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MALE VOCAL ENSEMBLES

• Alfonso X el Sabio (Luis Lozano Virumbrales) Formed in 1976. Chant. (en Espagñol) [Madrid, Spain]
• Ars Cantus  (José Rafael Maldonado Abarca) Specializes in chant to music of the 16th. century. Formed in 1997. {E-mail : jmaldon@reacciun.ve) [Los Teques City, Venezuala]
• Ars Nova (Matthew Hall; assistant: Eric Betthauser) Nine members who concentrate on sacred works of the Renaissance. [Wisconsin]
• Banchieri Singers (Soma Szabo) Formed in 1988. In their concerts, they often select repertoire which is sacred and profane, music from the renaissance era, combined with contemporary Hungarian music and arrangements of popular music. [Nyiregyhaza, Hungary]
  • Contact Information :
    • Postal address : H-4400 Nyiregyhaza Eotvos u. 4. Hungary
    • Telephone/FAX : 36 42 402-890
    • E-mail : banchi@elender.hu)
  • Members : Zsolt Nagyvati (countertenor), Laszlo Leanyvari (countertenor), Szilard Szilagyi (tenor), Soma Szabo (baritone), Tibor Rohaly (baritone), Gabor Nagy (bass)
• Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Benoît-du-Lac (Dom André Saint-Cyr) [Québec province, Canada]
• Breda Sacrament Choir (Henri de Graauw) Formed in 1926. Includes trebles. [Breda, The Netherlands]
• Binchois Consort (Andrew Kirkman) Hyperion discography. Formed in 1995. [UK]
  • Members: Mark Chambers (discantus), David Gould (discantus), Fergus McLusky (discantus), Robin Tyson (discantus), Edwin Simpson (tenor I), Matthew Vine (tenor I), Andrew Carwood (tenor II), Chris Watson (tenor II), James Gilchrist (tenor)
• Burgundian Cadence A quartet specializing in a capella vocal music from the 14th and 15th centuries, focusing on John Dunstaple and his influence in Europe. They receive funding via the UK national lottery. {E-mail : rdamerell@msn.com} [London, UK]
  • Members : Rupert Damerell (countertenor), Matthew Woolhouse (tenor), Simon Biazeck (tenor), Damian O'Keeffe (baritone)
• CantArte Regensburg (Velten)
• Canterbury Cathedral Choir (David Flood)
• Cantori Gregoriani (Fulvio Rampi) 12 men who sing chant. {E-mail: gregor@tread.it} [Cremona, Italy]
• Cantus "Cantus" is an 11-member group who sing contemporary music too but in all of their programs they sing at least one chant and one piece of early music. Formed in 1995. [St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota]
  • E-mail: stenberk@stolaf.edu
  • Tel.: (507) 646-6312
  • Members
• Capella Cantorum (Klaus Eichorn) 6-8 men plus 3 boy trebles. They specialize in renaissance and early baroque music. They are loosely associated with the instrumental ensemble, "Musicalische Compagney." [Berlin, Germany]
  • Contact Information:
    • Postal address:
      • Dernburgstrasse 13
        D 14057 Berlin
        GERMANY
    • Tel.: +49 30 3255282
    • Fax: +49 30 3258390
    • Mobil: +32-477-254910
• Capilla Flamenca (Dirk Snellings) Formed in 1993. Four male singers. According to the programme, this quartet includes other singers, an alta cappella, a bassa cappella or an organ. The ensemble is named after Emperor Charles V's court chapel. {E-mail : info@capilla.be} [Belgium]
  • Contact Information:
    • Postal address:
      • c/o Dirk Snellings
        Hambosstraat 31
        B-3150 Tildonk
        BELGIUM
    • Tel: +32-16-60.28.36
    • Fax: +32-16-60.28.35
• Cappella Musicale Duomo di Milano (Monsignore Luciano Migliavacca) Chant.
