Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

The Clare College Choir, Cambridge, lacks the centuries-long tradition of other British university choirs. Despite this, the choir has been an unusually reliable producer of figures that have gone on to influential careers in the British choral scene. Choral singing at Clare College, Cambridge, dates to 1866, when a choir was formed of undergraduates singing the lower lines of music, joined by boys recruited from local schools for the treble line. In 1988, the group released its debut album, John Rutter: Carols from Clare. In 2020, the group released an album of music by Arvo Pärt, Peteris Vasks, and James Macmillan with the Dmitri Ensemble. The choir released the album Palestrina Revealed in 2025. By that time, its catalog contained more than 60 items.