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PAUL HALLEY is a Grammy Award-winning composer, choral conductor, and organist. He is Director of Music at The University of King’s College and The Cathedral Church of All Saints in Halifax, NS.
Born in England, Halley was raised in Ottawa, where he received his early musical training, and at sixteen was made an Associate of the Royal Conservatory of Toronto. Awarded the organ scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge, Halley received his M.A. with prizes in composition and performance and was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists. Through CUSO International Halley placed as a church musician and teacher in Jamaica, WI, followed by studies in International Economic Development at the U. of Victoria, BC. In 1977, Halley was appointed to a 12-year term as Organist and Choirmaster at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. Halley was introduced to Paul Winter, and as principal keyboardist and composer to The Paul Winter Consort helped the ensemble garner multiple Grammy Awards.
In 1991, Halley founded the choirs Chorus Angelicus and Gaudeamus, and inaugurated a choral and organ scholar program with Yale University. Upon moving to Nova Scotia in 2007, Halley became Director of Music at the University of King’s College Halifax and in 2015 was appointed Director of Music at The Cathedral Church of All Saints, Halifax.
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Born in England, Halley was raised in Ottawa, where he received his early musical training, and at sixteen was made an Associate of the Royal Conservatory of Toronto. Awarded the organ scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge, Halley received his M.A. with prizes in composition and performance and was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists. Through CUSO International Halley placed as a church musician and teacher in Jamaica, WI, followed by studies in International Economic Development at the U. of Victoria, BC. In 1977, Halley was appointed to a 12-year term as Organist and Choirmaster at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. Halley was introduced to Paul Winter, and as principal keyboardist and composer to The Paul Winter Consort helped the ensemble garner multiple Grammy Awards.
In 1991, Halley founded the choirs Chorus Angelicus and Gaudeamus, and inaugurated a choral and organ scholar program with Yale University. Upon moving to Nova Scotia in 2007, Halley became Director of Music at the University of King’s College Halifax and in 2015 was appointed Director of Music at The Cathedral Church of All Saints, Halifax.
Print publications, recordings, performances, commissions, and licensing by Halley are exclusive to Pelagosmusic.com
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