KJV Community Children's Choir

Our new Youth Choir has had a successful first term and there are still spaces available. For further information or to register contact admin@kjvchoir.org
Cost: £44 per term

What an exciting term we had, with our wonderful summer concert in King’s College Chapel and a visit by members of Tenebrae Choir.

Our autumn term will see the birth of a new choir, KJV Youth Choir for boys and girls in years 10-13.

KJV has kept its membership singing throughout the pandemic with weekly rehearsals on Zoom, or more recently, with blended rehearsals with a roster of singers attending either live rehearsals or at home on Zoom. We can’t wait until we can also return to live concerts, hopefully next term!

King’s Junior Voices is saddened to hear of the death of its Founding President, Sir Stephen Cleobury. Without Stephen’s vision, King’s Junior Voices would never have been born. The choir and staff send our condolences to his family.

For more information please see this BBC News article.

King’s Junior Voices is delighted for former choir member, composer Alexia Sloane. The world premiere of Alexia’s BBC Proms commissioned piece for Voces 8, Earthward will take place on Monday 22nd July at Cadogan Hall at 13.00 as part of the BBC Proms. The Prom has sold out, however the concert will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3. Programme details can be found here.

Warm congratulations to KJV’s President Sir Stephen Cleobury on his knighthood in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours. Sir Stephen was responsible for setting up the King’s College Choir Outreach Programme in 2008 which launched King’s Junior Voices.

Lyn Alcántara, KJV’s Artistic Director and Conductor, explains the history, ethos and ambition of the choir to Jan Moore in an interview on Cambridge 105 Radio ahead of the 2018 Summer Concert.

Cambridge Independent has published an article about KJV’s concert with the New Cambridge Singers. Please read what they have to say.

After singing to a full King’s College Chapel at our summer concert, where we gave the Cambridge premiere of a piece by John Rutter, KJV is looking forward to the new term. Our older children have been invited to perform with the New Cambridge Singers on December 14^th, and we look forward to welcoming new choir members at our first rehearsal on September 23^rd.

Thanks to King’s Junior Voices who sang beautifully at the Rotary’s Christmas concert on the 8th December accompanied by Adam Begley. The evening raised approx. £3500 for the Arthur Rank Hospice and the Cambridge Churches Project for the Homeless.

KJV staff and children wish you all a Merry Christmas.