Conductor of Schola Cantorum
The Conductor oversees the day to day musical life of the choir, taking all the rehearsals as well as training the singers and being the mentor for the Conducting Scholar. Steven Grahl has been Conductor of Schola since 2017.
Steven Grahl
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Steven Grahl is a sought-after conductor and keyboard player, and has been Conductor of Schola Cantorum of Oxford since 2017. Since January 2024 he has also been Director of Music at Trinity College Cambridge.
Steven served as Organist and Tutor in Music at Christ Church, Oxford, and Associate Professor of Music at Oxford University from 2018 to 2023. He was also Musical Director of Benson Choral Society. From 2014 to 2018 he was Director of Music at Peterborough Cathedral, where he was responsible for training the Cathedral Choir, and for the re-pitching of the Hill Organ, on which instrument he has recorded a solo CD. Peterborough Cathedral Choir’s recording of Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s EvenYouSong, made under Steven’s direction, was released to critical acclaim in December 2017. He also held positions as Assistant Organist at New College, Oxford, and as Organist and Director of Music at St Marylebone Parish Church, London. Steven was an interpretation finalist in the International Organ Competitions at St Albans (UK) in 2011, and in Dudelange (Luxembourg) in 2013, and completed his term as President of the Incorporated Association of Organists in 2019. He is a prize-winning graduate of Magdalen College, Oxford, and the Royal Academy of Music. He gained the top prizes in the FRCO examination, and is also a holder of the Worshipful Company of Musicians’ Silver Medallion. In 2010, he was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music. |
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Previous Conductors
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László Heltay (1960-64)
John Byrt (1964-68) Andrew Parrott (1968-71) Howard Williams (1969) Robert Hammersley (1971-73) Nicholas Cleobury (1974-77) James Wood (1977-81) |
Ivor Bolton (1981-82)
Timothy Hands (1982-85) Stephen Clarke (1985-87) Howard Moody (1987-90) Jeremy Summerly (1990-96) Mark Shepherd (1996-2002) James Burton (2002-2017) |
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