| The Campion Quartet has been in existence since 1997 and in that time a number of singers have come and gone. The only founder member still singing with the quartet is Chris Phillips. But the quartet members not only change with time but according to availability and knowledge of the music to be sung, so you can see different lineups for different events. People always ask us why "Campion", and the answer takes us back to a pizzeria in Rome's historic centre, one Sunday in July 1997. Four members of the Rome-based choir 'The New Chamber Singers' (Andrew Cochlin, Chris Phillips, Marjorie Corner and Philippa Millward) had just sung for the first time as a quartet. We had sung the morning service at Rome's Anglican church 'All Saints', in via del Babuino. We were lunching to celebrate the birth of the quartet. But what was it to be called? We tried various ideas, without success, until someone suggested making an acronym from our initials. As none of our surnames started with vowels, we chose first names, and the only euphonious name that can be constructed from A, C, M and P was "camp", and the "Camp Quartet" might give people the wrong idea! Then we remembered that we had, that morning, sung an anthem by Thomas Campion. We had a name. Whoever are the singers, the ethos of the quartet is always to try to give the quartet as wide a repertoire as possible. We love music of all types, and enjoy singing the theme from a children's cartoon just as much as a Latin mass. We also try to sing as wide a variety of events as possible: We have sung:
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