Peterborough Male Voice Choir is an exciting and dynamic group of around 70 men from a very diverse range of backgrounds. The choir meets weekly and performs about ten concerts each season. We pride ourselves in welcoming singers with differing levels of previous experience and work very hard to make choral singing accessible to as many men as possible.
We are led by our musical director, William Prideaux, assisted by accompanist Ivan Linford.
Choristers
First Tenors
Duncan Allen
Sean Botha
Andy Bunce
Stephen Christopher
Michael Collins
Gordon Gilbert
David Morris
Tony Scally
Nick Stephens-Dunn
Stephen Varty
Christian Wood
Phillip Williams
Amiele Yarwood-Burke
Basses
Geoff Barber
Nigel Blanchford
Mark Blower
Michael Chatfield
Michael Court
John England
Simon Farley
Brian Gibson
Ian Hanby
John Hanby
Derek Harris
Tim Jefferies-Harris
Chris Land
Ray Laurie
Derek Osborne
David Lewis
Gary Stewart
Jonathan Williams
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Second Tenors
Howie Evans
Ken Green
Paul Jaffrey
Peter Larke
Marius Mockus
Stephen Moore
Gren Morgan
David Parker-Radford
Steve Peasey
Neil Sanders
Carson Steptoe
Brian Taylor
Paul Walsh
Baritones
Roger Cade
Andy Coles
Mark Currier
Brian Haswell
David Hallam
Tom Heath
Duncan Keen
Andrew Lockhart
Robert Mapletoft
Cedric Pedley
Bill Smith
Peter Taylor
Frank Thompson
Stephen Verrell
Neil White
Ian Whitney
Peter Witherington
Robert Woods
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William Prideaux musical director
William Prideaux is a native of Cornwall. He studied as an undergraduate at Liverpool University where he gained
first-class honours for his work in orchestration, historical performance and Baroque editing. He was also awarded the Oxford University Press Prize for Music Editing.
He went on to the Royal Academy of Music where he studied voice with Mark Wildman and choral direction with Patrick Russil. He completed his studies with a post graduate certificate in education at Trinity College, Cambridge.
His recent singing engagements have included Bach St John and St Matthew Passions, Beethoven Ninth Symphony, Mendelssohn Elijah, Walton Belshazzar’s Feast, and Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols with Peterborough Cathedral Choir.
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He also features on several recordings including the Watchman in Granville Bantock’s Song of Songs with Vernon Handley and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on Hyperion, and a disc of premiere recordings of works by Elgar, Howells Dyson and Bridge with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Recent stage roles have included Masetto in Don Giovanni and Curley McLain in Oklahoma!.
Ivan Linford accompanist
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Ivan Linford pursues a busy life as a freelance organist, having previously worked in churches, cathedrals and schools. Based in Oakham, he is accompanist to the Peterborough Male Voice Choir and Leicester Bach Choir and is part of the team of organists at Kettering Crematorium. He visits a variety of churches within Peterborough and Leicester to play for Sunday services, as well as further afield and is in great demand as an organist for weddings and funerals. He also undertakes work as a piano accompanist.
Ivan holds the degrees of Bachelor of Music and Master of Arts from the University of Huddersfield and is an Associate of the Royal College of Organists. As a postgraduate student, he was Organ Scholar at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral and whilst at school he was a chorister at Peterborough Cathedral.
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He has given organ recitals and accompanied choirs at various English cathedrals and churches, including St Paul’s Cathedral, London. He has performed on BBC television and radio and has visited a variety of countries as an accompanist, including Ireland, France, Belgium, Italy, Hungary and the USA.
