The King's Singers
Who are the King's Singers?
Founded in May 1968 by six choral scholars who had recently graduated from King’s College Cambridge, The King’s Singers quickly established itself amongst audiences partly down to their warm close-knit harmonies and a regular weekly fixture on prime-time television often celebrating popular music in their programmes. Their work began with concerts in London with Sir Neville Marriner, before securing an impressive array of international bookings.
The group’s vocal line-up consisted of two countertenors, a tenor, two baritones and a bass, and the group has never wavered from this formation since.
Since the formation of the group in 1968, a number of different singers have joined the group, maintaining the King’s Singers unique sound in a similar way to the Swingle Singers.
In addition to commissioning new music from the likes of Eric Whitacre, the group continues to spread the joy of ensemble singing, with workshops and residential courses all over the world.