John Rutter
John Rutter (born September 24, 1945) is an English composer and choral conductorHe studied music at Clare College, Cambridge, where he was director of music from 1975 to 1979. In 1981 he founded his own choir, the Cambridge Singers, with which he has made many recordings. His compositions are chiefly choral, and include Christmas carols, anthems and extended works such as the Gloria and Requiem. In 2002 his setting of Psalm 150, commissioned for the Queen's Golden Jubilee, was performed at the Thanksgiving service in St Paul's Cathedral, London. His music shows the influences of the French and English choral traditions of the early 20th century, combining these with harmonic and rhythmic elements largely derived from the light music of the 1950s and 60s.