Mr Quintin Beer

I am the Director of Music at St Peter's College, taking responsibility for the College Choir and supervising all musical activity that happens within the College.

My main interest as a performing musician is choral performance and how singers engage with text and music. I love programming innovative and engaging repertoire, working with singers on a variety of choral colours and lifting music off the page with attention to the text. I am led constantly by music's ability to touch those who listen to it and the possibility of exceeding the expectations of those that perform it.

For the University, I teach choral conducting within the Faculty of Music and give the Prelims lecture series.

Freelance and other professional work

In addition to my role at St Peter's, I am Musical Director of Saffron Walden Choral Society, where I lead an programme of large-scale choral-orchestral works in partnership with professional ensembles. I maintain an active freelance career as a conductor, working with ensembles and festivals including the BBC Singers, the Britten Sinfonia, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Grange Festival, and the St Endellion Festival.

You can read a full and up-to-date biography on my personal website: www.quintinbeer.com.