Laurence Blyth is Music Director of Wellington Choral Society (since 2011) and joined Taunton-based chamber choir Amici as Musical Director in December 2025. He was previously Musical Director of choral societies in Exmouth (2011-2023) and Exeter (2008-2023), and In Ecclesia.
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.
Conducting 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.
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.