St Barnabas Hosting Cambridge Choir and Anna Lapwood on July 26 and 27

St Barnabas is overjoyed to be hosting the Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge, as they stop in Ottawa on their Canadian tour. The choir features 30 young singers and is conducted by Anna Lapwood, a well-known organist and BBC presenter.

The choir will make two appearances:

  • On Saturday, July 26 at 7:30 pm the choir will present a concert of diverse repertoire ranging from William Byrd to Bob Dylan. Click here to preview the concert programme.
  • The following Sunday evening, July 27 at 7:15 pm, the choir will provide music for a service of Solemn Evensong.

Concert tickets are available on a pay-what-you-can basis ranging from $5 to $50 per ticket. St Barnabas will receive 25% of the proceeds with the rest going to the choir.

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About the choir

The Pembroke College Chapel Choir has one of the most exciting and varied ranges of choral endeavours among Oxbridge choirs, featuring popular collaborations, media appearances and outreach work alongside the primary responsibility of contributing to worship in the college’s chapel.

The choir tours frequently across Europe and UK cathedrals, and outreach work forms a core part of its tours further afield. Their most recent tour to Thailand featured musical workshops with schoolchildren, a visit to Pattaya Orphanage and a series of workshops at the Noh Bo Academy. Through an ongoing collaboration with the Muze Trust the Director of Music Anna Lapwood makes yearly visits to Zambia to develop her relationships with communities there, and the choir visits Zambia every three years.

The choir is recorded by Signum Records, with its debut CD ‘All Things Are Quite Silent’ released in September 2020 to critical acclaim.

 

 

About Anna Lapwood

Anna Lapwood MBE is an organist, conductor and broadcaster. She is the official Organist of the Royal Albert Hall and is Artist in Association with the BBC Singers. In Spring 2025, Anna was included in the annual Sunday Times Young Power List, celebrating the 30 most powerful people under 30 in the UK. Anna completes her transformational decade as Director of Music at Pembroke College, Cambridge in August 2025.

Anna Lapwood sitting in front of an organ console
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