The Royal College Western Music Society was first formed in November 1919 by acting principal Lewis Walker, Esq. as the Royal College Music Society making it one of the first music-based organizations in the country. The Society’s main annual finance project and public event Festival of Choirs made its debut in the year 1993. It features the best of Sri Lankan School Choirs and has grown in reputation as an event eagerly awaited each year by Sri Lanka’s youth choral music sphere.