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10th May 2026

Clare Choir Alumni Association 700th Anniversary Concert

5:15pm

Massed Choir and Orchestra of Clare College alumni and current students
Philippa Boyle (Clare 2003) | soprano
Simon Wall | tenor
Ed Ballard (Clare 2005) | baritone
Graham Ross (Clare 2003) | conductor

JOSEF HAYDN The Creation

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12th May 2026

Choral Evensong

6:15pm

VOLUNTARY  Tallis Ecce tempus idoneum
INTROIT  Tallis If ye love me
RESPONSES  Joanna Forbes-L’Estrange
PSALM  131 (Mornington)
READINGS  John XV: 827; John XVI: 1-15
CANTICLES  Gabriel Jackson Truro Service
ANTHEM  Shawn E. Okpebholo My God, I love thee
HYMN  376 (Kingsfold)
VOLUNTARY Ghislaine Reece-Trapp Mixolydiance

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  • Drinks in the Scholars’ Garden last night after our Choral Evensong of polychoral works by Palestrina, Lassus, Howells and Monteverdi 👌🏻 Join us this Easter Term for a wonderful series of choral services, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays: 📖 https://www.clare.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2026-04/Easter%20Termcard%202026.pdf
  • Congratulations to former Clare Organ Scholar Daniel Blaze (Clare 2022) and current third-year Clare Music student Isaac Chan (Clare 2023) on their debut at London’s @wigmore_hall yesterday as part of the @camunicmp Showcase Concert 👏
  • 📣 2 days left to apply! Job Vacancies with the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge for the 2026-2027 academic year Applications open for the role of Choir Administrator, and the role of Lay Clerk and Librarian, with the internationally-renowned mixed-voice Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, directed by Graham Ross. 🔹 Choir Administrator (https://www.clare.cam.ac.uk/about/careers/current-vacancies/choir-administrator) 🔹 Lay Clerk and Choir Librarian (https://www.clare.cam.ac.uk/about/careers/current-vacancies/lay-clerkship-and-choir-librarian) 🗓️ Closing date for entries: 9am, 30 April 2026 @choirofclarecollege @clarecollege
  • Wonderful to sing Choral Evensong today at @westminsterabbeylondon, performing Howells, Walton and @lucywalker.music. Thank you to all who joined us! 👀 Our choral services resume at @clarecollege this Thursday. Check out our Easter Termcard here: https://www.clare.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2026-04/Easter%20Termcard%202026.pdf
  • 📣 BBC Proms launch day! Wonderful as always to have so many @clarecollege @choirofclarecollege alumni featured throughout the season. @josephinestephenson_ is commissioned for First Night of the Proms, Nicholas Collon conducts @auroraorchestra in Mahler 1 from memory, @heloisewerner receives a BBC commission for @fantasiaorchestra, Robin Ticciati conducts ‘Ariadne auf Naxos’ with @glyndebourne, @tessjacksonconductor conducts @bbcconcertorchestra in winners of BBC Young Composer competition, and @andrewmanze587 conducts @liverpool_philharmonic. #Proms #BBCProms #ClareCollege #Clarealumni
  • Join us next week at @westminsterabbeylondon on Monday 27 April at 5pm for a special Choral Evensong as part of our ongoing @clarecollege 700th anniversary musical celebrations. @mrgrahamross conducts us in Responses by @lucywalker.music, Howells canticles in b minor, and Walton’s ‘Where does the uttered music go’? All welcome. #Clare #Clare700 #EasterTerm #WestminsterAbbey #ChoralEvensong
  • One month to go!! Join us for what is possibly the largest assembled group to date of Clare musicians past and present 😊 Celebrating 700 years of Clare College HAYDN The Creation Massed alumni of Clare College Philippa Boyle, soprano Simon Wall, tenor Ed Ballard, bass Graham Ross, conductor Sunday 10 May 2026, 5.15pm West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge Tickets £20 (£10 students) from ADC Box Office https://www.adcticketing.com/whats-on/concert/the-creation/
  • 📣 @cambridgesummermusic 2026 Programme released today! We’re much looking forward to our concert on 4 July 2026 in the magnificent @olemcambridge in collaboration with Coro Clarière of @conservatorio_svizzeraitaliana from Lugano, Switzerland, with a once-in-a-lifetime programme of two polychoral Renaissance masterpieces: Thomas Tallis’s 40-part Spem in alium, and Alessandro Striggio’s 40-part Missa sopra Ecco sì beato giorno - complete with its huge 60-part Agnus Dei! 🗓️ General booking opens 26 April 🎫 Tickets: https://cambridgesummermusic.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173678144
  • Lent Term completed! What an amazing start to our 700th anniversary it has been. Our celebrations re-start next month when we sing Choral Evensong at @westminsterabbeylondon on Monday 27 April at 5pm, followed by the start of Easter Term back at @clarecollege. Good luck to all those award-holders auditioning for the Choir this coming week at the Choral Trials! Wishing all our friends and followers a happy Easter break.

clarechoir Clare College Choir @clarechoir ·
4 May

Drinks in the Scholars’ Garden last night after our Choral Evensong of polychoral works by Palestrina, Lassus, Howells and Monteverdi 👌🏻

Join us this Easter Term for a wonderful series of choral services, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays: 📖 https://www.clare.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2026-04/Easter%20Termcard%202026.pdf

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