Michael Chance (born 7 March 1955 in Penn, Buckinghamshire, England) is an English countertenor. Chance was born in Penn, Buckinghamshire, into a musical family. After growing up as a chorister he attended Eton College, Berkshire, and later King's College, Cambridge. He took part in the project of Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir to record the complete vocal works of Johann Sebastian Bach. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.