Paul Young - Musical Director

Paul read music at Exeter University, where he was a choral scholar at the cathedral. He ran the Exeter Early Music Group, developing his interest in medieval music. On leaving Exeter he joined the Music staff of Ampleforth College in North Yorkshire. He also sang frequently in the choir of York Minster. In 1993 he moved back to Kent to become Director of Music at the Junior King’s School, Canterbury. He also became a Lay Clerk at the cathedral. Here he took part in BBC recordings, tours to the USA and around Europe. With his family he spent a year living in Andalucía in Spain, enjoying the relaxed way of life, climate and culture, before returning to England to take up a new post of Director of Music at Dover College in Kent.

Throughout his career he has sung professionally as a soloist, mainly in oratorio roles, specialising in repertoire of the Baroque. However, his performances have ranged from music from the early church to 20^th century works such as Britten’s ‘St Nicolas’ and Orff’s ‘Carmina Burana’. Opera roles have included Orfeo (Monteverdi) for North East Early Music Forum, all the major tenor roles in Mozart’s ‘Marriage of Figaro’,‘Cosi Fan Tutte’,‘The Magic Flute’, ‘Don Giovanni’ and ‘Die Entführung’ and Alfredo in Verdi's La Traviata for Canterbury Cathedral Garden Opera, Mean in Ridout’s ‘The Pardoner’s Tale’ and Henchman in Matthew King’s ‘Pied Piper’ for Stour Music.

He devised and performed a sequence of readings and music to mark the Translation of Thomas Becket at Fairfield church with Cantuar, an ensemble of Lay Clerks of Canterbury cathedral.

He is currently a Lay Vicar here and directs the Cabra Singers and Lincoln Chorale locally.

Rehearsals

We rehearse weekly in central Lincoln during the academic term  on Tuesday evenings from 7.30 to 9.30pm with a short break. Rehearsals are usually taken by the Musical Director. We also rehearse on the day of the concert  in the concert venue.

Concerts

We normally perform three concerts per year, one in each academic term. We perform in a variety of Churches and Concert venues in and around Lincoln. Recent venues have included The Drill Hall, St Giles' and St Nicholas' churches and The Chapter House of LIncoln Cathedral.