Simon Mold Recordings

Simon Mold was born in Buxton, England in 1957, and following success as a treble soloist in the North West became a Chorister at Peterborough Cathedral under the legendary Dr Stanley Vann. After reading English Language and Medieval Literature at Durham University, where he was a Cathedral Choral Scholar, Simon embarked upon a teaching career principally in the south of England, and sang in several cathedral choirs. Upon retirement from teaching he joined Leicester Cathedral Choir just in time to take part in the memorable Richard III Reinterment ceremonies in 2015.

His interest in composition began at Peterborough where he directed
a performance of one of his own choral pieces in the cathedral whilst still a boy chorister, and subsequently Simon’s music has been widely published, performed, recorded and broadcast: for instance his anthem Come, praise the saints, for choir, organ and 3 trumpets was conducted by John Scott in St Paul’s Cathedral, London, and his well-known Candlelight Carol featured in Lesley Garrett’s television series ‘Christmas Voices’. Recent recordings of Simon’s music have included CDs of church music (The Beatific Vision, for Herald, alongside
music by Charles Paterson), Christmas carols (Hush, Little Child, for Heritage), and song cycles (Heritage).

Simon has also been a regular contributor to various musical and literary magazines, and has written widely on diverse aspects of music, language and literature. A verse collection, Poetry of the Peak, was published in 2019.