History
On December 18, 1962, Robin Boyle and sixteen amateur singers met together in Shouson Hill to inaugurate The Robin Boyle Singers. When Robin Boyle left Hong Kong, the choir kept the name The Robin Boyle Singers until 1977. At that time, they decided to take the name of the patron Saint of Music, Saint Cecilia, and have since been known as The Cecilian Singers.
The choir's original aim was to promote European choral music with
a repertoire spanning at least five centuries. It started out predominantly
as an a cappella group, performing both sacred and secular music. Over
the years, the choir has also sung some larger works by composers such
as Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and Handel, often with a small orchestra
and soloists.
Currently, the choir continues to hold its annual Christmas concert in St. John's Cathedral. Other concerts are generally held in the spring and are usually comprised of individual pieces based around a theme, selected from a wide variety of styles of music.
