The Choir of

Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Gonville and Caius College, commonly known as Caius ( ), is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1348 by Edmund Gonville, it is the fourth-oldest of the University of Cambridge's 31 colleges and ...

is a mixed choir of 24 voices. It is one of the UK’s leading collegiate choirs, with an international reputation for performances of exceptional quality but also for innovative and adventurous recordings. It tours regularly in the UK and around the world. The College’s musical tradition began at the end of the nineteenth century with a choir of men and boys, founded by the celebrated composer of Anglican church music Charles Wood, and later became an exclusively undergraduate male choir under Wood’s successor the composer

Patrick Hadley Patrick Arthur Sheldon Hadley (5 March 1899 – 17 December 1973) was a British composer. Biography Patrick Sheldon Hadley was born on 5 March 1899 in Cambridge. His father, William Sheldon Hadley, was at that time a fellow of Pembroke Coll ...

. Hadley was succeeded by Peter Tranchell, under whose direction the choir became mixed in 1979, and Geoffrey Webber directed the choir from 1989 until 2019. The current Director of Music (Precentor) is the Organist and Composer Matthew Martin.

Choir Members and College Services

Members of Caius Choir include undergraduates and postgraduates studying at Caius and at other colleges. Caius undergraduates in the choir are known as Choral Scholars having applied through th
Cambridge University Choral Award scheme
- an official appointment made by the College to those who have already obtained an academic offer from Caius. The choir sings three services per week in th
college chapel
during term-time, on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. At any one time Caius has two Organ Scholars who play a vital role in the activities of Caius Choir, accompanying and playing solo pieces for the regular services and for Radio 3 broadcasts, concerts at home and abroad, and CD recordings. As with Choral Awards
Organ Awards
can only be held in conjunction with an academic place at the College.

Recordings
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The Choir’s recordings have often specialized in the re-discovery of forgotten choral repertories, including previously unpublished music from within the English choral tradition and beyond, as well as championing new music by British composers such as Judith Weir and Julian Anderson.

Tours
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Caius Choir has travelled extensively abroad, performing at a variety of venues ranging from major concert halls to universities, cathedrals and churches in Europe, America and Asia, often in connection with other professional ensembles such as Northern Ireland Opera, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra of San Francisco, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra and Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine.

