Visiting Choirs

We are delighted to accept proposals from visiting choirs to sing services on days when the Chapel Choir is away. To submit a proposal, or to enquire about potential dates, please contact us by email at music@ukings.ca, at least a month prior to your date of interest.

Proposals should include information about your choral group, with links to audio or video recordings of past performances (if possible), and a provisional list of the repertoire you may wish to perform.

All services at King’s follow the orders of the Book of Common Prayer of the Anglican Church of Canada.

Sung services at King’s include:

  • Choral Evensong

  • Sung Eucharist

  • Compline

The lectionary readings and psalms appointed for each day of the year are shown on the Anglican Church of Canada website. As we occasionally observe a different Feast or Saint on certain dates, we will confirm the readings once a date is chosen. We will also inform you of the congregational hymns to be sung.

The King’s College Chaplain officiates at all services with visiting choirs; readers, greeters, and servers are chosen from the King’s community.

The choral repertoire required for each of these services is listed below.

Choral Evensong

  • Introit Anthem or congregational hymn

  • Preces and Responses

  • Psalm(s) for the day (Anglican Chant or Chant Tones)

  • Evening Canticles (Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis)

  • Anthem

  • Two or three congregational hymns — usually from the English Hymnal (1906, rev. 1933)

Sung Eucharist (Choral Communion)

  • Mass setting (Kyrie, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei; the Gloria is sung on Feast Days)

  • Communion Motet

  • Four congregational hymns — usually from the English Hymnal (1906, rev. 1933)

Compline

The majority of Compline is sung in unison to chant tones.

  •  Nunc Dimittis (choral setting optional)

  • Choral Anthem (optional)

  • Marian Antiphon (choral setting optional)