Accompanist

Nick Austin is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he studied under Carola Grindea and Harold Dexter.

Nick has been rehearsal pianist for the Bracknell Choral Society since 1981. He regularly accompanies and plays continuo in their concerts.

Nick has been Musical Director of Aylesbury Festival Choir since January 2017. Works performed include Mozart’s Sparrow Mass, Mendelssohn’s Lauda Sion and Rutter’s The Sprig of Thyme.

Nick has conducted Thames Voyces since January 2013. Works performed include Handel’s Coronation Anthems, Bach’s Jesu meine freude, Rutter’s Gloria, Vaughan Williams’ Mass in G minor and Bruckner’s Mass in E minor.

Nick was Musical Director of Stanmore Choral Society from September 2006 to July 2018. Performances in that time included Brahms' German Requiem, Jenkins' The Armed Man, Handel's Messiah, Haydn's Creation, Britten's St Nicolas, Faure's Requiem, Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle, and Orff’s Carmina Burana in a joint concert with Thames Voyces. A very happy 12 years with them came to an end in January 2018 as he took up a new post with Amchor (Amersham & Chesham Bois Choral Society). Works performed with them so far include Mozart’s Requiem, Duruflé’s Requiem, Poulenc’s Gloria. Haydn’s Nelson Mass & Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna

An avid show tune lover, Nick was Musical Director for the Crowthorne Musical Players from 1988 to 2016. Productions included Hello, Dolly!, Guys and Dolls, Carousel, Pirates of Penzance (Broadway Version), Oklahoma, Singin' in the Rain and Fiddler on the Roof. In 2015 he was Musical Director for Reading Operatic Society in their production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. The show received 3 nominations from the National Operatic & Dramatic Association including ‘Best Chorus’.

In his spare time, Nick enjoys arranging and composing, particularly for amateur choral groups; his expanded song-cycle A Bigger Bunch of Flowers was performed by BCS in 2022.