Russell Medley

Russell has been Musical Director to The Lindow Singers since 2002. He is a graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music, where he studied piano, double bass, composition and conducting. He then studied for two years at post-graduate level, obtaining a Performer's Diploma with distinction in accompaniment.

He has accompanied singers at recitals and master classes throughout the UK. He has performed in the Channel Islands, Finland, Sweden and Denmark and has taken part in recordings for the BBC, ITV and RTE. He is an examiner for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, which has taken him to Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, South Africa, Uganda, Holland, Italy, Austria and many parts of the UK.

Russell is Musical Director of the Northern England Chorale and has conducted them during tours of Finland and Cyprus, and vists to Prague, Vienna, Bratislava and Delft. He has worked with many choral societies as conductor and organist and was Assistant Chorus Master to the Halle Chorus for eight years. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in Vocal and Opera Studies at the Royal Northern College of Music. Russell has a thriving private teaching practice and is tutor in piano at Moreton Hall School, Shropshire. He also teaches privately in the British School in The Netherlands and is a tutor at the Centre for Young Musicians in The Hague.