Paul Hayward is a Midlands-based conductor and composer. He is an experienced and qualified musician with a variety of musical interests, including choral directing, composing, choral and sacred music (especially English music), and plainsong. Paul has a number of long-term professional commitments alongside freelance work.
Paul has held both Anglican and Roman Catholic assistant cathedral organist posts, as well as a similar post at a public school. He has played for services, concerts, broadcasts, recordings, tours and a royal visit. He has performed recitals and concerts in cathedrals, major parish churches and other venues around the UK. As an ensemble musician, Paul has played continuo in early music, as well as harmonium and celesta in chamber arrangements of such works as Mahler's Fourth Symphony and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an exhibition.
As a conductor, Paul has worked with choirs of all abilities and sizes, from community choirs to large choral societies. Recent works conducted include Mendelssohn's Elijah, Bach's Magnificat and Wachet Auf Cantata No.140 and Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, all with orchestras and soloists. Paul has worked as a conductor with orchestras and chamber ensembles. He is also experienced in leading choral days and "come and sing" events on such works as Mozart's Coronation Mass, Faure's Requiem and Handel's Messiah. He has studied conducting whilst at university, as well as on the Association of British Choral Directors' course for advanced conductors, leading to the award of the LRSM in choral conducting.
Paul is currently undertaking part-time studies for a PhD in composition via distance learning at the University of Aberdeen with Professor Paul Mealor and Dr Phillip Cooke, having been awarded a scholarship for his studies. This follows the award of a Master of Music by research degree in composition at the same institution. He spent two years as a composer-in-residence at a Greater Parish Church with a full music setup, and his works have been performed around the UK and further afield. Paul is also an experienced arranger and orchestrator.
Paul is available for work in the Midlands and elsewhere, as a conductor, workshop leader, and composer/arranger. Paul also offers a music typesetting and copyist service . See the "what I do / contact" page for further information.
Paul has held both Anglican and Roman Catholic assistant cathedral organist posts, as well as a similar post at a public school. He has played for services, concerts, broadcasts, recordings, tours and a royal visit. He has performed recitals and concerts in cathedrals, major parish churches and other venues around the UK. As an ensemble musician, Paul has played continuo in early music, as well as harmonium and celesta in chamber arrangements of such works as Mahler's Fourth Symphony and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an exhibition.
As a conductor, Paul has worked with choirs of all abilities and sizes, from community choirs to large choral societies. Recent works conducted include Mendelssohn's Elijah, Bach's Magnificat and Wachet Auf Cantata No.140 and Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, all with orchestras and soloists. Paul has worked as a conductor with orchestras and chamber ensembles. He is also experienced in leading choral days and "come and sing" events on such works as Mozart's Coronation Mass, Faure's Requiem and Handel's Messiah. He has studied conducting whilst at university, as well as on the Association of British Choral Directors' course for advanced conductors, leading to the award of the LRSM in choral conducting.
Paul is currently undertaking part-time studies for a PhD in composition via distance learning at the University of Aberdeen with Professor Paul Mealor and Dr Phillip Cooke, having been awarded a scholarship for his studies. This follows the award of a Master of Music by research degree in composition at the same institution. He spent two years as a composer-in-residence at a Greater Parish Church with a full music setup, and his works have been performed around the UK and further afield. Paul is also an experienced arranger and orchestrator.
Paul is available for work in the Midlands and elsewhere, as a conductor, workshop leader, and composer/arranger. Paul also offers a music typesetting and copyist service . See the "what I do / contact" page for further information.
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