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Nick Austin - Music Director

Nick Austin is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he studied under Carola Grindea and Harold Dexter.

Nick has been Musical Director of Aylesbury Festival Choir since January 2017. Works performed include Mendelssohn’s Lauda Sion, Mozart’s Sparrow Mass and Rutter’s The Sprig of Thyme.

Nick has conducted Thames Voyces since January 2013. Works performed include Bach’s Jesu meine freude, Bruckner’s Mass in E minor, Durufle’s Requiem, Handel’s Coronation Anthems, Rutter’s Gloria and Vaughan Williams’ Mass in G minor.

Nick was Musical Director of Stanmore Choral Society from 2006 - 2018. Performances included Brahms' German Requiem, Jenkins' The Armed Man, Handel's Messiah, Haydn's Creation, Mozart's Requiem, Britten's St Nicolas, Faure's Requiem, Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle, and Orff’s Carmina Burana in a joint concert with Thames Voyces. A very happy 12 years with them has recently ended as he has taken up the baton at Amchor (Amersham & Chesham Bois Choral Society).

An avid show tune lover, Nick was Musical Director for the Crowthorne Musical Players from 1988 to 2016. Recent productions included Hello, Dolly!, Guys and Dolls, Carousel, Pirates of Penzance (Broadway Version), Oklahoma, Singin' in the Rain and Fiddler on the Roof. In 2015 he was Musical Director for Reading Operatic Society in their production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. The show received 3 nominations from the National Operatic & Dramatic Association including ‘Best Chorus’.

Nick has been rehearsal pianist and assistant conductor for the Bracknell Choral Society since 1981. He regularly accompanies and plays continuo in their concerts. He is also an occasional accompanist for Walton & Weybridge Amateur Operatic Society.

In his spare time, Nick enjoys arranging and composing, particularly for amateur choral groups.