Alex Robson wins the inaugural Cambridge University Schola Cantorum Carol Competition

 

Alex Robson wins the inaugural Cambridge University Schola Cantorum Carol Competition

Schola Cantorum at Cambridge University arose from the disbandment of the St. John's Singers, which occurred earlier this year.(1). 

On their Facebook page, they describe themselves as the Phoenix of The St. John's Singers, and they took off running organizing a carol competition, creating a composer-in-residence position, and gaining patronage from John Rutter.

Alex Robson won the inaugural Cambridge University Schola Cantorum Carol Competition with his version of "There is No Rose." Robson is an undergraduate student at St John's College, Cambridge. and the college's senior organ scholar. 

The competition had been open to all current staff and students of Cambridge University and Anglia Ruskin University. It was judged by by Cambridge Schola's Director, Graham Walker and Composer-in-Residence, Tim Watts.

Robson's carol will be performed by Schola Cantorum at their carol services on Monday 2nd December at Great St Mary's, The University Church, Cambridge and Wednesday 11th December at St Mary-le-Bow in London.

Notes:

1. See Vall, Wilf, "Successor launched to axed St John’s Voices choir," Varsity, https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/28271. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.

Disclaimer: Regarding the photos and descriptions used above: We do not know whom the owners of these are and infringement is not intended. Photos and descriptions are used for educational purposes only. We will gladly oblige any take down under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Photos and descriptions are used under the allowance made for "fair use" under Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 for the purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. We will oblige any takedown request of any photo on this blog in compliance with the DMCA.