Founded in in 1971, Brighton Consort is the principal ensemble in the Brighton area that explores the enormous and rich repertoire of renaissance and early baroque Europe. They give several concerts a year all around the Sussex region and have sung music from England, the Low Countries, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and Mexico.

Deborah Roberts took over the direction of the group in 1998 and has continued to delve into new repertoire, often edited by Deborah herself. 2001 saw the premiere of her edition of the Vespers by the 17th century nun composer Margharita Cozzolani and in the same year Consort were also featured in Anglia Television's Sunday Morning for the first time. In May 2002, they performed the rarely heard 12 part Missa Et Ecce Terrae Motus by Antoine Brumel as part of the Brighton Festival, repeating the performance in October 2002, for the first season of the Brighton Early Music Festival.

More recent concerts have included music by Bach and Josquin as well as by lesser known composers active in the time of the emperor Maximillian the Great. The Maximillian music also features on Consort's first specially recorded CD. In early September 2007 the group made their first appearance at the Arundel Festival in a concert, given in the famous Fizalan Chapel, of early Tudor music – some of it associated with Arundel itself.

Future plans include a performance at Brighton Early Music Festival of great renaissance masterpieces adapted by later composers (October 17 th ) and further exploration of English music, this time from the 17 th century.

Brighton Consort also plays a vital role in Brighton Early Music Festival, having provided many of the committee members as well as a strong team of volunteers and supporters. In addition the group is furthering the knowledge of renaissance music by running a series of workshops on the work of individual composers with some of the country's greatest experts on the repertoire.

Brighton Consort is a Registered Charity- number 1096432