Tenebrae’s busiest ever month and one which sees the choir perform at no fewer than 22 engagements, including concerts in Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy and of course the UK. It has been a December to remember, mostly for wonderful musical reasons but also one sad one, namely we said goodbye to our dear friend Henry… continued

We are now welcoming applications for three places on our Associate Artist Scheme for the 19-20 season. We are looking to fill the soprano, alto and bass spots – find out more about what the scheme entails here. The opportunity is aimed specifically at young professional singers: excellent musicians at the start of their careers,… continued

We are very pleased to share that Alexandra Davies will be succeeding Henry Southern as Tenebrae’s General Manager. Henry has been a wonderful colleague and ambassador for Tenebrae across the globe,  working tirelessly to promote the choir to where we are now. Alex read Music at the University of Cambridge, where she held a choral… continued

In October the Tenebrae Associate Artists were thrilled to take the reins of a new education project in partnership with St Andrews Voices and the newly opened V&A Dundee. Our fantastic four (Beth, Lissie, Bennedict, and Owain) devised and arranged the music using the V&As inaugural exhibition Speed & Style: Ocean Liners as the inspiration… continued

A flagship programme to develop the most talented young-professional choral singers in the UK. Please Donate Here Under the leadership of the Tenebrae’s Artistic Director, Nigel Short, the Associate Artists scheme is unique amongst professional choirs as it meets the need for young talent to develop exceptional pedagogic and performance skills in order to sustain… continued

We are very proud to share that our newest release, A Walk with Ivor Gurney, celebrating the music of Ivor Gurney and his contemporaries, has now been released. The disc also features the premiere recording of Judith Bingham’s A Walk with Ivor Gurney, a piece we commissioned and premiered in 2013. We successfully raised the funding… continued

Crumbs, it’s been ages since I wrote one of these so here goes, I just hope my memory serves me well for some of the performances that were a few months ago… We had a steaming return to SJSS on July 6th to join David Wordsworth as part of the Americana ’18 Festival. For a… continued

I first discovered the music of Ivor Gurney when I was in my first year at music college and heard Sleep performed in a lunchtime recital. I immediately fell in love with the piece. I remember thinking that it was utterly perfect, and heading straight to the library to discover more of his songs, various… continued

It really doesn’t feel like that long ago that I was auditioning for the Tenebrae Associate Artist scheme, so looking back on the scheme as I prepare to leave it feels very strange indeed! What I think strikes me the most about my time as an Associate Artist is the sheer variety of work that… continued

We are very pleased to announce that we will be returning to the South West of England in September 2018 to perform concerts in Exeter and Truro Cathedrals. We will be singing our World War One memorial programme, We Will Remember Them, with remembrance works by Elgar, Howells, Parry and Schoenberg and little heard repertoire… continued

Tenebrae’s Associate Artists lead a session at Music Centre London, Islington We were delighted to team up once again with our partners, the London Youth Choir and Music Centre London, for the 2017-18 season to provide choral development opportunities for a total of 660 children and young people (aged 7-21 years) from communities across London…. continued

My very first appearance with Tenebrae was back in 2006 for some of the sessions for the Allegri Miserere recording. I’d been at Westminster Cathedral for just under a term and had had my Tenebrae ‘audition’ when Nigel had stepped in for my colleague for some men-only services! During that year I started to get… continued