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Choral Trials 2021-22
Deadline for Choral Trials 2021 is 15 February 2021. Download the application form here.
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Music in Lockdown
Choir of Clare College are delighted to continue bringing music to our followers during Lockdown!
Clare Music Mondays series: a weekly online offering for members of our College community and the wider public, featuring performances given by Clare musicians past and present - some of which are recorded specially during this lockdown from their homes.
Performances will be released every Monday throughout the Lent Term, published on the Choir of Clare College’s social media pages and YouTube channel.
ClareCasts: a weekly online series from the Chapel and Choir, featuring readings, reflections and prayers from Clare members, as well as beautiful choral pieces from the Choir's archives.
ClareCasts will be released every Friday at 5pm throughout the Lent Term, published on the Choir of Clare College’s social media pages and YouTube channel.
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Christmas from Clare
Introducing our special online concert, CHRISTMAS FROM CLARE, premiering this Saturday 12 December from 5pm on our YouTube channel!
For the first time in recent history, we’re unable to give any live Christmas concerts in person this year, so sit back, pour a drink of something seasonal, and join us online for a beautiful 45-minute programme of motets by Praetorius, Roderick Williams and Sally Beamish to traditional carols and festive arrangements, especially recorded in the historic setting of Clare College’s Old Court.
Watch here: https://youtu.be/MsvwEUrEqyw
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PROMO VIDEO RELEASE
We're thrilled to introduce our promo video for our new album, A Ceremony of Carols!
The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, conducted by Graham Ross and featuring Tanya Houghton, harpist, perform Britten's festive masterpiece 'A Ceremony of Carols' alongside other traditional carols offered by twentieth-century British composers
Watch the full video at: https://youtu.be/GtAxzWQZ-r0
Purchase/listen at https://lnk.to/britten-aceremonyofcarolsWE
Stay tuned on our social media channels to hear more about each of the tracks!
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NEW CD RELEASE Benjamin Britten: A Ceremony of Carols
The Choir are delighted to announce the release of their new CD, Benjamin Britten: A Ceremony of Carols.
Arranged around his famous Ceremony of Carols is a selection of wonderful choral settings with and without organ, each of which in its own way testifies to the meticulous care Britten brought to these musical gems, most of them deriving from English folk tradition and heard alongside pieces by three older masters whose music had left its mark on the composer of Peter Grimes: John Ireland, Frank Bridge and Gustav Holst.
Our first promotional video has been launched via our Social Media and Website, stay tuned for more information on each of the tracks, and for a sneak peak into the Choir's Recording Sessions!
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Service for Remembrance Sunday
The Choir look forward to their annual Service of Remembrance, for all those who have lost their lives in war and conflict.
The service will be livestreamed from the Chapel at 10.45 a.m., Sunday 8 November 2020 and will include the laying of the College's wreath, as well as readings, hymns and choral pieces, featuring Guests' For the fallen, Eleanor Daley's Upon your heart and Kontakion of the dead (Kiev melody), conducted by Graham Ross.
Watch the service online at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x4_2Uuxs3A
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Duruflé Requiem for All Souls' Day
Clare College Song Competition 2021
Application Form:: Clare College Song Competition 2021 Application Form
Rules: Clare College Song Competition 2021 Rules
By 5pm on Wednesday 25 November 2020, competitors must:
a) complete the online application form
b) Pay the entrance fee of £20 per duo. Payment can be made via PayPal - please visit paypal.me/ChoirofClareCollege
c) upload their unedited and recent (less than 3 months) audio recordings to a YouTube channel, Dropbox or WeTransfer and share the links with BOTH n.kemp@etoncollege.org.uk and gr267@cam.ac.uk (please test the links before forwarding). Recordings should be of two ‘Art’ songs – one English and one foreign language (NB: ‘Art’ songs do NOT include works from opera, oratorio, operetta or musicals).
Successful applicants for the Semi-Final will be informed as soon as possible after submission of their application.
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2020 Clare College Carol Composition Competition
The 2020 Clare College Carol Composition Competition, open to all members of Clare College (undergraduates/
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A Virtual Clare Benediction NEW VIDEO!
Click on 'Media' and 'Videos' above! With the help of more than 200 of Clare College's musical alumni, conductor Graham Ross assembled something special for all students around the world unable to graduate in the usual way in 2020…
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