Our Artistic Director
Paul Grindlay has sung in choirs since he was nine years old, when he started with the choir of his local parish church in London, England. After moving to Canada and completing a zoology degree at UBC, he returned to choral singing with such notable ensembles as The Phoenix Chamber Choir, The Vancouver Cantata Singers, The Vancouver Chamber Choir and musica intima. He was a member of the 1990 National Youth Choir and the 1991 World Youth Choir. Paul maintains a solo vocal career, which has taken him to Austria, Japan, England, the USA and across Canada. Paul has studied and worked with many distinguished voice teachers, coaches and conductors, and has recorded CDs for NAXOS Records, Marquis and Toccata Classics. A man of broad musical tastes, Paul performs, conducts, teaches, writes and arranges music in many styles, plays the trombone, hand drums and piano.
He holds a degree in Music (voice/opera) and a degree in Zoology, both from the University of British Columbia. He has also studied at the Britten-Pears School (Suffolk, UK), Steans Institute (Chicago, USA), and the Banff School for the Arts (Alberta, Canada). He has participated in conducting courses offered by the Toronto Children’s Chorus (with Jean Ashworth Bartle and Henry Leck) and with the Vancouver Chamber Choir (Jon Washburn).
Paul was the artistic director of the Calgary Boys Choir between January 2004 and July 2007. He is currently an adjunct music professor at Rocky Mountain College, the conductor of Calgary’s “SuperSonic Men’s Choir” (which he founded in 2007) and of the Airdrie Community Choir. He is a founder member of “VoiceScapes” – a professional vocal collective – and “The Buzz” – a men’s a cappella quartet. He is in demand as a performer, voice teacher, repertoire coach, guest conductor, clinician and arranger. He serves on the board of directors for the Alberta Choral Federation, the Pro Arts Society and the Calgary Bach Festival Society.
He is featured on three recordings for the NAXOS label with the Aradia Baroque Ensemble: Purcell’s Tempest, Charpentier’s Noels and Christmas Motets, and Cantatas by Buxtehude. He has also recorded a Praetorius Christmas Vespers for Marquis and an all-Kapsberger disc for Toccata Classics.