• Chanticleer (Music director: Joseph Jennings; Artistic director: Louis Botto) 12-man a capella ensemble. Formed in 1978 by Louis Botto. The Primarily A Cappella website. [San Francisco Bay area]
• Choeur Grégorien Antiphona (Rolandas Muleika) Formed in 1991 by students of the Toulouse Conservatoire. Chant. [Toulouse, France]
  • Members : Laurent Cuzacq, Pierre Vié, Eric Dombrowsky, Rolandus Muleika, Dominique Rols, Alain Dupont, Eric Vignon, Guy Zanesi
• Le Choeur grégorien du Mans (Philippe Lenoble) Men and trebles. [Le Mans, France]
  • Postal address : 32, rue Henri Delagénière, 72000 Le Mans, France ; Phone : 02 43 82 14 49 : Fax : 02 43 82 21 79.
• Choeur Grégorien de Paris (Since 1993: Jaan-Eik Tulve) Chant. Rolandas Muleika conducted them from 1990-91. Xavier Chancerelle: 1991-93. [Paris, France]
• Choeur des moines de l'Abbaye de Ligugé (Dom Olivier Bossard) Chant. [France]
• Choeur des moines de l'Abbaye Notre-Dame de Fontgombault (Dom G. Duchene) Chant.
• Choeur des moines de l'Abbaye St-Wandrille (Dom Jean-Paul Armanini) Chant.
• Choeur des moines de l'Abbaye de Solesmes (Dom Richard Gagné) Chant.
• Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford (Francis Grier, Stephen Darlington) Includes trebles. Hyperion discography.
• The Choir of Ely Cathedral (Paul Trepte) Hyperion discography.
• Choir of King's College, Cambridge (Stephen Cleobury) Formed in the 1440s by King Henry VI. Includes trebles. Discography. (The college.)
• Choir of the King's Consort (Robert King) Includes trebles.
• Choir Of New College, Oxford (Edward Higginbottom) Includes trebles. Hyperion discography.
• Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge (Christopher Robinson) Formed in 1511. Includes trebles. [Cambridge, UK]
• Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, London (John Scott)
• Choir of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle (Jonathan Rees-Williams) Originally formed back in 1348. 12 men (4 A, 4 T, and 4 B) and approx. 20 trebles. (Hyperion discography.) [St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle]
• Choir of Westminster Abbey (Martin Neary) Includes trebles. Sony Classical website. [Westminster Abbey]
• Choir Of Westminster Cathedral (James O'Donnell) Includes trebles. Hyperion discography. (NOTE: David Hill is no longer affiliated with Westminster Cathedral; instead, he now performs/conducts at Winchester Cathedral.)
• Choir of Winchester Cathedral (David Hill) Includes trebles. Hyperion discography.
• Choralschola der Benediktinerabtei Münsterschwarzach (Father Gunther Kornbrust) Formerly led by Father Godehard Joppich. Chant. [Münsterschwarzach, Germany]
• Choralschola des Klosters Maria Einsiedeln (Father Roman Bannwart) Chant.
• Choralschola der Wiener Hofburgkapelle (Father Hubert Dopf S.T.)
• Chorus Viennensis (Guido Mancusi) Accompanied the instrumental ensemble, Concentus Musicus. All former members of the Wiener Sängerknaben. [Vienna, Austria]
• Cinquecento A 6-voice ensemble performing works from the Renaissance. [Vienna, Austria]
• Clamores Antiqui A 6-voice a cappella ensemble. Formed in 1990. No longer active. [Los Angeles, CA]
  • Members: Brian Asawa, countertenor (first and only countertenor to win 1st place in the New York Metropolitan Opera Competition); Temmo Korisheli, tenor; Lansing McLoskey, baritone-tenor; et al.
• Collegium Vocale "Nova Ars Cantandi" (Giovanni Acciai) [Italy]
• The Concord Ensemble An a cappella male sextet performing music ranging from the Medieval Era to the Modern age. The credits of the ensemble have incuded several performances in the midwest United States focusing on the music of Giovanni da Palestrina and several of his contemporaries (including Gesualdo, di Lasso, de Rore, Arcadelt and Victoria), to a recent performance in the annual Bloomington Early Music Festival, in a joint production with the Indiana University Latin American Music Center. Together with Egberto Bermúdez, musicologist at the Universidad Nacional de Bogotá, and president of the Colombian Fundación Mvsica, they have performed an all Colonial-American sacred music concert in conjunction with the Philadelphia-based wind band "Piffaro." Formed in 1996. [Bloomington, Indiana]
  • Contact information :
    • Postal address:
      • The Concord Ensemble
        679 Evermann Apts.
        Bloomington, IN 47408
    • Tel.: (812) 857-0429
    • Fax: ?
