Educated at Norwich School, Laurence Blyth was a Music Scholar at the University of Exeter and conducted the University Singers. He subsequently graduated with a master’s degree in choral conducting at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. At RWCMD his studies with Simon Halsey, Adrian Partington and Neil Ferris were supported by the Busenhart Morgan-Evans Foundation and the EMI Music Sound Foundation.
He is best-known for preparing and conducting large amateur choruses as Music Director of Wellington Choral Society (since 2011) and in Exmouth (2011-2023) and Exeter (2008-2023). Highlights include Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony (combined choirs, Exeter Symphony Orchestra), Bach St Matthew Passion, St John Passion, Mass in B minor, Mozart Mass in C minor and Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem.
Laurence Blyth is also in demand as a workshop leader, freelance director and has worked with many leading groups around the south west including Exeter Festival Chorus, Amici and Collegium Singers. He has recently been appointed Musical Director of Amici, and will begin working with the choir in 2026.
Laurence has also performed across the region as a countertenor soloist and consort singer. He is a former member of Truro Cathedral Choir, Exeter Cathedral Choir and the Buckfast Abbey Choir. He is a former music director of the chamber choir In Ecclesia and “Sing for Somerset” at Wells Cathedral.