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. Ten thousand 8 to 20 year-olds have since been students on courses. 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 at Jesus College, 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.  

Ralph has conducted choirs for over 40 broadcasts for BBC Radio 3. He has composed much music for Extreme Music Ltd, heard worldwide on radio, films and television. He teaches at his old grammar school, Tiffin and is a co-founder of the National Youth Music Theatre.  

In 2015 he co-founded the Pimlico Musical Foundation to enable children from Pimlico Primary Schools to sing in choirs, particularly at St Gabriel's Church.  

In 2017, the Archbishop of Canterbury presented him with the Thomas Cranmer Award for Music and Worship and. He is Chair of the Choral Evensong Trust.

Carol Services at The Chapel of St Peter and St Paul at the Old Royal Naval College

The Chapel Carol services will take place on Sunday, 10th and Monday, 11th December at 6.00pm. These services are free and open to the public. To secure tickets, please contact the Chapel Manager by email at d.robson@ornc.org.

Mulled wine, soft drinks, and mince pies will be served after the service in the Queen Mary Undercroft: refreshment tickets will be available at the bar for £7.50 (card only).

10th December, 18:00
11th Decembeer, 18:00

Chapel of St Peter and St Paul,
College Row, London SE10 9LW

The Morning Star: Holy Sepulchre, Holborne

The Rodolfus Choir are delighted to be performing at the National Musician's Church of Holy Sepulchre, Holborn. This concert will present some of the finest choral music written for the season including Giovanni Gabrieli’s Jubilate Deo, Cornelius’s The Three Kings and Howells’s A Spotless Rose, as well as music by J.S. Bach, Arvo Pärt, Imogen Holst and Tomas Luis de Victoria. The choir will also sing contemporary carols by Lucy Walker, James Burton, Jan Sandström and Ralph Allwood.

Conductors: Ralph Allwood MBE and Elinor Cooper

https://www.therodolfusfoundation.org.uk/tickets/2023/9/8/the-morning-star-holy-sepulchre-holborne

30th December, 19:00 - 21:00
Holy Sepulchre, Holborn Viaduct, London, EC1A 2DQ

New Year's Eve Concert at Douai Abbey

The Rodolfus Choir are delighted to be performing at the National Musician's Church of Holy Sepulchre, Holborn. This concert will present some of the finest choral music written for the season including Giovanni Gabrieli’s Jubilate Deo, Cornelius’s The Three Kings and Howells’s A Spotless Rose, as well as music by J.S. Bach, Arvo Pärt, Imogen Holst and Tomas Luis de Victoria. The choir will also sing contemporary carols by Lucy Walker, James Burton, Jan Sandström and Ralph Allwood.

Conductors: Ralph Allwood MBE and Elinor Cooper

https://www.therodolfusfoundation.org.uk/tickets/2023/12/31/new-years-eve-concert-at-douai-abbey

31st December, 15:00 - 16:30
Douai Abbey, Upper Woolhampton, 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.

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.

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.

Texas State Choirs Today Podcast

Ralph and Jonathan talk about his time at Eton as well as his work with at-risk youth in Pimlico, London. All musical excerpts are of the Rodolfus Choir under the direction of Ralph Allwood.

Listen 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.

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