Started by Mr Nelson Kwei in 1988, Victoria Chorale is one of Singapore's top semi-professional choirs. Comprising graduands of Victoria School and Victoria Junior College, the choir presently has 33 singers and performs an extensive repertoire ranging from sacred Latin works to contemporary Asian songs and light jazz.

Largely self-funded, the choir has been actively involved in the local and international choral scene. Besides staging annual concerts locally and carolling every Christmas season at various hotels and venues, it has established a tradition of travelling extensively for performances and competitions. From Llangollen in Wales, to Pohlheim in Germany and Bournemouth in England, it has won numerous prizes at many prestigious international competitions, including the inaugural Choir Olympics in Linz, Austria in July 2000.

More recently, Victoria Chorale performed alongside the Singapore Chinese Orchestra in multi-disciplinary artist Tan Swie Hian's "Instant is a Millennium", the opening gala of the 2003 Singapore Arts Festival.

In August, Victoria Chorale made its debut at the Esplanade Concert Hall with 'In Song 2003: Across Ages, Crossing Cultures', singing Handel's magnum opus, Dixit Dominus, complete with string orchestra. Local composers Phoon Yew Tien and Zechariah Goh Toh Chai were also featured in the Asian segment of the performance.

The choir has just returned from the Choir Olympics 2004 held in Bremen, Germany. Their second and third positions in the Folklore A Cappella and Mixed Youth Choirs finals respectively garnered them two Gold medals and are the results of half a year's worth of sacrificed weekends and sheer hard work.