Schola Cantorum is Oxford University’s longest running chamber choir. Since its foundation as The Collegium Musicum Oxoniense in 1960 by László Heltay, the choir’s commitment to the development of young talent has been evidenced by the large number of former singers who have gone on to a professional career, including Emma Kirkby, Ian Bostridge, Jane Glover, Laurence Cummings and Christine Rice. Schola’s continual success stems from a long line of eminent conductors including Andrew Parrott, Nicholas Cleobury, Ivor Bolton, Jeremy Summerly and James Burton. It was in 1964, under the direction of John Byrt, that the choir acquired its current name, Schola Cantorum.