The Queen's Six

The Queen's Six is a male vocal sextet based at Windsor Castle and associated with the <a href="spotify:artist:1kDgVINLrgZEl9C6rG20w0">St. George's Chapel Choir</a> there. The group has evolved a component of public performances and recordings with a broad repertory stretching from Gregorian chant to jazz and pop arrangements.

The Queen's Six was formed in 2008 in celebration of the 450th anniversary of Elizabeth I to the English throne in 1558. The group consists of countertenors Daniel Brittain and Tim Carleston, tenors Nick Madden and Dominic Bland, and baritone/basses Andrew Thompson and Simon Whiteley. Individually they have appeared with such top groups as the <a href="spotify:artist:6JP6LrgvTOWrGZvgGOjCwM">BBC Singers</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0vUnn6Eje2O5yxEj35touD">Tenebrae</a>, and the <a href="spotify:artist:17BdLN9q8RRQQqyklLwac1">Collegium Vocale Gent</a>. All six are lay clerks, or professional adult singers, employed by the <a href="spotify:artist:1kDgVINLrgZEl9C6rG20w0">St. George's Chapel Choir</a> at England's Windsor Castle, where they also live. In that capacity, they have performed at various secular and religious functions of the British royal family, including the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. With this background of working together, the members decided to expand their repertory beyond official chapel music and to take their act on the road. The Queen's Six offer performances that range from chant through Renaissance polyphony, madrigals (often featuring lewd content), folk songs, and arrangements of jazz and pop standards. The group has appeared around the U.K., as well as in Germany, Austria, and Spain, and toured the U.S. in 2018.

The Queen's Six made its debut in 2015 with the album Music of the Realm: Tudor Music for Men's Voices on the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Resonus+Classics%22">Resonus Classics</a> label. The group made several more recordings for that label before moving in 2019 to <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Signum+Classics%22">Signum Classics</a> and releasing The Last Rose of Summer. The Queen's Six followed that up with Journeys to the New World, a collection of Hispanic American music of the 16th and 17th centuries, in 2020.