Our choir was founded in 1986. Initiated by several people in the Cultural Section of Warsaw Club of Catholic Intelligentsia (KIK). Initially there were 31 members of the choir. The first conductor was Marcel Klimczak, at that time a student of the last year of musicology at Academy of Catholic Theology in Warsaw. The rehearsals took place at the sw. Wojciech parish at Wolska street.


Below the most important events from the choir history are listed:

1987	The first appearance of the choir at the Holy Mass starting the general meeting of members of Club.
1988	Two concerts in Cracow: the first one at Christian Culture Days in "Arka" (Nowa Huta), the Second in the Holy Virgin Mary Church The name ARS CANTATA was created. The first appearance in the Review of Church Choirs Caecilianum
1989	We became an autonomous section of KIK. and members of Polish Union of Choirs and Orchestras (PZChiO). In October we started with new conductor - Marcel Klimczak, who moved to US was replaced by Marcin Stopczyk - a student of Music Academy in Warsaw Carol concert in KIK. It was an extraordinary ceremony - the honour guest was the Prime Minister of Poland Tadeusz Mazowiecki. In the meeting there was as well a French TV team, that 2 days later appeared on the rehearsal and filmed us for prepared film document about Poland.
1990	Jerzy Zawisza became a new conductor.
1991 - 1993	In this years the chronicles are empty. Change of the rehearsal place - we moved to the parish of st. Jacob at Narutowicza square.
1994	New conductor - Krzysztof Kusiel-Moroz, graduate of Academy of Music in Warsaw At the camp in Rozdziele (Beskid Wyspowy) - our choir was taken over by the pupil of Krzysztof - Malgosia Banasinska, the student of last year of Academy of Music The performances during review of Jozef Furmanik, Polish composer who lived in XIX/XX centuries; and during yearly meeting of choirs in st. John cathedral The performance during the Holy Mass at the Okecie Airport. The mass was delivered by the Reverend Primate Jozef Glemp and the Reverend bishop Slawoj Leszek Glodz. It was filmed by the Warsaw Regional TV.
1995	The charity Carol concert at the Okecie Airport Two performances in Kielce including radio Holy Mass. Traditional performance yearly meeting of choirs in st. John cathedral
1996	The performance in Academy of Music at the 20th anniversary of Choir Cathedral Department The performance at the 40th anniversary of KIK
1997	We took part in the fifth Carol meeting in Saska Kepa 10th anniversary of choir performance We took part in 9th Polish Festival of Sacral Music in Rumia near Gdansk The series of concerts in Lithuania in Wilno. It was the first international trip of the whole choir.
1998	Elzbieta Siczek became the new conductor - she was a graduate of the Academy of Music in Warsaw.
1999	We took part in the 8th festival of Carols in Myslenice We were singing at the meeting of KIK members with the Reverend Primate Jozef Glemp Singing at the Holy Mass delivered by the Pope Jan Paul the II. Together with the ARS ANTIQUA choir we performed twice at the 75th anniversary of PZChiO. We sang "Gloria" by A.Vivaldi
2000	Our new conductor is Anna Celmer - graduate of Academy of Music in Warsaw Traditional performance yearly meeting of choirs in st. John cathedral In December we were in Prague, where we won Silver Band at 10th International Festival of Advent and Christmas Music
2001	In April 2001 the choir participated in the 4th Podlasie Festival of Sacred Song "Lapskie Te Deum". We were awarded the prize for distinguished performance style May - the concert in the course of a conference entitled "Creator and Providence - Beginning and Lasting" ("Stwórca i Opatrznosc - Poczatek i Trwanie") organized by the Club of Catholic Intelligentsia (KIK) and the Ministry Department of the Metropolitan Curia, Porczynski Gallery, Warsaw At the middle of November we removed the word "academic" from the name of our choir.
2002	In January we sang the Christmas Carols concert organized to celebrate the 15th anniversary of our choir. In February we sang during the ceremony of decoration of the heart of Frederick Chopin on his 192nd anniversary. In March we were singing at the concert "Na Górze Oliwnej" organized by PZChiO. In June we were singing at the concert "Spotkania z muzyka dawna" ("Meetings with Old-time Music") organized by PZChiO. In September we took part in the first edition of the Warsaw Gospel Days organised by the PZChiO. October - we gave a concert at Porczynski Gallery on the occasion of the conference organized by KIK and the Catholic Foundation to celebrate the Pope's Days 2002. On the 14th Stanislaw Orminski International Festival of Religious Music in Rumia we were awarded the honourable mention by the jury and special prize of the President of the City of Sopot. In November we participated in the 5th "Cantio Lodziensis" Choral Festival in Lódz where we were awarded the 2nd prize in the category of academic choirs.
2003	Our participation in the Lent concert organized by PZChiO (the Polish Association of Choirs and Orchestras). In April we took part in the 1st Bydgoszcz all-Polish Festival of Passion Song, and we won the 1st prize. In May we took part in the 1st Mazovian Choir Review organized by PZChiO (The Polish Association of Choirs and Orchestras). We won the Golden Prize and a special jury award for the greatest event of the festival. In September we took part in the 2nd edition of the Warsaw Gospel Days Festival giving a concert in Grodzisk Mazowiecki
2004	In January, during the radio transmission "Secrets and Hard Facts" on the air of Polish Radio 1 you could hear "Miserere" by A. Lotti taken from our recording. During XIIIth Festival of Carols in Myslenice we won the 3rd prize in "chamber choirs" category. In April we took part in concert "Choral Music Interpretations" organized by Conducting Faculty of Warsaw Academy of Music. In May on XXXVth "Legnica Cantat" choir tournament we won the 1st prize in "other chamber choirs" category. 2s of June we sang during the Holy Mass, main part of the official celebration of 25th anniversary of The Holy Father's John Paul II first pilgrimage to Poland. 24th of July we sang during the Holy Mass opening the International PAX ROMANA Conference entitled "Poverty and Injustice as challenge to morality and cultures" 12th of December 2004, 16.00 o'clock - concert of Advent songs, Church of St. Andrzej Bobola, Rakowiecka Street, Warsaw 19th of December 2004, 16.00 o'clock - vocal contribution to the mass for the Club of Catholic Intelligentsia, Holy Spirit Church, Dluga Street, Warsaw
2005	Andrzej Borzym jr became our new conductor