Paul Brough (born 15 July 1963 in London) is a retired English music teacher, church musician, choirmaster and orchestral conductor. His final appointments were as a Professor at the Royal Academy of Music (2004-2022), and Director of Music at both

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(2015-2022) and Keble College, Oxford (2020-2022). He guest-conducted regularly, most notably over fifteen years with the

BBC Singers The BBC Singers are a British chamber choir, and the professional chamber choir of the BBC. One of the six BBC Performing Groups, the BBC Singers are based at the BBC's Maida Vale Studios in London. The only full-time professional British ...

(Principal Guest Conductor 2011-2016) and the

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BBC Concert Orchestra The BBC Concert Orchestra is a British concert orchestra based in London, one of the British Broadcasting Corporation's five radio orchestras. With around fifty players, it is the only one of the five BBC orchestras which is not a full-scale sym ...

, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,

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, Britten Sinfonia, City of London Sinfonia,

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, St James' Baroque and Instruments of Time and Truth. He conducted period orchestra The Hanover Band (Principal Conductor 2007-10) for seven seasons. His recordings include

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with the

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and Arvo Part with the BBC Singers, and Mozart and the

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brothers with Keble College Choir. He directed and developed the music at

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(Abbey School Choir 1986-1989, now known as the Schola Cantorum),

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(1991-1994) and

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(2004-2013). He also served as Guest Chorus Master at

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(2013), Acting Organist of New College, Oxford (2017), and Acting Precentor of

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(2019-2020). He trained as a pianist, singer and percussionist, attending

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(1971-1973),

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(1973-1981) and the

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(1981-1983). He held organ scholarships at St Michael's College, Tenbury (1982-1983) and Magdalen College, Oxford (1983-1986), subsequently studying conducting at the Royal Academy of Music (1994-1997) where he held the Meaker Fellowship (1997-1998). In addition to his 18 years as a Professor at the RAM he was for 16 years Assistant Lecturer in Music at

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(1994-1999, and 2002-2013). From 1999 to 2007 he taught in the music department of

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(Director of Music 1999-2002). His honours include permanent membership of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (2020) and the Associateship of the Royal Academy of Music (2007) for "a significant contribution to the music profession". On the evening of Thursday 18th December 2008, BBC Radio 3 broadcast a live performance of Britten's "St Nicolas", given by the BBC Singers and the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Paul Brough, with the Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral under the direction of Andrew Carwood. The tenor soloist was Daniel Norman. The performance was given at Lancing College Chapel in Sussex, marking the 60th anniversary of the work's premiere there, conducted by the composer with the tenor soloist Peter Pears. The 2008 performance was telecast on BBC4 and made into a BBC Music Magazine Collection CD (Volume 18 no.4). On Tuesday 1st November 2016 at 7.30pm, BBC Radio 3 in Concert broadcast a performance of JS Bach's Mass in B minor, given by the BBC Singers and St James' Baroque conducted by Paul Brough. The soloists were Susanna Hurrell (soprano), Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano), Charles Daniels (tenor) and Mark Stone (bass). The performance was given at Milton Court Concert Hall, Barbican, London on Friday 21st October 2016.

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