Dr David Skinner

Dr David Skinner is Fellow and Osborn Director of Music at Sidney Sussex College in the University of Cambridge, and divides his time equally as a scholar and choral director. An engaging presenter, he has worked extensively for BBC radio, appearing in and writing a variety of shows on Radio 3 and 4. He acted as music advisor for the Music and Monarchy series on BBC2 with David Starkey, and was Music Consultant for the BBC4 documentary Evensong with Lucy Worsley. He has published widely on the music and musicians of early Tudor England, including a collected edition of Tallis’s Latin church music for Early English Church Music (Stainer & Bell), of which he is General Editor.

He is artistic director of the multi-award-winning early music ensemble Alamire (www.alamire.co.uk), and also directs the Choir of Sidney Sussex College, with whom he has toured and made highly acclaimed recordings. He is frequently invited to lecture, lead workshops and coach choirs throughout Europe and the USA.