IKEN SCHOLARS
chamber choir
Welcome
Welcome to the website of the Iken Scholars, one of London's premier chamber choirs.
We give performances of hidden corners of Renaissance polyphony to audiences across the capital and beyond.
You can explore below our upcoming performances as well as our past projects.
Matthew Dunn, Director
Upcoming performances
LA SERENISSIMASun 27 SeptAll Saints' Blackheath
MUCH FYNE MUSICKSat 14 NovAll Saints' Blackheath
CHRISTMAS IN MADRIDSun 13 DecAll Saints' Blackheath
Major project
Arundel choirbook
Recording and associated performances
The Arundel Choirbook (also called the Lambeth Choirbook), one of the most important extant collections of English polyphony, was 500 years old in 2025. To mark this significant milestone, the Iken Scholars collaborated with Lambeth Palace to record seven previously un-recorded works. These recordings are now publically available on Spotify and for purchase as CDs.
[Reproduced with permission of Lambeth Palace Library throughout this website]
Recent projects
The Daughter of Time
Choral music of the Tudor Catholic revival
The Iken Scholars gave a remarkable concert looking at the Tudor Catholic revival under Queen Mary.
Sound and sovereignty
Choral music from the golden age of the Spanish Renaissance
The Iken Scholars explored the magnificent music of Renaissance Spain under Philip II, paritcularly looking at the poly-choral masses of Rogier. The first outing of our pet chamber organ 'Rodge'.