Yale Schola Cantorum

Yale Schola Cantorum was founded in 2003 by Simon Carrington, who led the ensemble until his retirement in 2009. Since then, the choir has been led by David Hill (2013-2024), Masaaki Suzuki (2009-2013), and Stephan Parkman (2024-2025). Schola has also sung under the direction of internationally renowned conductors Matthew Halls, Simon Halsey, Paul Hillier, Stephen Layton, Sir Neville Marriner, Nicholas McGegan, James O’Donnell, Krzysztof Penderecki, Helmuth Rilling, and Dale Warland. 

In addition to performing regularly in New Haven and New York, the ensemble records and tours nationally and internationally. Schola’s 2018 recording on the Hyperion label featuring Palestrina’s Missa Confitebor tibi Domine has garnered enthusiastic reviews. A live recording of Heinrich Biber’s 1693 Vesperae longiores ac breviores with Robert Mealy and Yale Collegium Musicum received international acclaim from the early music press, as have subsequent CDs of J. S. Bach’s rarely heard 1725 version of the St. John Passion and Antonio Bertali’s Missa resurrectionis. A recording on the Naxos label of Mendelssohn and Bach Magnificats was released in 2009, and recent years have seen the release of two CDs by Delos Records. More recently, Hyperion released Schola Cantorum performing a chamber version of the Brahms Requiem. Two new recordings, New England Choirworks and Schütz’s The Christmas Story, were released in 2019. 

On tour, Schola Cantorum has given performances in England, Scotland, Germany, Hungary, France, China, South Korea, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Japan, Singapore, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, India, Spain, and Scandinavia.

Learn more about the recordings by following the links below.

1. New England Choirworks (2019) – Hyperion
2. Palestrina: Missa Confitebor tibi Domine and other works (2018) - Hyperion
3. Schütz: The Christmas Story and other works (2018) - Hyperion
4. Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem (2018) – Hyperion
5. Fauré: Requiem and other sacred music (2017) - Hyperion
6. Sing Ye Birds, A Joyous Song (2014) – Delos
7. Anniversaries and Messages (2013) – Delos
8. Mendelssohn and Bach Magnificats (2008) – Naxos
9. Bach: St. John Passion - 1725 version (2008) – Gothic
10. Souvenirs de la France Profonde (2007) – Yale Institute of Sacred Music
11. Antonio Bertali: Missa resurrectionis (2007) – Gothic
12. Heinrich Biber: Vesperae longiores ac breviores (2004)