Siglo de Oro

26/04/2026

This summer we’re delighted to be running our first ever residential summer school at beautiful !

If you’re a keen singer and would like to spend five days with us working on the craft of ensemble singing - this is the course for you!

You can come as part of a pre-formed group, or as an individual - up to you. You will receive intensive coaching from us, and be encouraged to take your singing to new levels.

Benslow will be the ideal setting, with wonderful rehearsal spaces, and excellent catering and accommodation on site.

If you’re interested just drop us a message for more information.

07/04/2026

It's now six months to go until our recording is released with , so we thought we'd share a few behind-the-scenes photos of the recording sessions from earlier in the year, taken by the brilliant . Lots of smiles, lots of concentration!

02/04/2026

Time for some artistic accountability.

01/04/2026

A musical rediscovery after 300 years! Artistic Director Patrick Allies recently had the good fortune of a 17th-century partsong fall into his lap, literally. The lyrics are romantic - but are there political undertones?

19/02/2026

After almost 2 weeks in the USA we’re back in the UK. It’s been a busy but hugely fulfilling trip, with concerts in Tampa FL, Charles Town WV, Washington DC, Cleveland OH, Cambridge MA and Providence RI, and workshops with very talented local choirs: and .

Four new states for us, many miles on the road, and lots of new friends. The journeys were brightened by beautiful snowy landscapes, trivia and musical singalongs. We’ll share more memories in due course, but here are some portrait shots of our travels (including a snap from our concert with by H. José Bosch).

Huge thanks to everyone who hosted us (and fed us) on the trip. We’re planning return trips for 2027 and 2028, so do let us know if you’d like us to come and give a concert in your town or work with your choir.

We now have just a couple of days at home before we head to Edinburgh for our concert on Saturday.

19/02/2026

We're in Edinburgh this Saturday with a brand new programme!

The Grocer’s Music Club

29/01/2026

Thanks to an amazing crowd of 127 supporters, and matched funding from Creative Scotland, we have raised £13k to make our Hey for Christmas recording. We couldn’t be more grateful.

27/01/2026

Thanks to over 100 supporters we’re nearly there. Can you help us over the line? Our page is: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hey-for-christmas.

26/01/2026

We're now in the final day of our Crowdfunder, and we are 82% funded! We'd be so grateful for any help you can give us to get to our total.

We have some great rewards on offer, and all donations are *doubled* by Creative Scotland until Tuesday morning!

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hey-for-christmas

22/01/2026

MATCHFUNDING FROM CREATIVE SCOTLAND

Excellent news - our recording project, Hey for Christmas, has been selected by Creative Scotland for matchfunding, doubling each donation up to £250!

But... there are only 4 days left to get to our target. We're currently at 54%, thanks to 41 supporters.

We'd be so grateful for any contributions to the project - and thanks to Creative Scotland your money will go twice as far!

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hey-for-christmas