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
- Sun, 23 MarAll Saints' Blackheath23 Mar 2025, 19:30All Saints' Blackheath, All Saints Dr, Blackheath, London SE3 0TY, UK
- Sun, 06 JulAll Saints' Blackheath06 Jul 2025, 19:30All Saints' Blackheath, All Saints Dr, Blackheath, London SE3 0TY, UK06 Jul 2025, 19:30All Saints' Blackheath, All Saints Dr, Blackheath, London SE3 0TY, UKTime to look at the final years of one of the Renaissance’s great Titans: Palestrina. As well as works from his mature years, we’ll look at his role in establishing Rome’s first professional guild of musicians and a ‘lifetime achievement’ award in the form of a mass with seven composers.
- Sun, 28 SeptAll Saints' Blackheath28 Sept 2025, 19:00All Saints' Blackheath, All Saints Dr, Blackheath, London SE3 0TY, UK
Major forthcoming 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, is 500 years old this year. To mark this significant milestone, the Iken Scholars are collaborating with Lambeth Palace to record seven previously un-recorded works. As well as making these recordings publicly available, it is hoped there will be a number of performances of these pieces throughout the year.
Recent projects
Tudor masterpieces
Choral masterpieces from the Tudor age
The Iken Scholars explored performance and patronage in the Tudor age through the lens of five key sources: the Eton Choirbook; the Henry VIII book; the Anne Boleyn book; the Dow Partbooks and the 1575 Cantiones Sacrae.
Mexican
polyphony
Music of Mexico in the seventeenth century
The Iken Scholars explored the extraordinary repertoire of early colonial Mexico, focusing on Puebla Cathedral.