What a wonderful season this has been. With tours across Europe, North America, the Middle East and the Far East - including our first ever visit to the Philippines - we've enjoyed every concert, workshop and occasion for meeting our friends and family on our travels. The joy of performing in many of the world’s most prestigious and leading concert venues and festivals never wanes.
As part of the run up to his Prom on 9 August, Eric will be leading a workshop on Choral Composition with some members of the Proms Inspire Programme. He will be joined by members of the BBC Singers to look at several compositions from the Proms Young Composers Scheme. The event is open to the public and tickets are free. Reserve yours now on
Read Tim's tips for keeping your voice intact over on the Ensemble Hub. Here's a taster... "Your larynx is like any other muscle in the body – it gets stronger with use but it also gets tired too. Treat your voice like a long distance runner treats his/her legs. You would not expect an athlete to train for a marathon all day and then go
Due to popular demand, we will be releasing a live recording of Bob Chilcott's "Thou, my love, art fair". We would like to dedicate this recording to Bob - a supreme composer, arranger, singer and former King's Singer - as a belated birthday gift on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday. The piece was commissioned by the Minnesota Commissioning Club to honour Jerry and Cathie
As The King's Singers near the end of the Summer term, they're looking forward to working with the NDR Radiophilharmonie once more in some fantastic venues across Germany, the Netherlands and Austria including a return to Amsterdam's Concertgebouw. Working with maestro Frank Strobel, they'll present our Great American Songbook programme including some favourites from George Gershwin and Cole Porter. . 20th July TriBühne - Norderstedt (Germany) 21st July Elbeforum Brunsbüttel
On Thursday 16th July, Julian will join forces with the Auckland Philharmonia to perform Copland's Clarinet Concerto and Bernstein's Prelude, Fugue and Riffs, arranged by Lukas Foss. The concert will be broadcast live at 20:00 from Auckland Town Hall on Radio New Zealand Concert's All Music programme. There are still a few tickets available from the Auckland Philiharmonia website. 'Copland’s Clarinet concerto is a great piece, full of wit and energy. Written
Recorded live in Union Chapel, London, this EP features the very first choral piece written by Eric. Go Lovely Rose was written as a gift for David Weiller, Director of Choral Studies at the University of Las Vegas, in Eric’s final year there as a student, and served as the first in a series of events that led him to the Juilliard School of Music
Yesterday, The King's Singers were joined by ensembles from 20 countries across the world to begin a week of music-making at their second residential Summer School. Across the week, they'll be working be working one-on-one with each ensemble as well as group sessions with Dr Stephen Darlington on the Eton Choirbook and composer, conductor and friend of the group, Eric Whitacre. There's still a chance to
As Cheltenham Music Festival 2015 enters its second week, Julian heads to Cheltenham for two performances. Firstly he joins the New Zealand String Quartet to perform Brahms' Clarinet Concerto at Pittville Pump Room at 11:00 on Tuesday 7th July, bringing life to the piece's autumnal moods, and on Thursday 9th July he will perform Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time as part of the programme 'From Donne to
Check out an exclusive video from Eric on @AppleMusic Connect. Follow Eric to get more exclusive videos and content.
