The London Chorus is an amateur choir, under the musical direction of Ronald Corp. It was founded in 1903 by Arthur Fagge as the London Choral Society. Its first concert was a performance of Sullivan's The Golden Legend in October 1903.The following February the choir gave the second London performance of Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius. 　　The City of London Choir started life as the Kingsway Choral Society, founded by Donald Cashmore. In 1963, it was renamed the City of London Choir and its inaugural concert under that name took place at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Holborn. The choir’s early patrons included Benjamin Britten, Sir George Dyson, Ursula Vaughan Williams and Kenneth Leighton. Donald Cashmore, the founding conductor, was succeeded by Hilary Davan Wetton in 1989, who continues to lead the choir to this day. Under his musical direction, the choir has developed a particularly strong reputation for English music of the twentieth century, but it has a broad repertoire. 　　The choir is a registered charity whose object is to nurture a love and understanding of music among its members and audiences, and is committed to creating opportunities for children and young people both to perform and to attend concerts, notably through its Young Singer Scheme, the Front Row Club, and the Young Apprentice Tenor Scheme which aims to foster and encourage new young choral tenors from London schools with bursaries. For more details on all these initiatives, please see the choir’s website. Besides concerts and recordings, the choir organises choral workshops and residential weekends which are open to members and non-members alike.