Founded in 1981 the New London Chamber Choir is one of Europe's foremost vocal ensembles. NLCC has given many world and British premières and continues to commission and promote new work.
The Choir has worked closely with many leading composers, and has premiered works commissioned for it from Peter Adriaansz, Evdokija Danajloska, Michael Finnissy, Luca Francesconi, Michael Zev Gordon, Jonathan Harvey, David Sawer, James Wood, and Iannis Xenakis. Pierre Boulez became the choir's patron in 1986.
Recent projects include a Scelsi portrait concert at the Archipel Festival in Geneva, Stravinsky's Les Noces with the Michael Clark Company, Jonathan Harvey's Passion and Resurrection at the Casa da Música Festival in Porto, an all-Stravinsky programme with the CBSO, a tour to Macedonia, Handel at ENO with the Mark Morris Dance Group, and regular appearances at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.
NLCC's schedule for 2010 included a project researching genetic factors in musical ability that resulted in a new forty-part work by Michael Zev Gordon based on the genetic code of individual singers which was featured on the Today programme on BBC Radio 4, plus In Tune, Music Matters and Hear and Now on BBC Radio 3. Further information here. A tour with the Raschèr Saxophone Quartet to the November Music Festival in Holland and Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival featuring new commissions by Michael Finnissy and Peter Adriaansz resulted on broadcasts on Netherlands Radio and BBC Radio 3.
For its 30th anniversary in 2011 NLCC is commissioning a new work from its Musical Director James Weeks for performance at the Spitalfields Festival on Monday 13 June 2011.