    • E-mail: ConcordEns@aol.com
  • Current members: Paul Flight (countertenor), Daniel Carberg (tenor), Pablo Corá (tenor), N. Lincoln Hanks (tenor), Sumner Thompson (baritone), and Daniel Cole (bass)
  • Past members: Dylan Hostetter (countertenor)
• Consortium Carissimi [Rome, Italy]
• Coro de Monjes de la Abadia de Montserrat (Father Gregori Estrada) Chant.
• Coro de Monjes de la Abadia de Santo Domingo de Silos (De Le Cuesta) Chant.
• Delitiæ Musicæ (Marco Longhini) "A plausible reconstruction of an Italian musical chapel of the Renaissance period." Since 1992 its members have specialized in giving solo renderings - i.e., one to a part - of polyphonic music. In the interest of authenticity and to conform with a practice also adopted by the Sistine Chapel (where children, women, and castrati were not allowed to sing), the vocal parts are taken by men only, singing in falsetto where necessary. [Italy]
• I Divoti Falsetti (Gianluca Capuano) Italian and Jewish Baroc Music. {E-mail: idivotifalsetti@mailcity.com} [Italy]
  • Members: Mario Valsecchi (sopranista), Emanuele Bianchi (alto), Giovanni Caccamo (tenor), Salvo Vitale (bass)
• Early Music Consort of London (David Munrow) Raphael Biran's discography. Includes instrumentalists.
• Egidius Kwartet Formed in 1995. Specializes in 16th and 20th century 'Dutch' vocal music. Members of Ton Koopman's Amsterdam Baroque Choir. {E-mail: info@egidiuskwartet.nl} [Amsterdam, The Netherlands]
  • Members: Peter de Groot (alto), Hans Wijers (baritone), Otto Bouwknegt (tenor), Donald Bentvelsen (bass)
  • Discography:
    • "Leal Amour, Flemish composers at the court of Philip II", Et'cetera, KTC 1218
    • "Tota Vita", music for Charles by Canis & Payen, Et'cetera, KTC 1239
    • "Venus-ghejancksel", Chansons and madrigals from the Low Countries, Et'cetera, KTC 1198
    • Tielman Susato: "'Ick dreag in mynder herten verborghen' uit Het ierste en tweetste Musyck Boexken" - with Egidius Consort, Ensemble Oltremontano - NM Classics 92123
• Ensemble Amarcord Formed in 1992. {E-mail: wlattke@amarcord.de}
  • Members: Holger Krause (bass), Frank Ozimek (baritone), Daniel Knauft (bass), Wolfram Lattke (tenor), Dietrich Barth (tenor)
• Ensemble Clément-Janequin (Dominique Visse) Formed in 1978. French polyphonic chansons of the 16th Century. [Paris, France]
  • Members: Dominique Visse (countertenor), Bruno Boterf (tenor), Vincent Bouchot & François Fauché (baritones), Renaud Delaigue (bass), Éric Bellocq (lute)
• Ensemble Jachet de Mantoue Formed in 2000. [France]
  • Members: Thierry Bréhu (tenor), James Gowings (baritone), Raoul Le Chenadec (countertenor), Eric Raffard (tenor), Philippe Roche (bass)
• Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal (?) [Los Angeles, California]
• Gregoriana (Geert Maessen) Formed in 2002. Gregorian chant. Three male singers: Geert Maessen, Jacques van Leeuwen, Reinier van der Lof. {E-mail: r.lof@chello.nl} [Amsterdam, The Netherlands]
• Henry's Eight (Jonathan Brown) Hyperion discography. Also here. [Trinity College, Cambridge]
• Hilliard Ensemble (No director) Four male singers. At times the ensemble includes female voices. Formed in 1974. ECM biography. Raphael Biran's, Todd McComb's and Hyperion discography. AND Hilliard Live {E-mail: 101524.422@compuserve.com}
  • Members: David James (countertenor), John Potter (tenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Gordon Jones (bass) (Formerly included Paul Hillier.)
