Christopher Wray MA BMus (Hons) LTCL LRSM DipMT
Christopher began his musical training attending the William Appleby Music School in Doncaster studying both the cello and tuba. He went on to read music at Trinity College of Music (Trinity Laban), graduating with a first-class degree in Vocal Performance and he was awarded the Vocal Department Gold Medal for his work within the department in his final year, in particularly his contribution to vocal consorts and choral work. He has sung professionally in all the major concert venues in and around London including the Royal Opera House, Royal Albert Hall, Southbank Centre, and the Barbican. As soloist he has performed in much of the major choral repertoire including Bach’s Passions, B Minor Mass and Magnificat, Handel’s Messiah, Acis and Galatea, Duruflé, Mozart and Fauré Requiems and Purcell’s King Arthur and Fairy Queen. Christopher is a committed music educator and has worked as a Vocal Consultant and as one of the first outreach workers for SingUp, Many Voices Foundation and as an advisory teacher for Greater London Local Authorities where his work involved training non-specialist teachers to deliver singing and music lessons in primary schools. He is a passionate advocate of music in the Southwest London area and was the founder of Fulham Camerata, Fulham Children’s Choir and Musical Director of Fulham and Hammersmith Choral Society for 10 years. Currently, he is the Director of Music of Arnold House School in St. John’s Wood and the Associate Musical Director of the London Gay Men’s Chorus where he is currently working to establish the first LGBTQ+ Youth Chorus in the UK. He is regularly in demand as a chorus director, adjudicator and examiner and has worked at Morley College, Royal College of Music, Trinity Laban, North London Children’s Choir, Rodolfus Foundation and the Dartington Summer School.