Schola Cantorum of The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School
(London, United Kingdom)
THE SCHOLA CANTORUM is the liturgical choir of The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, Kensington. Since 1937, its principal duty is that of serving the liturgy of the school and the Schola sings each week at the Wednesday morning school Mass.
The Schola also has frequent external engagements and is heard in concert halls and churches all across the UK and further afield. Locations the choir has sung recently include Westminster Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, St Paul's Cathedral, Snape Maltings, Winchester Cathedral, York Minster, King’s College and St John’s College, Cambridge, St John’s, Smith Square, Cadogan Hall, The Royal Festival Hall and The Royal Albert Hall.
The Schola has worked alongside several professional ensembles including The Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra, His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts, The Bach Choir, St James' Baroque, The London Symphony Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia and the Gabrieli Consort and Choir. They also have firm links with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden where boys have performed in many productions over the past twenty-five years.
