The Schola Cantorum is the liturgical choir of The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, Kensington. Its primary responsibility is to serve the school’s liturgy, and the choir sings weekly at the Wednesday morning Mass.

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Beyond its regular commitments, the Schola frequently performs at prestigious venues across the UK and internationally. Recent locations include Westminster Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, Snape Maltings, Winchester Cathedral, Ely Cathedral, York Minster, King’s College and St John’s College, Cambridge, New College, Oxford, St John’s Smith Square, Cadogan Hall, the Royal Festival Hall, and the Royal Albert Hall.

The choir embarks on annual tours, with recent destinations including Soweto, Cape Town, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cincinnati, Chicago, Milwaukee, New York, Washington, Venice, Paris, Lisbon, Rome, Salamanca, Madrid, Leipzig, Dresden, Krakow, Assisi, and Barcelona.

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The Schola has also made notable appearances at the BBC Proms and the Aldeburgh Festival. Their voices have featured on several high-profile film soundtracks, including Harry Potter, The Batman, Rocketman, and the Oscar-winning score for Life of Pi. In February 2022, the Schola became the first state school choir to lead the BBC’s long-running religious broadcast, BBC Choral Evensong, performing Vespers for the Feast of Candlemas. In February 2023, the choir sang the Motette services over three days at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig.

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The Schola has collaborated with renowned professional ensembles such as The Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra, His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts, The Bach Choir, St. James' Baroque, The London Symphony Orchestra, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, The Choir of London, and the Gabrieli Consort and Choir. Esteemed soloists including Sir Thomas Allen, Iestyn Davies, Sarah Fox, and Roderick Williams have also performed alongside the choir. Recent collaborations with distinguished conductors include Sir Antonio Pappano, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Sir James MacMillan, Ed Gardner, Semyon Bychkov, Vasily Petrenko, David Hill, Paul McCreesh, and Placido Domingo. Noteworthy performances include a rendition of Carmina Burana at the Royal Festival Hall and a widely praised performance of Mahler’s Eighth Symphony at the Royal Albert Hall.

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Additionally, the choir maintains strong ties with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where boys have performed in numerous productions over the past 25 years. They also regularly perform with English National Opera and Opera Holland Park.