Eclectic Voices is an energetic and exciting choir that thrives on stretching and dynamic musical performances. It tackles challenging yet achievable repertoire, producing high-quality and outgoing performances rooted in genuine engagement and open-mindedness.
Founded in 1991 by a group of singers who wanted to form a chamber choir that would span genres, working with authentic specialists and learning new and old music in a deep way, Eclectic Voices continues to be directed by its inspirational founder, Scott Stroman.
Eclectic Voices sings a wide variety of music, from jazz, gospel and folk to baroque, classical and contemporary. It has performed throughout the UK and Europe and produced several commercial recordings.
The choir has a strong ethic of commitment and dedication, packing each season with up to eight thrilling performances, many with world-class classical, jazz and folk musicians.
Over the years, EV has performed a huge variety of repertoire, including:
Classical, from early music to contemporary composers
Bach St. John and St. Matthew Passions, Mass in B Minor, motets, cantatas and oratorios
Beethoven Missa Solemnis, Mass in C, Choral Symphony and Choral Fantasia
Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes
Britten Cantata Misericordium, Five Flower Songs, Ceremony of Carols, St. Nicholas
Faure Requiem (traditional and jazz versions)
Gabrieli motets
Haydn Creation, masses
MacMillan Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross
Mendelssohn Psalm 42
Mozart Requiem, Mass in C Minor
Poulenc Gloria, Mass in G, motets
Schoenberg Friede Auf Erden
Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms, Mass
Williams Serenade to Music
Jazz, with many British jazz greats
John Ashton Thomas Blake Songs for choir and jazz trio
Duke Ellington (arr. Stroman) Suite from the Second Sacred Concert
Duncan Lamont Five Songs
Gene Puerling Singers Unlimited
Scott Stroman Songs of the Spirit, Jazz Mass, Jazz Psalms, Songs of Life and Liberty
Traditional/folk with musicians including Chris Wood, the English Acoustic Collective and Lucky Moyo
Eclectic Voices has also formed the chorus for stage productions including Stroman’s The Weekend, Fever Pitch and As You Like It, Kurt Weill’s Lost in the Stars, Britten’s Noye’s Fludde, and Odaline de la Martinez’ The Crossing.
