Founded in 1976 as a madrigal choir, the Arcadian Singers are made up of 24 people,  consisting of students and staff from Oxford University and Oxford residents. We perform at least one concert a term in Oxford and also participate in a number of other musical ventures both in and outside the city. Over the years we have recorded two successful CDs, broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and toured yearly.

As well as performing in the many churches and college chapels of Oxford, we have sung services at St. Paul’s Cathedral and Westminster Abbey, and since 1991 have been invited to act as the ‘choir in residence’ during the Easter Triduum at Ampleforth Abbey.

We sing a diverse array of music, ranging from Byrd, Palestrina and Bach to Tippett, Pärt and Barber. You can get an idea of recent repertoire by checking past concerts on our events page!

Conductor 2019/20 - Jamie Powe

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Jamie Powe is a conductor, singer, arranger and composer working in London and Oxford. He was a music student and choral scholar at Somerville College, Oxford, graduating in 2018. He studied choral conducting in Oxford with Paul Spicer, currently studies with Tori Longdon, and was one of the 2018/19 Young Conducting Scholars with Sing For Pleasure. He conducts the Arcadian Singers and the Chapel Choir of Regent’s Park College, Oxford, and was awarded a scholarship to study choral conducting at the Royal Academy of Music, which he is looking forward to starting in September 2020.

Jamie is a choral scholar at St Mary’s, Primrose Hill and he sings with a number of London’s leading choirs including The Joyful Company of Singers, Pegasus, The English Chamber Choir, and Verismo. He has also performed operatic roles with Handmade Opera, Opera in the City and has performed at the Dorset Opera Festival. Recent roles include Flute (Midsummer Night's Dream), Daniel (Witch - a new opera by Toby Young), Trio (Trouble in Tahiti), Bill (A Hand of Bridge), and Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann).
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Jamie is also a composer with a particular focus on unaccompanied choral music, and is currently writing a musical.


Choir Committee Members, 2019/20

Manager: Oliver Kay
Treasurer: Cosima Gillhammer
Marketing: Hannah Towndrow
Social Secretary: Liz Jones
​Poster Design: Ambrose Yim

Choir Membership 2019/20

Soprano
Rhiannon Lovell
​Cosima Gillhammer
Hannah Greenstreet
Liz Jones
Hannah Pack
Hannah Towndrow
Haley Hodges
Clara von Randow

Alto
​Vicky Arnold
​Adele Curness
Winnie Smith
Thea Moe Bjøranger
Tenor
Viraj Alimchandani
Johannes Fankhauser
James Gant
Noah Bray
Francis Judd


Bass
Oliver Kay
Ambrose Yim
Faaris Zaki
Hler Kristjansson
Richard Mifsud
Will Cross