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((Infobox choir
| name                = Choir of New College Oxford
| image               = File:Newcollegelantern.jpg
| imagesize           =
| caption             = New College Chapel, Oxford
| origin              =
| founding            = 1379
| founder	      = [[William of Wykeham]]
| genre               = Choir
| music director      = [[Robert Quinney]]
| members             = ((plainlist|
* 16 boy choristers aged 7–13
* 14 adult male singers))
| website             = https://www.newcollegechoir.com/
))

The '''Choir of New College Oxford''' is part of the collegiate foundation of [[New College, Oxford]], established by [[William of Wykeham]] in 1379.<ref name="NYT">((Cite news |last=Kozinn |first=Allan |date=2010-04-21 |title=Robust Collection of Singing Visitors |language=en-US |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/arts/music/22choir.html |access-date=2020-06-19 |issn=0362-4331))</ref> It is one of England's oldest choral foundations and is the oldest of its kind in [[Oxford University|Oxford]] and [[Cambridge University|Cambridge]], predating its [[King's College, Cambridge|sister college]] in Cambridge by more than sixty years. Consisting of approximately 16 boys and 14 men, it is one of the main choral foundations of the University of Oxford and is regarded as one of the leading choirs of the world. Under [[Edward Higginbottom]], the choir was characterised by a robust sound that allowed individual voices to be heard,<ref name="NYT" /> and has two [[Gramophone Awards]] to its name.

==Membership==
The choir is made up of choristers aged eight to thirteen who attend [[New College School]],<ref>((cite web |title=New College Choir |url=https://www.newcollegeschool.org/new-college-choir |publisher=New College School, Oxford <!--valid use of primary source to verify a basic fact-->|access-date=17 April 2023))</ref> undergraduates (known as academical clerks) from the age of 18 who study at the college, and lay clerks - older, professional singers.<ref name="About">((cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.newcollegechoir.com/page/?title=About+Us&pid=6 |website=Choir of New College Oxford |access-date=17 April 2023))</ref> The choir sings in the usual collegiate format of Decani and Cantoris, with seven men on either side. Historically, the gentlemen of the choir were solely lay clerks. It was only in the 1960s that the choir admitted its first undergraduate member - the young countertenor,<ref name="Macdonald">Macdonald, Kyle. [https://www.classicfm.com/music-news/countertenor-james-bowman-dies/ Leading countertenor James Bowman, who "inspired a generation", has died aged 81], ClassicFM, 28 March 2023</ref><ref name=grove>Blyth, Alan. "Bowman, James (Thomas)", in ''[[Grove Music Online]]'' (2001)</ref> [[James Bowman (countertenor)|James Bowman]].

== Recordings ==

The choir has a reputation as one of the finest [[Anglican]] choirs in the world, and is known particularly for its performances of [[Renaissance music|Renaissance]] and [[Baroque music]].<ref>((cite web |last=Stevenson |first=Joseph |title=Edward Higginbottom |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/edward-higginbottom-mn0000085874/biography |website=Allmusic.com))</ref>

Under the directorship of [[Edward Higginbottom]], the choir rose to particular prominence in the 1990s with their platinum best-selling and award-winning Agnus Dei disc which includes Allegri's famous Miserere mei.<ref>http://www.gramophone.co.uk/awardstemplate.asp?id=128&award_year=1997 ((dead link|date=June 2020))</ref> The choir's discography rapidly grew under Higginbottom and now totals over 110 discs. A new chapter in the choir's recording life began in 2010 with the launch of its own label, Novum. Recordings represent a of music from the core of the English choral tradition (Howells, Stanford, Wesley, Blow, Britten, Ludford, Tomkins, Boyce, Croft, Taverner, Tye, Locke, Handel, Gibbons, Tallis and Byrd).<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.newcollegechoir.com/recordings|title=Recordings|website=Choir of New College Oxford))</ref> Further projects include Bach's St John Passion and Motets, Monteverdi's Vespers, Haydn's Creation, as well as recordings of the music of Poulenc, MacMillan, Copland and the music of their contemporaries. Reflecting the interests of Edward Higginbottom, the choir has made important contributions to the performance and recording of French baroque music - in particular the music of Du Caurroy, Charpentier, Delalande, and Couperin. The choir has made numerous recordings of continental polyphony including Lassus, Palestrina, and de Monte.

In 2008, the choir won its second [[Gramophone Award]] in the early music category for their recording of [[Nicholas Ludford]]'s ''Missa Benedicta''.<ref>http://www.gramophone.co.uk/awardstemplate.asp?id=998&award_year=2008 ((dead link|date=June 2020))</ref>

