The Kings Singers: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

July 23, 2018, Tom Huizenga Fifty years ago, a group of six guys walked on a London stage to perform for the first time as The King s Singers. They were choral scholars and graduates from King s College, part of England s venerable Cambridge University. The group quickly earned a reputation for its precise and warm closeharmony singing, which is as strong as ever today. There have been more than 150 King s Singers recordings, Grammy and Emmy awards, and countless concerts and television appearances. New singers, of course, have cycled through over five decades, but the sixman vocal setup has remained constant: two countertenors, one tenor, two baritones and a bass. Also unchanged is the group s penchant for singing just about every style of music. So it is no surprise that the current iteration of The King s Singers in the midst of their 50thanniversary tour brings a diverse set list to the Tiny Desk, including a Beatles tune and a bawdy madrigal from the 1500s. Notice the glistening top end on