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The King's Singers are a British a cappella vocal ensemble founded in 1968. They are named after King's College in Cambridge, England, where the group was formed by six choral scholars. In the United Kingdom, their popularity peaked in the 1970s and early 1980s. Thereafter they began to reach a wider international audience, appearing frequently on ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'' in the U.S. In 1987, they were prominently featured as guests on the ''Emmy Award'' winning ''ABC-TV'' special ''Julie Andrews: The Sound of Christmas''. Today the ensemble travels worldwide for its performances, appearing in around 125 concerts each year, mostly in Europe, the U.S. and the Far East, having recently added the People's Republic of China to their list of touring territories. In recent years the group have had several UK appearances at the Royal Albert Hall Proms and concerts as part of the Three Choirs Festival and the City of London Festival. ==History== The group has always consisted of six singers in total, with their membership changing over the years. None of the original members remain. The first stable incarnation of the group, from late 1969 until 1978, comprised: * Nigel Perrin (countertenor 1) * Alastair Hume (countertenor 2) * Alastair Thompson (tenor) * Anthony Holt (baritone 1/tenor 2) (actually from Christ Church, Oxford, rather than King's) * Simon Carrington (baritone 2) * Brian Kay (bass) The current ensemble is composed of (starting year in brackets): * David Hurley (countertenor 1) – (1990) * Tim Wayne-Wright (countertenor 2) – (2009) * Julian Gregory (tenor) – (2014) * Christopher Bruerton (baritone 1) – (2012) * Christopher Gabbitas (baritone 2) – (2004) * Jonathan Howard (bass) – (2010) Former members of the King's Singers also include Jeremy Jackman, Bob Chilcott, Nigel Short, Bill Ives, Bruce Russell, Colin Mason, Gabriel Crouch, Stephen Parham-Connolly, Robin Tyson, Philip Lawson, and Paul Phoenix. Countertenor David Hurley announced his plans to retire from the group in August 2016.〔() 〕 There have been 24 members of the King's Singers since the original stable group was established in late 1969, for whom the average length of tenure is around 12 years. Around the year 2000, the King's Singers briefly called themselves ''king'singers'' (with a lower case k and a single s), as can be seen on the cover of ''Fire-Water''〔(Fire-Water (cd cover) )〕 and several song sheets.〔(When I’m Sixty-Four (sheet music cover) )〕 This name change did not last long, but the current circular logo originates from this name. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The King's Singers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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