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- ↑ "Choir | Gonville & Caius". Cai.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
- ↑ "About the choir". Babylon.acad.cai.cam.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
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- ↑ "The Choir Of Gonville & Caius College – Discography".