David Holroyd has been conductor of the Choral Society since May 1991 – and doesn’t quite know where 30 years have gone!
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David has been Conductor of the Choral Society since 1991. Until summer 2019 he was Director of Music at Merchant Taylors’ School in Crosby. He studied organ and choir-training at the Royal Northern College of Music with Ronald Frost, Gillian Weir and John Bertalot.
David’s musical career began at the age of 7 as a choirboy at St Hilary’s Church Wallasey, where in due course he became Organist and Choirmaster. He spent a time as Assistant Organist at Chester Cathedral before moving to Merchant Taylors’ School. As well as being our Conductor for 30+ years, he also conducts Birkenhead Choral Society, and Amadeus: the Chamber Choir, and still plays the organ at St Peter’s Church, Formby.