Founded in 2010 by Louisa Denby, Vox Cantab is a flexible chamber choir consisting (mostly!) of current and former choral scholars of the University of Cambridge; members are drawn from all over the UK and abroad. Vox Cantab have performed all over the British Isles, including several cathedral residencies and visits, and high-profile concerts conducted by their patron Jonathan Willcocks. The Choir made its first trip abroad, to Cork, Ireland, in August 2016, and in August 2019 had a very successful time in Ghent, Belgium.
Much of the Choir’s work is devoted to charity and outreach, and educational visits are a regular fixture of trips and tours. Vox Cantab enjoys a long-standing relationship with many churches and venues in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, where they regularly sing concerts and services in St Davids Cathedral and elsewhere, as well as undertaking fundraising and learning & engagement projects in the local area.
Vox Cantab often works with distinguished guest conductors, particularly Jonathan Willcocks and Sarah Tenant-Flowers, and in March 2017 were delighted to perform as part of the special centenary concert for the poet Edward Thomas at the Petersfield Musical Festival.
Vox Cantab is known for innovative programming, often presenting works as semi-staged and in unusual contexts, and working with poets and narrators. They made their first commercial recording in the summer of 2018, and have made two return trips to Pembrokeshire after the inevitable hiatus caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The choir has also been working with renowned poet Debbie Pullinger on a programme of music and words around the theme of Trees in the Bible, and is looking forward to returning to the Petersfield Musical Festival in March 2025, as well as visiting Hereford Cathedral in July.
If you would like to purchase Vox Cantab’s latest CD, please email louisa@voxcantab.net.