In 2006, he was appointed Director of Music at the prominent church
of All Saints Northampton, a position he held until May 2014, and in
2007 he took on the position of Musical Director of the Northampton
Bach Choir. With these choirs he has commissioned nearly 100 new
works, including compositions by David Bednall, Sir Richard Rodney
Bennett, David Briggs, the late Sir Stephen Cleobury, Jonathan Dove,
Michael Finnissy, Stephen Hough, and Sir James MacMillan. The choirs
also toured extensively, from Canada and the United States to
Austria, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, and Italy. He
has also made a number of well-reviewed recordings, most recently
Notre Père (2012), Carol of Joy (2011), and Omnes
Sancti (2010) with the Choirs of All Saints, and
Requiem Reflections
(2017),
I was Glad! (2012), and Congaudeat!
(2010) with the Northampton Bach Choir.
Be Merry!, featuring seasonal works by contemporary American
composers sung jointly by the Choirs of All Saints and the
Northampton Bach Choir was released in November 2014.
As an organ recitalist he is celebrated for the diversity of his
programmes, which often encompass music from the fifteenth century
right through traditional repertoire up to Jazz and Blues-inspired
works. He has performed on BBC One, BBC Radio 3 and 4, and toured
throughout Europe, Canada and the United States. He is also an
active composer, and his studies at university led to the award of a
Britten-Pears Scholarship to study with Judith Weir; this in turn
led to the commissioning and performance of his first Piano Quintet
at the Purcell Room at the South Bank Centre, London. Whilst his
most prominent compositions are written in a very modern idiom, he
is equally at home writing melodic and accessible works for groups
of all ages and abilities. His works have been performed at many of
the major concert halls, cathedrals and churches across the country.
Alongside Lee’s other freelance activities as accompanist, composer,
soloist, and workshop-leader, he also holds the positions of Musical
Director of the Royal Leamington Spa Bach Choir and the
Wellingborough Singers, Chorus Master of the Huntingdonshire
Philharmonic, and Director of Music at St Mary’s Church,
Wellingborough.
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