Choir of New College Oxford
Choir of New College Oxford
The Choir of New College Oxford, composed of adult singers and boy trebles, is one of the leading choral ensembles in the world, celebrated for its distinctive and stylish performance of music from five centuries. You can hear the choir in choral services live in New College Chapel, Oxford, and via webcasts, on concert tours and on its 100+ recordings. The choir is directed by Robert Quinney.
More About UsChoir of New College Oxford
The Choir of New College Oxford, composed of adult singers and boy trebles, is one of the leading choral ensembles in the world, celebrated for its distinctive and stylish performance of music from five centuries. You can hear the choir in choral services live in New College Chapel, Oxford, and via webcasts, on concert tours and on its 100+ recordings. The choir is directed by Robert Quinney.
More About UsA Recital for Remembrance Day - Wednesday 11 November 20:30
Former Lay Clerk and distinguished baritone Daniel Tate and pianist Samuel Mithcell will give a recital this evening, The Lads in their Hundreds, to mark Remembrance Day. Join us in New College Chapel at 20:30. Entrance via Holywell Street.
Find out moreChristmas Oratorio - Monday 14 December 2026
The Choir of New College, Oxford and Instruments of Time & Truth under the direction of Robert Quinney will sing parts IV-Vi of Bach's Christmas Oratorio with Timothy Burton as the Evangelist on Monday 14 December 2026 at 18:30 in the University Church. Tickets are available from TicketSource.
Find out moreNew CD release!
A new recording of the choir on LINN Records is available: Tallis Mass Puer natus etc, Responsories & Motets. The third in a series of recordings of renaissance masters, this release follows hot on the heels of its predecessor, a disc of Mundy, being nominated for a Grampohone Award in the Early Music category of this years awards.
Find out moreChoir's Inaugural tour to China
The new year started in amazing fashion with the choir travelling to Shanghai and Beijing to sing to packed houses in the Symphony Hall, Shanghai and the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing. It was an unforgettable experience for all. Next up, a return to the USA in March!
Find out moreConcerts in Versailles and London Festival of the Baroque
As part of a busy Michaelmas Term, the choir visited the Palais de Versailles and the London Festival of Baroque Music in collaboration with Ensemble Marguerite Louise, the acclaimed Versailles-based baroque orchestra, to perform a series of concerts entitled Royal Farewells and Triumphs.
Find out moreThe New College Hymn Book
The new hymn book is now ON SALE. Edited by Robert Quinney and Stephen Anderson, it includes the best of the old and the new, and specially composed tunes - shown here open at 'Port Meadow' by the Organist. Follow the link below to purchase.
Find out moreBoys on Tour!
The remainder of 2025, and early 2026, promises to be a very exciting time for the New College Choristers, with tours scheduled to Sweden (July 2025), Versailles (November 2025), China over the New Year and even more potential opportunities for next year! We will keep you posted with tour updates and news of where you can see them performing abroad, should you be lucky enough to do so.
Find out moreNew College: Commissions & Premieres
Linn Records CKD 720
RELEASE DATE: 23/06/2023
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The music composed for New College Choir in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries provides a compelling historical tour of changing musical styles and liturgical practices. On this disc we survey New College commissions from the 1920s to the 2020s, beginning with William Harris’s evergreen Faire is the heaven, composed while he was Organist of New College, and ending with two recent commissions from Caitlin Harrison and Deborah Pritchard. The disc is built round three settings of the Evensong canticles, by Paul Drayton, Herbert Howells, and Deborah Pritchard. For Kenneth Leighton’s heart-wrenching cantata Crucifixus pro nobis, written in 1961, the choir is joined by tenor Nick Pritchard, a former academical clerk at New College.