A short performance of Rutter’s Missa Brevis and other Rutter choral works, sung by the University Chapel Choir and conducted by John Rutter CBE.

The St Andrew's Foundation is delighted to welcome John Rutter to the University of Glasgow as part of his work with the National Schools Singing Programme. John will have spent the day meeting and working with Catholic student teachers and primary school pupils from across Scotland, enhancing their experience of sacred music. For this evening event, John is delighted to conduct the University Chapel Choir as it sings his recent Missa Brevis and other selected works. The Choir will be accompanied by University Organist Kevin Bowyer.

Tickets are free but required for this special performance.

John Rutter Biography

John Rutter was born in London and studied music at Clare College, Cambridge. He first came to notice as a composer during his student years; much of his early work consisted of church music and other choral pieces including Christmas carols. From 1975–79 he was Director of Music at his alma mater, Clare College, and directed the college chapel choir in various recordings and broadcasts. Since 1979 he has divided his time between composition and conducting. Today his compositions, including such concert-length works as Requiem, Magnificat, Mass of the Children, The Gift of Life, and Visions are performed around the world. His music has featured in a number of British royal occasions, including the two most recent royal weddings. He edits the Oxford Choral Classics series, and, with Sir David Willcocks, co-edited four volumes of Carols for Choirs. In 1983 he formed his own choir the Cambridge Singers, with whom he has made numerous recordings, and he appears regularly in several countries as guest conductor and choral ambassador. He holds a Lambeth Doctorate in Music, and in 2007 was awarded a CBE for services to music. In September 2023, he received the Ivors Academy Fellowship, joining a prestigious list of 24 Fellows including John Adams, Pierre Boulez CBE, Kate Bush CBE and Sir Elton John.