| Biography | John Hoban was Director of music for the London Oratory Choir bewteen 1971-1995, which is an adult, professional chamber choir serving the major liturgical celebrations in the Oratory Church, including solemn Latin Mass and Vespers on all the Sundays of the year and for major feasts. Dating from the establishment of the London Oratory on its present Brompton Road site in 1854, the London Oratory Choir is Englands senior professional Catholic choir, and has an international reputation as one of the worlds leading exponents of choral music within the traditional Roman Rite, noted especially for its performances of Renaissance polyphony and the Masses of the Classical Viennese school.
The London Oratory Junior Choir was also founded in 1973 by John Hoban to give boys and girls together an opportunity to serve the liturgy in a great church. |