Kimbolton School Choir is open to all members of the Senior School, regardless of age or ability. The choir has a wide repertoire, covering both sacred and secular music from medieval plainchant to popular classics and performs regularly in school and further afield. The choir joins forces annually with the Kimbolton Singers to perform major choral works. The choir last toured overseas in December 2023, with a five-day trip to Belgium that included concerts in Brugges and Brussels and are looking forward to performing in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Dordrecht in 2026.

Conductor David Gibbs has been Director of Music at Kimbolton School for twelve years, leading all aspects of the musical life of the School. David was educated at the University of Oxford where he was Organ Scholar of Oriel College, before he went on to hold posts at York Minster and Carlisle Cathedral. David is a Fellow of the Royal College Organists and continues to give organ recitals across the United Kingdom.

Organist Luke Cherry served as assistant organist at St. Nicholas Church, Kenilworth while still at school, before winning the position of Organ Scholar at Royal Holloway University in London, studying under Rupert Gough. He regularly directed the Royal Holloway Chapel Choir, as well as playing the organ in the chapel, including for a live Radio 3 Broadcast. Luke has recently performed in Canterbury, Winchester, St. Davids and Lille Cathedrals; as well as the churches of St. Bavo in Haarlem, St. Ouen in Rouen, St Eustache in Paris, and a recording at St Clotilde in Paris. Following university, he took up the position of organist at Dean Close School and organ scholar of Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum, where he was responsible for the training of probationer choristers. He is currently the Music Graduate and School Organist at Kimbolton School, Cambridgeshire and alongside this works as a freelance organist in Cambridgeshire area.

PROGRAMME

Messe Solenelle - Vierne

The truth from above – arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams

Adam lay ybounden – Howard Skempton

O radiant dawn – James MacMillan

The holly and the ivy – June Nixon

Peace be to you – Paul Manz

Ave Maria – Robert Parsons

Lux aurumque – Eric Whitacre

On Christmas night (The Sussex Carol) – arranged by Philip Ledger

In the bleak midwinter – Harold Darke           

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