Discography
Recordings include: * 1992 Wood: St Mark Passion & Holloway: Since I believe. ASV CD DCA 854 * 1993
Patrick Hadley Patrick Arthur Sheldon Hadley (5 March 1899 – 17 December 1973) was a British composer. Biography Patrick Sheldon Hadley was born on 5 March 1899 in Cambridge. His father, William Sheldon Hadley, was at that time a fellow of Pembroke Coll ...
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Edmund Rubbra Edmund Rubbra (; 23 May 190114 February 1986) was a British composer. He composed both instrumental and vocal works for soloists, chamber groups and full choruses and orchestras. He was greatly esteemed by fellow musicians and was at the peak o ...
- Sacred Choral Music. ASV CD DCA 881 * 1995
Puccini Giacomo Puccini (22 December 1858 29 November 1924) was an Italian composer known primarily for his operas. Regarded as the greatest and most successful proponent of Italian opera after Verdi, he was descended from a long line of composers, s ...
Requiem and Janáček Mass In E Flat. ASV CD DCA 914 * 1996
Samuel Wesley Samuel Wesley may refer to: * Samuel Wesley (poet, died 1735) (1662–1735), English poet and churchman * Samuel Wesley (poet, died 1739) (1691–1739), English poet and churchman, son of the above * Samuel Wesley (composer, born 1766) (1766–1837 ...
: Sacred Choral Music. ASV CD GAU 157 * 1998 William Child: Sacred Choral Music. ASV * 1999 J. S. Bach - St Mark Passion, with The Cambridge Baroque Camerata. ASV CD GAX 237 * 1999 Christ Ascended: Swiss Religious Music of the 20th Century. Guild GMCD7177 * 1999 Zurich, Arise! Music from the Renaissance to the Baroque. Guild GMCD7175 * 2000 The Anthems of Charles Wood Volume 1. Priory PRCD 754 * 2001 The Anthems of Charles Wood Volume 2. Priory PRCD 779 * 2002 Sacred Vocal Music from 18th Century Switzerland. Guild GMCD7248 * 2002 Rheinberger: Sacred Choral Music. ASV CD DCA 989 * 2003 Complete Choral Music of Rebecca Clarke. ASV CD DCA 1136 * 2003
Robin Holloway Robin Greville Holloway (born 19 October 1943) is an English composer, academic and writer. Early life Holloway was born in Leamington Spa. From 1953 to 1957, he was a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral and was educated at King's College School, ...
: Missa Caiensis & other works. Dutton Digital CDLX 7134 * 2004 John Sanders (British Church Composers Series - 1). Priory PRCD 831 * 2005
Charles Gounod Charles-François Gounod (; ; 17 June 181818 October 1893), usually known as Charles Gounod, was a French composer. He wrote twelve operas, of which the most popular has always been ''Faust (opera), Faust'' (1859); his ''Roméo et Juliette'' (18 ...
: Sacred Choral Works. Centaur CRC 2848 * 2006 All the Ends of the Earth: Contemporary & Medieval Vocal Music. Signum SIGCD070 * 2007 More sweet to hear: Organs and Voices of Tudor England. OxRecs OXCD-101 * 2007 William Turner: Sacred Choral Works. Delphian DCD34028 * 2008 Michael Wise: Sacred Choral Music. Delphian DCD34041 * 2009 Into this world this day did come: Carols Contemporary and Medieval. Delphian DCD34075 * 2009
Rodion Shchedrin Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin ( rus, Родион Константинович Щедрин, , rədʲɪˈon kənstɐnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ ɕːɪˈdrʲin; born 16 December 1932) is a Soviet and Russian composer and pianist, winner of USSR St ...
- The Sealed Angel, with the Choir of King's College London. Delphian DCD34067 * 2010
Mansel Thomas Mansel Treharne Thomas, (12 June 1909 – 8 January 1986) was a Welsh composer and conductor, who worked mainly in South Wales. He was one of the most influential musicians of his generation, known as a composer, conductor and adjudicator. He ...
: Requiem. Ty Cerdd - Music Centre Wales TCMT1 * 2011
Judith Weir Dame Judith Weir (born 11 May 1954) is a British composer. She served as Master of the King's Music from 2014 to 2024. Appointed by Queen Elizabeth II, Weir was the first woman to hold this office. Early life Weir was born in Cambridge, Englan ...
Choral Music. Delphian DCD34095 * 2012 Haec Dies:
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and the Tudor Revival. Delphian DCD34104 2013 Deutsche Motette: German Romantic Choral Music From
Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; ; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical period (music), Classical and early Romantic music, Romantic eras. Despite his short life, Schubert left behind a List of compositions ...
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, with Choir of King's College London. Delphian DCD34124 * 2014 In Praise Of Saint Columba: The Sound World Of The Celtic Church, wit
Barnaby Brown
Delphian DCD34137 * 2014 In Dulci Jubilo: A Caius Christmas. Delphian DCD34152 * 2015 Romaria: Choral Music from Brazil. Delphian DCD34147 * 2016 Chorus vel Organa: Music from the Lost Palace of Westminster. Delphian DCD34158 * 2017 Set Upon The Rood: New Music For Choir & Ancient Instruments, with Barnaby Brown, Bill Taylor,
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& Patrick Kenny. Delphian DCD34154 * 2018
Julian Anderson Julian Anderson (born 6 April 1967) is a British composer and teacher of composition. Biography Anderson was born in London. He studied at Westminster School, then with John Lambert at the Royal College of Music, with Alexander Goehr at Cambr ...
: Choral Music. Delphian DCD34202 * 2018 Cantique de Noel: French Music for Christmas. Delphian DCD34197 * 2019 Supersize Polyphony: Striggio - Mass in 40 & 60 parts and Tallis -
Spem in Alium ''Spem in alium'' (Latin for "Hope in any other") is a 40-part Renaissance motet by Thomas Tallis, composed in c. 1570 for eight choirs of five voices each. It is considered by some critics to be the greatest piece of English early music. H. B. ...
with the Armonico Consort Signum SIGCD560 * 2023
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and Dering Motets. Linn Records CKD 717 * 2024 Matthew Martin: Masses, Canticles, Motets. Linn Records CKD 743

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