Choir of New College, Oxford The Choir of New College, Oxford, under the direction of Edward Higginbottom, has gained a worldwide reputation and is known particularly for its stylish performances of Renaissance and Baroque music. Despite this high musical profile, with many recording commitments and a full program of concerts in England, Europe and further afield, it is still recognizably what New College's founder, William of Wykeham, envisaged in the fourteenth century: a choir of sixteen choristers and clerks whose duty was, and still is, to provide a sung liturgy in one of the grandest chapels to be built in Oxford. The Choir has over 70 recordings and recently was awarded a prestigious Gramophone Award in the early music category.
