Stream our entire performance from Müpa’s Advent concert recorded live in Budapest on 28th November 2021 online now! Join Tenebrae and Hungarian organist Ádám Tabajdi for this full-length concert. Vaughan Williams – This is the Truth Joanna Forbes L’Estrange – Advent ‘O’ Carol Anon – Angelus ad virginem Adrian Peacock – Veni, veni Emmanuel Chant… continued

We have received a lovely review of our concert at Nottingham’s Royal Concert Hall on 1st December.  None of it is easy but any choir which tackles Brit­ten’s Cere­mony has to sing like angels. Teneb­rae and their harp­ist met every chal­lenge in a per­form­ance both mov­ing and thrill­ing.” Thank you so much to everybody who… continued

We are currently recruiting for a Concerts & Tours Manager to join our management team. We perform around 70 concerts each year, and the successful candidate will play a vital role in managing the logistics and delivery of all our concerts and recordings. They will work closely with a broad range of promoters and agents… continued

The upcoming final for Undiscovered Voices: A Competition for Emerging Composers will be judged by the internationally renowned composers Joanna Marsh, Jason Max Ferdinand, Cecilia McDowall and our very own Nigel short. To hear the exciting finalist compositions live in concert, come along to the final at Wigmore Hall on 30th January 2026 at 1pm…. continued

Exciting news… Joseph Edwards (Tenebrae Associate Artist 2019-2023) has been appointed as First Baritone for The King’s Singers! This is an incredible opportunity and we wish him luck on this new chapter.

An exciting article and interview with Nigel Short is being published today in concerti magazine reflecting and celebrating our concert at the Elbphilharmonie last month. If you would like to hear all about Hamburg, performing in the Elbphilharmonie, and Nigel’s dream concert locations, you can read the print version (available now) or online (available soon).

We’re delighted that our album A Prayer for Deliverance (June 2025)  has won the German Record Critics’ Award! “The ensemble’s new CD is an intensely sonorous prayer for deliverance, filled with comforting works and masterpieces of the British Choral tradition.” We’re very grateful for this recognition and would like to thank the Award for the… continued

Applications are now open for Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass vacancies on our 2026-27 Associate Artists Programme. Tenebrae’s Associate Artists programme is a fellowship providing young professional singers with an opportunity to develop their musicianship through support and guidance from members of Tenebrae choir and the choir’s Artistic Director, Nigel Short. Associate Artists gain invaluable first-hand experience of the… continued

Congratulations to our six finalists of Undiscovered Voices: A Competition for Emerging Composers in celebration of our 25th Anniversary. After much careful consideration, we can announce the shortlisted composers as Aaron Nihal King, Cassie White, James Jones, James Woodhall, Olly Bowes, and Sarah Henderson. To hear to their pieces and find out who will be… continued

40 singers have returned after an incredible tour to Windsor, Hamburg, and Paris delivering a diverse and challenging programme. Performing in the Elbphilharmonie was a thrilling experience and being surrounded by the huge sound including so many voices, an organ, and a gong(!) will not be easily forgotten.

Over the weekend, Nigel and our Operations and Planning Manager Eleanor took a trip to Berlin to celebrate the Opus Klassik awards. There was a concert, a gala, and a drinks reception, made all the more exciting by accepting the award for ‘Orchestra/Ensemble Live Performance of the Year’. Celebrating in Berlin with the other winners… continued

Join us for a Tenebrae Effect workshop led by Tenebrae Choir Associate Artists Clover Willis and Dominic Wallis on 18 October! Tenebrae Effect workshops offer an insight into the elements which make Tenebrae’s sound and musical interpretation so unique, and give singers the opportunity to learn in a friendly and engaging environment. This workshop aims… continued