, Arabic music, gospel, jazz and even a programme alternating European renaissance music with traditional African chant. The choir has performed with several distinguished guest conductors including

Ralph Allwood Ralph Allwood (born 30 April 1950) is a British choral conductor, composer and teacher, who currently holds the appointment of Fellow Commoner advising in Music at Queens' College, Cambridge. He was previously the Precentor and Director of Mus ...

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, Ken Burton and Tim Sutton. In July 2010, Voce performed a programme which revived music from the Montagu Music Collection at

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, including an anthem composed by

Giovanni Bononcini Giovanni Bononcini (or Buononcini) (18 July 1670 – 9 July 1747) (sometimes cited also as Giovanni Battista Bononcini) was an Italian Baroque composer, cellist, singer and teacher, one of a family of string players and composers. Biography E ...

for the Duke of Marlborough which had not been performed since the 18th Century. The programme also featured a new commission from composer

entitled 'Amore Vittorioso', sponsored by the

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Performing Arts Fund. In March 2009, Voce performed the London premiere of

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’ setting of the poem ‘The Five Acts of

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’, by poet laureate

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, accompanied by the

London Mozart Players London Mozart Players (LMP) are a British chamber orchestra founded in 1949. LMP are the longest-established chamber orchestra in the United Kingdom. Since 1989, the orchestra has been Resident Orchestra at Fairfield Halls, Croydon. History B ...

. In May 2007 Voce performed alongside

Willard White Sir Willard Wentworth White, OM, CBE (born 10 October 1946) is a Jamaican-born British operatic bass baritone. Early life White was born into a Jamaican family in Kingston. His father was a dockworker, his mother a housewife. White first bega ...

at the memorial service of Frank Johnson. The choir's self-titled debut album of European choral works, recorded at

Queens' College, Cambridge Queens' College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Queens' is one of the oldest colleges of the university, founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou. The college spans the River Cam, colloquially referred to as the "light s ...

, was released in November 2010. In 2012–2013, Voce performed with the

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at their UK shows in London at th
O2 arena (November 2012)Glastonbury (June 2013)
and Hyde Park (July 2013).

References

External links

Voce Chamber Choir
{{Authority control London choirs Musical groups established in 2003