Stephen Layton

Stephen Layton established himself in the 1990s as one of the leading young British choral conductors. As a boy he was a chorister in the Choir of Winchester Cathedral, which provided him his early musical training. He then won a post as a music scholar at Eton College. He learned singing, music theory, harmony, piano, and organ, in addition to his other course work. He decided on music as a career and in competitive auditions won the position of organ scholar of King's College, Cambridge, perhaps the most famous of the British university chapel choirs. In this capacity he r...