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Voces8 has announced that Virginia Taylor Grabovsky will join the Grammy-nominated vocal ensemble from July 2026.

The American soprano, who discovered choral singing through the Elm City Girls’ Choir and the United Choir School in New Haven, Connecticut, will replace Eleonora Poignant.

She will make her debut with Voces8 in Québec, Canada, as part of the group’s North America tour.

Read more on CHORALLY: https://www.chorally.co/article/virginia-taylor-grabovsky-to-join-voces8-as-soprano-bblg/r/reclwmQaaUmbPbBLG

John Butt OBE is to receive an honorary doctorate from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Musical director of Dunedin Consort and a leading authority on Bach, Butt has had a major influence on how 17th- and 18th-century repertoire is understood and performed today.

He will be honoured at RCS’s summer graduation on Thursday 2 July 2026.

Read more on CHORALLY: https://www.chorally.co/article/john-butt-awarded-honorary-doctorate-by-royal-conservatoire-of-scotland-hb10/r/recEcolBCfcpAhB10

A new study published in The Lancet Digital Health has found that English National Opera’s ENO Breathe programme can improve quality of life, breathlessness, anxiety and respiratory symptoms for people living with long COVID.

The research, carried out by Imperial College London, analysed outcomes from 1,438 participants referred through NHS long COVID services across England.

ENO Breathe is a free online breathing and wellbeing programme developed by English National Opera with clinicians from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

Read more on CHORALLY: https://www.chorally.co/article/eno-breathe-study-finds-improvements-for-long-covid-patients-uqf3/r/rec3e4KnB9r32uqF3

Hereford Cathedral School, King’s Gloucester and King’s Worcester have launched the Three Choirs Schools Group – a new partnership bringing together three historic cathedral schools.

The group will support shared enrichment opportunities for pupils and closer professional collaboration for staff, while each school remains fully independent.

Read more on CHORALLY: https://www.chorally.co/article/three-cathedral-schools-form-new-partnership-group-axbc/r/recqmUKzDrxEzaXBc

The Royal School of Church Music is recruiting an Education Programmes Manager.

This permanent, full-time role has responsibility for overseeing the delivery of the RSCM’s core missional programme.

Apply by 26 May 2026.

Full details on CHORALLY: https://www.chorally.co/job/education-programmes-manager-royal-school-of-church-music-dxka/r/recovIk8xO4dBdXKA

Congratulations to Tenebrae and Harry Christophers on their wins at the BBC Music Magazine Awards 2026 🎉

Tenebrae has won both the Choral Award and Recording of the Year for A Prayer for Deliverance, while Harry Christophers, founder and director of The Sixteen, has been named Personality of the Year.

Read more on CHORALLY: https://www.chorally.co/article/tenebrae-and-harry-christophers-among-top-winners-at-bbc-music-magazine-awards-2026-rnsw/r/recn6A7r4K7HNrNsw

Tenebrae Choir photo credit: Sim Canetty-Clarke

Sydney Philharmonia Choirs has announced the recipients of its 2026 Conducting Fellowships and Emerging Composer Awards.

Naomi Hnat and Benjamin Crowe have been named as the 2026 Conducting Fellows, with Courtney Cousins and Callum O’Reilly selected for the Emerging Composer Awards.

Read more on CHORALLY: https://www.chorally.co/article/sydney-philharmonia-choirs-announces-2026-conducting-fellows-and-emerging-composers-yla1/r/recXfola9HVhuyLA1

The Royal School of Church Music is recruiting for two key roles for The Choir Project: Network Engagement Officer and Project Leader.

Launched in partnership with the Church of England, The Choir Project aims to help parish churches across England establish or renew choirs for children and young people.

Applications close on 28 April 2026.

Read more via CHORALLY: https://www.chorally.co/article/rscm-applications-for-two-key-choir-project-roles-close-on-28-april-flrl/r/recmwGldfvR3XFLrl

Calling emerging choral leaders: apply by 27 April to the Royal School of Church Music's Emerging Leaders programme:

https://www.chorally.co/opportunity/rscm-emerging-leaders-2026-fjyg/r/recuk6TUq00CLFJYG

The Royal School of Church Music has appointed Sarah King as its new Deputy Director for Education.

Sarah, who is currently RSCM’s Education Programmes Manager, will begin the role in June as the organisation looks ahead to its 2027 centenary and a period of expanded education activity.

Read more on CHORALLY: https://www.chorally.co/article/rscm-appoints-sarah-king-as-deputy-director-for-education-d86s/r/rec4cRl7tnrXQd86S