The King's Singers Concert
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Time: 2008/6/21-2008/6/22
Venue: NCPA-Concer Hall
Price: 80/180/280/480/680/880 yuan
The group has always consisted of six singers in total, with their membership changing over the years. The current ensemble is composed of (with their starting year in brackets):
David Hurley (countertenor) - (1990)
Robin Tyson (countertenor) - (2001)
Paul Phoenix (tenor) - (1997)
Philip Lawson (baritone) - (1993)
Christopher Gabbitas (baritone) - (2004)
Stephen Connolly (bass) - (1987)
The King's Singers is an a cappella group. Their name recalls King's College in Cambridge, England, where the group was formed by six choral scholars in 1968. Although their popularity in the United Kingdom peaked in the 1970s and early 1980s, the group were fortunate to have made good contacts in the United States by this point, including Johnny Carson (who became a fan and invited them regularly onto his talk show), and began to reach wider audiences. However, in more recent years the current King's Singers have started to perform more regularly in the UK once again, and in 2007/08 will perform more concerts in their home country than anywhere else apart from the USA.
Today they remain one of the world's most popular and sought-after vocal groups. They travel worldwide for their performances, appearing in concert around 125 times each year, and are mostly heard in Europe, the U.S. and the Far East, where they have recently added the People's Republic of China to their long list of touring territories.
VIP: RMB880