The Beaufort Singers

The Beaufort Singers is a chamber choir formed in 2016 by Joseph Wicks. Named after Lady Margaret Beaufort who founded St John’s College, Cambridge, the choir gave its first concerts there and has cultivated a powerful and expressive sound combined with a clear, committed delivery of text. The membership now comprises singers from across the UK currently completing their studies at university or embarking upon the early stages of their careers. The choir specialises in the performance of 20th and 21st century choral music, and amongst its seminal projects were performances of James MacMillan’s Seven Last Words From The Cross and Rachmaninov’s All-Night Vigil. It is also hugely passionate about investing in the future of choral music and has regularly commissioned new works from young composers such as Piers Kennedy (April & Nunc Dimittis) and Owain Park (For The Fallen).

In 2018, The Beaufort Singers founded the Boxgrove Choral Festival. All sung in the extraordinary 12thcentury Boxgrove Priory in West Sussex during late August, the Festival comprises of sung services and concerts. The repertoire features the works of living composers, whilst also dipping into renaissance polyphony on occasion.