James Burton

James Burton is an English choral conductor, arranger, and composer. He began his music career as a chorister at Westminster Abbey, where he became head chorister in 1987, and he also took piano lessons. After graduating from St. John's College, Cambridge University, he completed his master's degree, studying orchestral conducting with Frederik Prausnitz and Gustav Meier at the Peabody Conservatory. Burton established himself as a choral conductor, leading the Hallé Choir from 2002 to 2009, and founding the Hallé Youth Choir in 2003. He became the director of the Schola Cantor...