Ralph Allwood MBE DMus was for 26 years Director of Music at Eton College and is now a freelance choral director, teacher and conductor. He is the Director of the Rodolfus (ex-Eton) Choral Courses, which he founded in 1980. He co-founded the Junior Choral Courses in 2012. Twelve thousand 8 to 20 year-olds have since been students on courses and they have now expanded to cater for adults. In recent years he has launched courses in Texas, Shanghai and Shenzhen. The Rodolfus Choir has produced over 20 CDs since he founded it in 1982.  

Ralph is co-founder and conductor of Inner Voices, made up of singers from state schools in London. He is also a Supervisor for harmony in Cambridge, Director of the only conservatoire chapel choir in the world, the Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir and an Honorary Fellow of University College, Durham.  He is Chair of the Choral Evensong Trust.

Ralph has conducted choirs for over 40 broadcasts for BBC Radio 3. He has composed much music for Extreme Music Ltd and PDM, heard worldwide on radio, films and television. He is co-founder, with the Vicar of St. Gabriel's, of the Pimlico Musical Foundation.

In 2017, the Archbishop of Canterbury presented him with the Thomas Cranmer Award for his contribution to Music and Worship.

Rodolfus Choir Concert in Ethelflaeda Festival

The Rodolfus Choir is delighted to have been invited to perform a programme of sacred and secular choral music is the stunning acoustic of Romsey’s Norman era abbey.

Programmge includes works by Gibbons, Cecilia McDowall, Parry, and a world premiere of Michael Higgins‘ new peice ‘Bring us, O Lord God‘.

Organ & Piano - Peter Davis
Conductors - Ralph Allwood MBE & Laura Bailie

Tickets: https://www.therodolfusfoundation.org.uk/tickets/2025/6/27/concert-in-ethelflaeda-festival

Saturday 25 October, 7-9pm
Romsey Abbey, Church Lane, SO51 8EP

Choral Weekend: London 2025

Come and join us for three days of choral singing in two landmark London churches with renowned choral conductor Ralph Allwood MBE and a team of the very best musicians.

Based at St Clement Danes Church in the Strand and St Peter’s Church, Eaton Square, we welcome adult choral singers of all ages to rehearse and perform Duruflé’s Requiem, Parry’s Blest Pair of Sirens and Fauré’s Cantique de Jean Racine, with a concert on the Saturday afternoon.

More Information:  https://www.therodolfusfoundation.org.uk/choral-weekend-london

30th October - 1st November 2025

Rodolfus Choir Concert in London

The Rodolfus Choir performs the first of two concerts as part of their Twixmas project, featuring some of the finest choral music written for the season. Join us in St James’s Church, Sussex Gardens to enjoy inspiring choral music from across the ages, conducted by Ralph Allwood MBE.

Tickets: https://www.therodolfusfoundation.org.uk/tickets/2025/12/30/rodolfus-choir-concert-in-london

Tuesday 30 December, 7-8:30pm
St James's Church, Sussex Gardens, W2 3UD

New Year's Eve Concert in Douai Abbey

The Rodolfus Choir performs the second of two concerts to conclude their Twixmas project, featuring some of the finest choral music written for the season. Join us in St James’s Church, Sussex Gardens to enjoy inspiring choral music from across the ages, conducted by Ralph Allwood MBE.

Tickets: https://www.therodolfusfoundation.org.uk/tickets/2025/12/30/rodolfus-choir-concert-in-london-zj7a8

Wednesday 31 December, 3-4:15pm
Douai Abbey, Woolhampton Hill Reading, RG7 5TQ

Classic FM :
Virtual Choral Evensong

Choristers join Stephen Fry and Alexander Armstrong for virtual choral Evensong service. The timeless church service to soothe the nation and support singers during COVID-19 lockdown.

Read here.

Planet Hugill:
A Choral Celebration of Queen Mary II

A celebration of Queen Mary II's birthday brings together the choirs of two institution she was instrumental in founding, mixing professionals with students to create a choral sound full of vigour, energy and joy.

Read here.

Independent :
“We can have a choir as good as Eton's”

Inner Voices brings together musically gifted singers from inner-city London schools to perform in some of the country's top venues. Alice Jones learns how the ambitious project came about – and hears the remarkable results.

Read here.

Talking Classical Podcast

Annabelle Lee discusses choral directing and music teacher with Ralph Allwood. This episode covers the orgings of the Rodolfus choir, choral courses, and the more recent Pimlico Musical Foundation.

Listern here.

Music Plus Podcast

Ralph Allwood speaks to Chris Gunness about the joys of working with young people and of keeping alive the English choral tradition.

Listen here.

Roderick Williams :
Sacred Choral Works, 2017

Rodolfus Choir :
Time and Its Passing, 2015

Katherine Jenkins with Rodolfus Choir :  Sacred Arias, 2008

Eton College Chapel Choir : Hear My Words, 2008