About us

Established by the composer/conductor Ryan Wigglesworth and soprano Sophie Bevan MBE in 2017, The Davey Consort takes its name from John Davey who, in 1849, commissioned the building of the beautiful Catholic Church of St Birinus in Dorchester-on-Thames, where the consort is based.

The Davey Consort was founded to promote greater knowledge of, and wider access to the performance of Gregorian chant and sacred music of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, both in concert and within the context of the Catholic liturgy.

Patrons

George, Earl of St Andrews
The Most Reverend Bernard Longley, Archbishop of Birmingham
Lord and Lady Jay of Ewelme
Sir James MacMillan
Sir Stephen Hough
Richard Fitzalan Howard LVO
Josephine Fitzalan Howard
Thomas and Imogen Birch Reynardson