Quentin Brown

The son of keen amateur singers, Bass-baritone Quentin Brown began his musical life as a boy chorister at Rochester Cathedral under Dr Robert Ashfield. Fortunate enough to include a degree in Modern Languages from Oxford in his education, Quentin subsequently pursued vocal studies with Sybil Chambers, John Carol Case, David Mason and Paul Wade. He became a Lay-clerk in the Choir of Leeds Parish Church and was a member of the BBC Northern Singers under Stephen Wilkinson, with whom he toured and frequently recorded for the BBC. Much of Quentin’s work has been undertaken as principal bass for St Peter’s Singers of Leeds, where he was fortunate to work with Dr Simon Lindley for over thirty years.

Quentin performs a wide repertoire ranging from Bach and Handel to Mozart, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Rossini, Verdi, Elgar, and Vaughan Williams. He has appeared with the Goldberg Ensemble, the Manchester Camerata and the English Symphony Orchestra. In October 2018 he took the bass role in the first performance of Matthew Oglesby’s acclaimed new Requiem Penthos. Other highlights include performances in Leeds of Brahms’ German Requiem, Dvorak’s Stabat Mater, and Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius as well as numerous performances of Bach’s Passions, B Minor Mass and assorted Cantatas, and some memorable performances of Messiah with Sheffield Bach Choir.

In Opera, Quentin has sung the roles of Figaro and Count Almaviva in Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, and Papageno in The Magic Flute.

Quentin has recently recorded the Bass solo part in the first ever recording of William Lloyd Webber’s The Saviour, recently released on the Priory label.

Future plans include Messiah with Black Dyke Mills band, and Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with the 18^th Century Sinfonia.

May 2025

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