• Hofkapelle (Michael Procter) Six singers. The ensemble "attempts to perform sacred music of the Renaissance as nearly as possible in the way in which it was originally conceived." {E-mail : hofkapelle@aol.com} [Germany]
• The King's Singers (None) Six male voices. Formed in 1968. Raphael Biran's and RCA Red Seal discographies. The Primarily A Cappella website. [UK]
• Lionheart Formed in 1993 with 6 voices. {E-mail : lionheart@chantboy.com} [New York City, New York]
  • Members : Jeffrey Johnson, John Olund (tenor), Kurt-Owen Richards, Lawrence Lipnik, Richard Porterfield
• Monastario Benedictino de Santo Domingo de Silos (Isamel Fernández de la Cuesta, Francisco Lara) Chant.
• Musicalische Compagney [Berlin, Germany]
  • Members : Paolo Gazzano (soprano), Ralf Popken (alto), Uwe Czyborra-Schroder (alto), Harry Geraerts (tenor), Julian Metzger (tenor), Michal Pospisil (bass), Holger Eichhorn (cornetto), Thomas Ihlenfeldt (chitarrone), Klaus Eichhorn (organ)
  • Previous members : David Cordier (S), Derek Lee Ragin (S), Mark Padmore (A), Manfred Cordes (T), and Harry van der Kamp (B)
• New York's Ensemble for Early Music (Frederic Renz) Gregorian chant recording on Ex cathedra Records. [New York City, New York]
• North Sea Chant  Formed in 1997. [London]
  • Contact Information:
    • Postal address :
      • North Sea Project
        122 Underhill Road
        East Dulwich
        London  SE22 0QJ
        United Kingdom  
    • Telephone : Tel 0181 693 4292 (from UK); +44 181 693 4292 (international)
    • E-mail : matthewv@ndirect.co.uk
  • Members : William Purefoy  (countertenor), Harry van Berne (tenor), Matthew Vine (tenor), Harry van der Kamp (bass)
  • Discography : "IN PRINCIPIO" - The music on this disc is a performance at low pitch of Missa "Pange Lingua" by Josquin des Pres, as well as his motet "In principio". (NOTE: Compact disc is available from the above address at a price of £10 GBP ($16 USD).)
• Opus Anglicanum Founded by John Rowlands-Pritchard in 1988. 5 unaccompanied men's voices. {E-mail: opus.anglicanum@btinternet.com} [UK]
• Orlando Consort Formed in 1988 "to perform the sacred and secular and choral works of European music of the period from 1000 to 1500. {E-mail : (c/o Donald Grieg)  [UK]
  • Members: Robert Harre-Jones (alto), Charles Daniels (tenor), Angus Smith (tenor), Donald Grieg (baritone)
• Polyhymnia Choir & Consort (Richard Lowell Childress) Formed in 1995. The ensembles perform in all-male or mixed versions, depending on repertoire being explored. The Polyhymnia Choir numbers 12 to 18; the Polyhymnia Consort numbers 6 to 8. [Winchester, UK] {E-mail: childress@worldonline.co.uk}
• Pro Cantione Antiqua (Bruno Turner, James O'Donnell) Hyperion discography. (E-mail: pca@mail.ndirect.co.uk)
• Quattro Stagione A vocal quartet. [Norway]
• Reredos Male Vocal Ensemble (Charles Kamm) Performs music from the early renaissance through the 20th centuries. A 9-voice ensemble of altos, tenors, baritones and basses specializing insacred and secular   a cappella literature of the renaissance, 19th and 20th centuries.  Formed in 1999, Reredos presents three programs annually in the Boston area and the northeast US. {E-mail: reredos@acunet.net} [Boston, Massachusetts]
  • Members:  Charles Kamm (director, alto), Terence McKinney (alto), Randy McGee (tenor), Brad Peloquin (tenor), David McSweeney (baritone), Brett Johnson (baritone), Paul Guttry (bass-baritone), David Giessow (bass-baritone), Charles Turner (bass).
