St. John’s School, Leatherhead

St John’s School Leatherhead
Choir, Schola Cantorum and Chamber Ensemble

St John’s School Leatherhead was founded in 1851 and the school’s sacred choral tradition underlies its foundation, having been established to educate the children of poor clergy. Today the school offers an excellent range of artistic disciplines to a student body of over 850 children.

The St John’s School Leatherhead Choir is the school’s largest choral group. The school choir sings a wide variety of repertoire ranging from sacred choral works to ABBA songs. The choir has performed at venues including London’s Cadogan Hall, G-Live and the Leatherhead Theatre.

The Schola Cantorum is the school’s chamber choir and has achieved success in national choral competitions. In 2017 Schola Cantorum toured Belgium.

The chamber ensemble features musicians drawn from the school’s top ensembles who regularly perform in major concerts and events.

Todays concert features:

Extracts from Eternal Light (Howard Goodall), Requiem (Gabriel Faure) and Little Jazz Mass (Bob Chilcott) 

Be thou my vision (Bob Chilcott) 

View me Lord (Richard Lloyd) 

Locus iste (Anton Bruckner) 

Jubilate in Bb (Charles Villiers Stanford) 

Bluebird (Charles Villiers Stanford) 

Mother of God (John Tavener) 

Lullaby (Daniel Elder) 

The long day closes (Arthur Sullivan)  

Andante from Piano Trio No.1 (Felix Mendelssohn)  

The Swan (Camille Saint-Saens) 

Elegie (Gabriel Faure)