The King’s Singers were officially born on May 1st, 1968, when six recently-graduated choral scholars from King’s College, Cambridge, gave a concert at Queen Elizabeth Hall on the Southbank in London.

 

 

This group had formed in Cambridge and had been singing together for some years in a range of line-ups under a different name, but this big London debut was the launchpad for the five-decade-long career of The King’s Singers we know now.

 

Their vocal make-up was (by chance) two countertenors, a tenor, two baritones and a bass, and the group has never wavered from this formation since. 2018 marks the 50th birthday of the group, and to celebrate, The King’s Singers are presenting their anniversary season: GOLD.

 

Everything in this GOLD season, from triple-album to book and concert tour, celebrates the amazing musical heritage of The King’s Singers and also looks at the bright future of vocal music in all its forms.

 

 

The King's Singers' have accumulated many glowing reviews from the world’s great musical publications, two Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, and place in the Gramophone magazine’s inaugural Hall of Fame: not to mention some of the other fantastic – and wacky – awards bestowed upon them over the course of their 50-year history. One of the keys to the group’s success has been the slow turnover of its members.

 

Including the current six singers, there have only been 26 King’s Singers since 1968, which has allowed the techniques that guide every aspect of the group's music-making to be inherited and refined without getting lost through a rapid change of line-up.

 

Patrick Dunachie (Countertenor)
Timothy Wayne-Wright (Countertenor)
Julian Gregory (Tenor)
Christopher Bruerton (Baritone)
Christopher Gabbitas (Baritone)
Jonathan Howard (Bass)