• RossMarin [Québec city, Québec, Canada]
  • Members: Guy Ross (baritone/bass voice and lute) and Alfred Marin (tenor voice and viola da gamba)
• St. Luke's Choir of Men and Boys (Richard R. Webster) {E-mail: djwf@interaccess.com} [Chicago, Illinois]
• Saint Meinrad Archabbey Gregorian Chant Schola (Fr. Columba Kelly, O.S.B., Sac.Mus.D.)   Chant. [St. Meinrad, Indiana]
• Sarum (Musical directors: Ian Bent and Robert L. Barrows) 12 singers. Sing plainchant with a 13th-century English pronunciation of Latin. Formed during the Summer of 1997. {E-mail : idb1@columbia.edu} [New York City, New York]
• Schola Cantorum of Amsterdam Students (Wim van Gerven) Chant.
• Schola Cantorum Saliensis (Christoph Keggenhoff) Focus on Gregorian Chant and other medieval vocal sacred music. Formed in 1995. {E-mail : info@schola-speyer.de [Cathedral of Speyer, Palatinate, Germany].
• Schola Cantorum van het Ward-instituut (Louis Krekelberg) Formed in 1964 by Dr. Jos Lennards. A Gregorian chant choir. {E-mail : gerst@worldonline.nl} [Maasbracht, The Netherlands]
• Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge (Mary Berry) Founded in 1975 by Mary Berry, a pupil of Thurston Dart and Nadia Boulanger, and a member of the Faculty of Music at Cambridge University. [Cambridge, UK]
• Schola Gregoriana Pragensis (David Eben) Formed by David Eben in 1987. Specialize in chant. 8 singers. [Prague, Czech Republic]
• Schola Pacifica (Max Chodos) {E-mail: info@scholapacifica.org} [San Diego, California]
• Schola Saint Grégoire (Jean-Pierre Noiseux) {E-mail: scholagreg@hotmail.com} Chant. [Montréal, Quebec, Canada]
• Scola Gregoriana Bruges (Roger Deruwe) Chant.
• Sirènes (Director & founder: Marc J. Mass) An all-male madrigal group, consisting of five men. Formed in 1995. {E-mail: MassMJ@aol.com} [Durham, North Carolina]
• Soester Madrigal Syndikat (SMS) A quartet. {E-mail: wherbe@aol.com} [Soest, Germany]
  • Members: Wolfram Herbe (tenor), Hans Heyer (tenor), Heinz Nowak (bass), Dieter Mohme (bass)
• Sons of Thunder Sequentia men's vocal ensemble.
• Stamford Schola Gregoriana (Scott Turkington) [Stamford, Connecticut]
• Virtual Wilbye Consort (Kuni Yoshimura) Formed in 2001 to perform madrigals by John Wilbye. {E-mail: lite@tkb.att.ne.jp} [Tokyo, Japan]
• Vox Clamantis (Jaan-Eik Tulve) A professional gregorian choir. Formed in 1996. {E-mail : vox@voxclamantis.ee} [Tallinn, Estonia]
• Vox Nova Vocal Ensemble, Budapest   (Jakobey Marton) Five singers (2 tenors, 1 baritone, 2 basses). Primarily early music, but all genres of a capella singing. {E-mail: voxnova@extra.hu} [Budapest, Hungary]
• Vox Hesperia 12 singers. [Italy]
• Vox Trio First concert in 1995. The ensemble's repertoire is based on sacred music from the Middle Ages and from the 20th century, including madrigals.  {E-mail : zoli@mhirlap.hu} [Hungary]
  • Members : Lajos Szabo (counter-tenor), Laszlo Hamar (baritone) and Zoltan Vajo
    (bass)

Last update: 13 January 2007

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