Christopher O’Gorman – Tenor
Christopher O’Gorman studied at the University of York where he gained an MA in vocal studies with John Potter. He currently studies with Paul Nilon and pursues a career both as a cathedral singer in the Choir of York Minster and as an ensemble singer with a number of groups including the Gabrieli Consort.
As a soloist, Christopher is an active performer of medieval music, appearing on BBC television with the musicologist Mark Everist. He is currently working with Mark, John Potter and Rogers Covey-Crump on a project entitled Cantum pulcriorem invenire, which will culminate in three recordings for Hyperion Records. His medieval drama roles include the title role in St Nicholas (York Minster), and the First King in Herod and the Slaughter of the innocents (International Medieval Congress and The National Centre for Early Music). Other operatic roles include Damon in Acis and Galatea (Beverley Early Music Festival).
As an ensemble singer, Christopher has toured the UK, Germany, Poland and Spain with the Gabrieli Consort and featured as a soloist in the Byrd Great Service as part of the By morning glow and evening shade programme (Spitalfields Festival, Chester Summer Festival, York Early Music Festival and Brinkburn Festival). He has also been involved in their epic performances and recordings of Berlioz’s Grand Mess des Morts (Wratislava Cantans Festival) and Mendelsohn’s Elijah (BBC Proms, Leipzig Mendelsohn Festival and Wratislava Cantans Festival).
Other recent highlights include singing with the ABRSM chorus for the Vocal Futures production of Bach’s St Matthew Passion with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Berlioz’s l’Enfance du Christ with the Britten Sinfona Voices conducted by Sir Mark Elder.
Christopher has made a number of recordings as an ensemble singer, many being premieres of works by Roger Marsh, Kerry Andrew and much unknown French baroque music with the musicologist Paul Gameson’s ensemble, the Ebor Singers.
2012 sees the release of the first of the Conductus recordings on Hyperion as well as the first live performance of the programme during the York Early Music Festival.
