Finlay Gordon
Finlay Gordon was born and raised on the Wirral, and now works across the North West as a countertenor, animateur and teacher. Studying at Durham University, Finlay was Director of Music of the Choir of Grey College, and sang with Hatfield College Choir. Here, he studied conducting with Peter Foggitt and James Weeks, and singing with Matthew Thomas Morgan, graduating with First Class Honours in 2020.
Finlay has spent the last four years at Liverpool Cathedral, firstly as a Choral Scholar, and now as a Lay Clerk, singing five services a week with the cathedral choir. As Assistant Outreach Lead at the cathedral, he also works to deliver a programme of choral music to primary schools across the Diocese of Liverpool, and runs a children’s choir – Junior Choir Sefton – based in Formby.
When not making music, Finlay is a PhD candidate at Liverpool John Moores University, researching the impact of choral music on young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. In his free time sings with the Liverpool Bach Collective, composes music he can’t wait to make HCS perform in due time, and battles with his Irish Wolfhound on their walks.
Finlay was appointed Musical Director of Hoylake Choral Society in September 2024, and looks forward to their first concert together, A Ceremony of Carols, at St Hildeburgh’s Church, Hoylake, on Friday 29th November.