"A well blended and expressive choral sound"
Aaron King, Composer
ABOUT US
Founded in 2017 by director James Fellows, LUCEAT has developed rapidly into one of the most exciting young vocal ensembles in the United Kingdom, bringing together a distinguished cohort of exceptional early-career singers. Many of its members perform regularly with leading professional groups such as Genesis Sixteen and Ex Cathedra, and hold Lay Clerkships and Choral Scholarships in some of the country’s foremost collegiate and cathedral foundations.
In recent years, LUCEAT has garnered critical acclaim for its recordings Assumpta est Maria and Vidimus gloriam eius, alongside appearances on BBC Radio 3. More recently, the ensemble released a single setting of Frederick Forsyth’s poem Fallen Soldier, composed by Aaron King, which was featured on In Tune in the lead-up to Armistice Day.
The choir maintains an ambitious and imaginative concert schedule, with regular performances in Oxford and across East Anglia, including appearances at Blythburgh and Aldeburgh on the Suffolk coast, and at Norwich Roman Catholic Cathedral. Notable recent projects have included large-scale liturgical reconstructions, among them a performance of the Coronation of Charles V as Holy Roman Emperor, and, most recently, a dramatic reconstruction of the Coronation Rite of Elizabeth I, presented in the evocative surroundings of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon.
