The Tallis Chamber Choir was formed by Philip Simms in 1982 and quickly established itself as one of the leading British choirs, numbering between 12 and 60 singers. TCC has sung at many English and European Festivals, at all London's major concert halls with most of Britain's leading orchestras as well as ones from Paris, Budapest, Perugia, Tel Aviv, Moscow and Gothenburg.

Conductors have included Ashkenazy, Bruggen, Domingo, Harnoncourt, Hickox, Jarvi, Leonhardt, Leppard, Mackerras, Malgoire, Mehta, Menuhin, Norrington, Sacher, Spivakov, Tate, Tilson Thomas and Viotti.

"... the highlight - a most moving and commandingly structured performance of Fauré's Requiem, one which had you searching your memory for an interpretation of comparable intensity and perfection of delivery in both the orchestral and choral forces."
Barbican concert with the ECO/Christophers - The Independent, April 1997

TCC has a number of commercial recordings to its credit, including several with the English Chamber Orchestra. They have appeared on British and Irish TV, made several documentaries, broadcast for the BBC many times and also for French, German and Irish radio, made commercial "backing tracks", and performed twice at Buckingham Palace. With their conductor, Philip Simms, the choir has also sung in Switzerland, Italy, Turkey Belgium and Poland.