Hailing from Belfast Northern Ireland, Neil Moore developed a passion for music at the age of 8 when he joined his local parish church choir. He was inspired by two music teachers at school and went on to The City of Belfast School of Music gaining a grounding in the rudiments of music and orchestral playing (clarinet).

 

Neil read music at The University of Glasgow where he conducted the wind band and orchestra. He also set up the now firmly established Music Club Choir. Whilst in Glasgow he sang tenor with St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral. Upon graduating he travelled east to Edinburgh to complete a PGCE and also sang tenor/countertenor with Edinburgh's St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, under Matthew Owens. Following this he entered the classroom for a number of years and also sang with Hereford Cathedral Choir with which he appeared in the Three Choirs Festival, made several broadcasts on television and radio, recorded several CDs and toured the US extensively. During this period he also took a choir to the final of BBC Choir of the Year in 2008.

 

Since coming to the Bath area in 2011 Neil has quickly got stuck into its musical life singing with several choirs and directing Bath Cantata Group, Beckington Village Choir, Oakfield Choir, Frome, Midsomer Choral Society and until recently Colerne Military Wives Choir . In 2013 he helped establish the professional vocal octet Vox8. He's also a director of Musicians South West in which he plays clarinet and saxophone and sings