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

Join Tenebrae and the Third Culture Collective at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall on Monday 6 October. Tenebrae and Third Culture Collective come from very different traditions: one rooted in complex harmony and notation, the other in raga-based intricacy and improvisation. The two groups have come together to forge One Voice: a seamless sound world of western choir,… continued

This September, Tenebrae is making a trip to Slovenia! For the first time since 2021, we’ll be coming to Ljubljana, performing a programme of holy music spanning five hundred years. We’re excited to be performing A Celestial Gift in Gallus Hall, Cankarjev Dom on 26th September and can’t wait to see as many of you… continued

We are delighted that Continuo Connect – the not-for-profit digital initiative at the heard of Continuo Foundation – have included a news item about our Opus Klassik Award. Read the item on the Continuo Connect website.

Undiscovered Voices: A Competition for Emerging Composers The deadline is approaching for our composition competition, launched to celebrate our 25th Anniversary next season. For 25 years, Tenebrae has championed the finest choral music, from ancient traditions to bold new works, and we want to hear from you! We are looking for fresh voices, unexpected ideas,… continued

Our performance of Bach’s B Minor Mass with the Basel Chamber Orchestra was broadcast on 15th August on Deutschland Funk. We were delighted to perform it in the Basilica of Kloster Eberbach as part of Rheingau Festival, and you can listen to the whole performance now. Listen to the broadcast online.

We are delighted to announce our Associate Artists for the 2025-26 season. We welcome Henry Montgomery to the group, and are thrilled that Anna Grieve, Clover Willis, Olivia Shotton and Dominic Wallis are all continuing for another year. Henry is a bass from Lincolnshire who joins us with what is already an impressive biography, and… continued