Kit Mitchell
Musical Director
Stirling Male Voice Choir
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Kit Mitchell learned to sing at his mother’s knee, and was despatched at the age of eight to be a Chorister in Durham Cathedral choir where he experienced an intensive grounding in musicianship and the church music tradition, and learned the craft of choral singing.
He sang in St Ann's Church Choir, Manchester as a student, and with Manchester University Gilbert & Sullivan Society; later with Wokingham Choral Society under Stephen Layton, and later still with Dunblane Cathedral Choir and Stirling University Choir.
In 2015, under the expert guidance of his teacher, Catriona Lang BMus (Hons) PGDIP, Kit achieved a Distinction at Grade 8 in the practical Singing exam of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.
A member of the Association of British Choral Directors, Kit has been the Assistant Conductor of Stirling University Choir since 2016, leading sectionals, warm-ups, and deputising as accompanist and as conductor as required, including conducting performances of Haydn’s Little Organ Mass and Faure’s Requiem.
Kit says,
“I am honoured to have been invited to become Musical Director of Stirling Male Voice Choir from September 2022.
Choral singing is my passion.
I believe that everyone can contribute to, learn from and be uplifted by the art of singing in a choir, and discover for themselves that harmony singing is greater than the sum of its parts!
Male Voice Choirs have a fantastic tradition and a unique, versatile and stirring sound. To all tenors, baritones and basses – and to those men who don’t know which voice part they have! – please come and join us! You will receive a warm welcome and have a fun and rewarding experience.”
