Graham Dinnage, GTCL LTCL LGSM, was appointed as Director of the North Downs Consort in 2004 and his first concert with the choir was in December of the same year. He has since expanded the choir's repertoire with works such as Elgar's Te Deum and Benedictus, The Monteverdi Mass a 4 (1651), Mozart Vespers and Rutter's Birthday Madrigals. He has been delighted with the choir's ability to tackle challenging works and adopt different styles with ease. For full details of these programmes and what the press said about them see our Concerts & Reviews page.

Graham’s choral directing experience includes small professional ensembles, student choirs, church choirs and Capriol (formerly The Warlock Singers) a chamber choir of twenty-five voices which he formed in 2004, and which has already achieved high acclaim for its performances of twentieth-century English music and contemporary works.

Graham Dinnage

Graham combines his conducting career with freelance work as a bass-baritone soloist. He has performed extensively around the UK and Europe. He has made a number of recordings as a soloist for the BBC, Classic FM and Kevin Mayhew Productions, and with ensembles such as Concertare, A Capella Portuguesa and Corydon Singers. He was a founder member of the professional solo ensemble Major Sixth and has recently formed The Octavian Ensemble, a vocal and instrumental group specializing in the performance of late Renaissance and Baroque repertoire. He is a professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama specializing in academic and technical training for singers. Graham studied both singing and organ at Trinity College of Music where he graduated with First Class Honours and the Grace Wylie Prize in 1992, and he now also performs as an organist around the South East. He has a growing number of private organ and singing pupils taught from his home in Crockham Hill, Kent. Graham was recently elected as chairman of the Peter Warlock Society.

Graham will continue to introduce of challenging music of diverse periods and nationalities to expand further the repertoire of the North Downs Consort. At the same time he is keen to help in developing the vocal technique of the singers, and therefore vocal training forms an integral part of his rehearsal technique wherever possible.

If you wish to contact Graham please see the CONTACT page.