Drew Morton Music
About Drew Morton
Drew has been involved in musical performance from a very young age. Trained in the classical repertoire, as a young tenor he sang in many London venues including St. James’ Chapel Royal, St. Clement Danes, St. Mary Abbots Kensington, Southwark Cathedral, King’s College London (as President of the King’s College Singers) and many of the London Guild churches.
Since moving to Wales 34 years ago, he has sung with both Cwmbran Baroque and Llandaff Cathedral Choir, as well as acting as MD for the Flying Shepherds (now re-formed as Byrdsong) and is frequently engaged in various choral groups as a ‘basso profundo’, especially when a low Bb is required, as well as improving his musical education through Trinity Laban
College, Greenwich.
Drew is currently Musical Director of Cor Aduniad, a fine local choir with an enviable reputation for finely-crafted performances. Their current repertoire includes original pieces by Drew and award-winning, local composer Jack White, as well as works by Ola Gjeilo, Eric Whitacre, Bob Chilcott, John Rutter, Harold Darke, Peter Gabriel, Morten Lauridsen, J.S. Bach, Handel and others spanning four centuries. Past and present venues include Bath Abbey, Brecon, Newport, Wells, Llandaff and Exeter Cathedrals, Raglan and Hay castles, St. Gabriel's Cwmbran and the Usk Choral Festival Usk Choral Festival.
Cor Aduniad at St Mary's Priory Church, Usk Choral Festival 2022
Drew runs a community choir – Village Voices – whose gutsy performances of modern songs have won many friends.
He also organises ‘Come And Sing’ days in the Usk area, at which local singers and instrumentalists come together for a day’s rehearsal for a concert in the evening. The repertoire for these events has included, Vivaldi’s ‘Gloria’, Handel’s ‘Messiah’, ‘Requiem’ by both Mozart and Faure, as well as a number of shorter pieces by Rachmaninoff, Lauridsen, Victoria, Mendelssohn, Brahms and others.
St Cybi Consort of Voices. Drew has recently formed the consort whose express purpose is to bring Choral Evensong to churches in S.E. Wales, particularly to those who wouldn't otherwise have the resources. The group is now 20-strong and growing
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Drew has recently been involved in a number of local primary schools, teaching Yrs 4-6 a number of original songs to go with various events in the school year – Harvest, St. David’s Day, World Book Day, Leavers’ Assembly and Christmas
Until November 2021, Drew was also Associate Musical Director for the Dore Abbey Singers based in Abbeydore, Herefordshire and was actively involved in planning special services and events there
Drew is also arranging and composing original music for both choirs and schools and is willing to undertake commissions.
You can view a catalogue of music here.
Please get in touch with Drew if you would like to purchase any of his music or would like to talk to him about any of his musical activities.
