Figure 1.--St John's College, Cambridge, has a noted tradition of choral religious music. The College since the 1670s is known to have had a Choir.

St John's College, Cambridge, has a noted tradition of choral religious music. The College since the 1670s is known to have had a Choir. The College Choir's principal duty is to sing the daily services in the College Chapel during each University Term. The services in the Chapel are in accordance with the Cathedral tradition of the Church of England. The Choir sings Evensong six days a week as well as a Sung Eucharist Sunday mornings. The Choir during the University vacation organizes tours both within the United Kingdom as well as overseas. The Choir in recent years has visited France, the Netherlands, and the United States.

History

St John's College, Cambridge, has a noted tradition of choral religious music. The College since the 1670s is known to have had a Choir.

Purpose

The College Choir's principal duty is to sing the daily services in the College Chapel during each University Term. The services in the Chapel are in accordance with the Cathedral tradition of the Church of England. The Choir sings Evensong six days a week as well as a Sung Eucharist Sunday mornings.

Fours

The Choir during the University vacation organizes tours both within the United Kingdom as well as overseas. The Choir in recent years has visited France, the Netherlands, and the United States.

Composition

The College Choir is made up of 16 full Choristers. There are also 4 Probationers who are chosen at regular Voice Trials. The boys attend the St. John's College School on the College grounds. The School is a preparatory school which serves about 450 boys and girls up to the age of 13.

Adult Voices

The Alto, Tenor and Bass parts are taken by young men who are usually undergraduate members of the College and who are selected to their places in the College Choir (and therefore to the University) as Choral Students. They study a variety of subjects, and remain in the Choir until they have taken their degree at the end of their third year.

Internet Music

HBC readers can listen to St John's boys singing.