==Tours==
The choir began touring overseas in the 1960s under [[David Lumsden (musician)|David Lumsden]], who recognised the benefits it would bring to the choir as well as the reputation of the college.<ref name="Tuneful">((Cite book |last=Beeson |first=Trevor |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pUv8KoGELpQC |title=In Tuneful Accord: The Church Musicians |date=2009 |publisher=SCM Press|isbn=978-033404193-1 |language=en))</ref> To compliment their considerable recording activity, New College Choir established a busy schedule of concerts and international touring taking the choir to countries as far afield as America, Australia, Japan, and Brazil. European tours have been a mainstay of the choir's international activity, with particular emphasis on France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands, the Czech Republic, and Hungary. On 29 June 2015 and 2016, at the invitation of the Holy See and the [[Sistine Chapel Choir|Cappella Musicale Pontificia Sistina]], the choir sang at the Papal [[Pallium]] mass for the [[Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul]] in [[St. Peter's Basilica]].<ref>((cite web|title=Pope welcomes Orthodox delegation for feast of Sts Peter and Paul: Choristers of the Anglican choir of New College, Oxford, sing during Mass|url=http://efpastoremeritus2.com/2015/06/30/pope-welcomes-orthodox-delegation-for-feast-of-sts-peter-and-paul-choristers-of-the-anglican-choir-of-new-college-oxford-sing-during-mass/|website=Efpastoremeritus2.com|accessdate=17 August 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150813040607/http://efpastoremeritus2.com/2015/06/30/pope-welcomes-orthodox-delegation-for-feast-of-sts-peter-and-paul-choristers-of-the-anglican-choir-of-new-college-oxford-sing-during-mass/|archivedate=13 August 2015|df=dmy-all))</ref><ref>((cite news|last1=Glatz|first1=Carol|title=Archbishops who attended pallium Mass struck by sense of unity|url=http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2015/06/30/archbishops-who-attended-pallium-mass-struck-by-sense-of-unity/|accessdate=17 August 2015|work=Catholic Herald|date=30 Jun 2015))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://allevents.in/rome/papal-pallium-mass-st-peters-basilica/1684538995128592#|title=Papal Pallium Mass – St. Peters Basilica|website=Allevents.in))</ref>

Recent sabbaticals have allowed the choir to benefit from the musical direction of [[Paul Brough (conductor)|Paul Brough]] and Dr [[James Lancelot]].

==Organists and directors of music==
((columns-list|colwidth=22em|
* 1597–1610 William Wigthorpe
* 1611–1637 William Meredith
* 1637–1640 ? Pink
* 1640–1649 Simon Coleman (expelled June 1649)
* 1650–1657 ? Miles
* 1657–1660 ? Crouch
* 1660–1662 William Flexney (choral services resumed)
* 1662–1664 Robert Pickhaver
* 1664–1680 William King (son of the organist of Winchester Cathedral
* c. 1683–1692 [[Richard Goodson]]
* 1694 ? Read (committed suicide)
* 1694–1702 [[John Weldon (musician)|John Weldon]] (pupil of Henry Purcell)
* 1702–1732 Simon Child
* 1732–1776 Richard Church
* 1776–1797 [[Philip Hayes (composer)|Philip Hayes]]<ref name=ofc>((cite web |url=http://www.ofchoristers.net/Chapters/OxfordNewCollege.htm |title=History of Oxford New College school - of choristers ancient and modern |website=www.ofchoristers.net |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050109033344/http://www.ofchoristers.net/Chapters/OxfordNewCollege.htm |archive-date=9 January 2005 |url-status=dead))</ref>
* 1797–1799 Isaac Pring
* 1799–1825 William Woodcock
* 1825–1830 Alfred Bennett
* 1830–1860 [[Stephen Elvey]]<ref name=ofc/>
* c. 1861–1865 George Arnold
* 1865–1900 James Taylor<ref name=ofc/>
* 1901–1919 [[Hugh Allen (conductor)|Hugh Allen]]
* 1919 John Francis Shaw
* 1919–1929 [[William Henry Harris]]<ref name=vch>((cite web |url=http://www.newcollegechoir.co.uk/cds/archives.htm |title=ARCHIVE RECORDINGS — Remastered 78 rpm recordings from 1927-1951 |website=The Choir of New College Oxford |accessdate=2010-05-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203160811/http://www.newcollegechoir.co.uk/cds/archives.htm |archivedate=3 December 2008))</ref>
* 1929–1933 [[John Dykes Bower]]<ref name=vch/>
* 1933–1938 [[Sydney Watson]]<ref name=vch/>
* 1938–1956 [[Herbert Kennedy Andrews]]<ref name=vch/>
* 1956–1958 Albert Meredith Davies
* 1958–1976 [[David Lumsden (musician)|David Lumsden]]
* 1976–2014 [[Edward Higginbottom]]
* 2014–present [[Robert Quinney]]
))

==Organ Scholars==

Former organ scholars include:
* [[Patrick Russill]]
<!--* Geoffery Webber-->
<!--* Nicholas Wearne-->
<!--* Lawrence Thain-->
<!--* Ben Bloor-->
<!--* Josef Laming-->
<!--* Charles Maxtone-Smith-->
<!--* Hamish Fraser-->

== Distinguished former members ==

* [[James Bowman (countertenor)|James Bowman]]
* [[James Gilchrist (tenor)|James Gilchrist]]
<!--* Robert Hollingworth - conductor of [[I Fagiolini]]-->
* [[Jeremy Summerly]] - academical clerk
* [[Howard Goodall]]
<!--* Nicholas Pritchard - tenor academical clerk-->
<!--* Guy Cutting - tenor academical clerk-->
* [[David Hurley (singer)|David Hurley]] - long-time alto of [[The King's Singers]]<ref name="Bach">((cite web |title=David Hurley (Counter-tenor) - Short Biography |url=http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Hurley-David.htm |website=Bach Cantatas |accessdate=26 January 2019))</ref><ref>((Cite web |title=The King’s Singers’ David Hurley: Final Performance with the Choir |url=https://www.thetabernaclechoir.org/articles/david-hurley-pioneer-day.html |access-date=2020-10-09 |website=www.thetabernaclechoir.org))</ref>
* [[Rogers Covey-Crump]]
<!--* Philip Cave-->
<!--* Matthew Venner-->
<!--* Ian Patridge -->
<!--* David Clegg-->
<!--* Alexander Potter-->
* [[Toby Spence]]
<!--* James Geidt-->
* [[Paul Spicer (musician)|Paul Spicer]] - former treble
* [[Simon Halsey]]
<!--* Daniel Norman-->
<!--* Matthew Beale-->

== References ==
((Reflist))

== External links ==
* [https://www.newcollegechoir.com Official website]
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