Exclusive: Cambridge college sacks choir
NewsSt John’s Cambridge has told members of its mixed choir St John’s Voices that their group is to be abolished and their director of music, Graham Walker, made redundant.
The measure will take effect at the end of next term.
Apparently, the Master of the college Heather Hancock, a former civil servant, has decided there is no need for a mixed choir now that the main college choir has girl choristers and female altos.
St John’s Voices, however, has status and renown across the music industry, with many recordings and tours to its credit.
Its abolition may well trigger resistance of the kind that recently saved the BBC Singers.
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