On Saturday 26 Janaury, The King's Singers performed at the world-renowned London A Cappella Festival, based at King's Place. The group performed a programme specially designed for the Festival that ranged from works by Lassus to Petrassi and Sibelius to Drayton, ending with a set of close-harmony favourites that had been drawn from some of their most well-known repertoire, including Seaside Rendezvous and I'm a
Eric Whitacre has been invited to the World Economic Forum, Davos to discuss methods of successful leadership in the arts to motivate and achieve harmony among diverse groups of people. He will explore how artists are harnessing digital technologies to create new works of art, alongside a panel including Kickstarter CEO, Perry Chen. Eric will close the annual meeting with a powerful musical experience involving
Tallis Scholars to give a special 40th anniversary concert at St. Paul's Cathedral on 7th March 2013.
On Sunday 20 January at 17:00 The King's Singers will be featuring on the BBC Radio 3 programme "The Choir". The programme is presented by Aled Jones and will be focussing on the London A Cappella Festival, where the group are performing on Saturday 26 Janaury. Tickets are now sold out for this performance, so do tune in to the show on Sunday to hear
A Kickstarter campaign to crowd-source funding for Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir 4 is underway and will end on January 31st. Just over $40,000 of the $100,000 funding target has been pledged, with more backers supporting the campaign each day. The piece performed will be 'Bliss', from Whitacre's musical 'Paradise Lost', arranged especially for the Virtual Choir. Whitacre has been invited to present the VC4 at
King's Singer David Hurley reflects on the work of Richard Rodney Bennett. "It was with great sadness that I read of the death in his hometown of New York of Sir Richard Rodney Bennett on Christmas Eve. Richard was a man of many parts - an Oscar-nominated composer of film scores, a remarkable jazz pianist and singer, a distinguished composer of serious music (who studied
