Merton College (under Benjamin Nicholas) and The Queen's College (under Professor Owen Rees) have the two best mixed-voice college choirs in Oxford. I now strongly prefer to hear the college choirs with 20-year-old sopranos rather than 12-year-old (boy) trebles. There is little to choose between the quality of these two choirs - both are stunningly good. Both Merton and Queen's have outstanding chapels. Merton's chapel is medieval, vast and often cold; but the chaplain and his helpers give members of the public a warm welcome. Queen's chapel is baroque and cosy, but I'm afraid they have suddenly become a bit aloof with members of the public who attend their services. (By "they", I don't mean the college porters.)
Both Merton and Queen's have outstanding chapels. Merton's chapel is medieval, vast and often cold; but the chaplain and his helpers give members of the public a warm welcome. Queen's chapel is baroque and cosy, but I'm afraid they have suddenly become a bit aloof with members of the public who attend their services. (By "they", I don't mean the college porters.)