Conductor

TIM ARMSTRONG-TAYLOR

Tim became conductor of  Uxbridge Choral Society in September 2017.  The choir has been delighted with his appointment, enjoying a varied and ambitious programme.  Click Here 

During lockdown Tim was very active,  keeping rehearsals going on Zoom and giving social support to vulnerable choir members. 

Tim is a conductor, singer, composer, writer, novelist, teacher, producer and lover of lists. As a boy his ubiquitous singing habit led him to his local church choir where he discovered a love of choral music, which has lasted a lifetime. He went on to study singing and opera at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. 

Work has taken him all over the world singing with choirs such as the Monteverdi and Schütz Choirs and singing operatic roles and oratorios throughout Europe. He has worked as a session singer on many British and US movies and sung globally at rich people's parties. 

As a producer he co-created The Perfect Picnic (music by Mozart libretto by Tim) at the Arcola Theatre’s annual opera season Grimeborn. He had the privilege of being a Royal National Theatre company member for a year of Sondheim’s A Little Night Music singing and dancing alongside Dame Judi Dench. With his twin brother he wrote and produced, in association with the Pleasance Theatre and the London Symphony Orchestra, the critically acclaimed family classical music show Decomposed! My brother is turning into a Zombie. 

As well as UxChor Tim directs three other choirs, from a church choir to a large village choir. 

As a composer/arranger he has written three chamber operas including The Devil’s Deputy (premiered at St. Alban’s Arts Festival) and has written choral settings, arrangements and many comic songs for his comedy double act with his twin brother, Victor and Albert. If you like ‘The Goon Show’ you will love their new Podcasts, which are launching in the Autumn. 

March 2023 saw the publication of Tim’s first novel ‘An Urn for the Worse - an uplifting coming-of-middle-age story’ which reached the #1 best seller slot on Amazon in the first weekend of its launch. The book is exclusively on Amazon - Tim guarantees you’ll enjoy it - let him know what you think!