Director of Music - Liverpool Cathedral

15 October 2007

Mr. David Poulter, Director of Music,  was appointed in Jan 2008. He is a father of two children, and has spent his entire life in Cathedral music. He began his career as a chorister at Rochester Cathedral, was educated at the King’s School Rochester, winning a prestigious Foundation scholarship to The Royal College of Music, and on completion of his study, the Walford-Davies prize, before post-graduate study at London University . His professional experience includes posts at Cranbrook School , Tunbridge Wells School , and Rochester, Coventry and Chester Cathedrals (where, for the past 10 years, he has been Director of Music). 

He has responsibility for recruitment and direction of the several vocal ensembles (Boys, Girls, Lay Clerks, Cathedral Singers & Orchestra) at the seven choral services each week, at special services and concerts, and assumes overall responsibility for direction of the Cathedral’s music programme.  

On his appointment, Professor Ian Tracey assumed the newly created role of “Organist Titulaire”; retaining complementary responsibility for all matters relating to the cathedral’s organs and organ recitals, whilst having the freedom to devote more time to concerts, recitals, recording, lecturing, teaching and writing.