Musical Director
Lucy Gove is a choral conductor, mezzo-soprano and music teacher who was born in Buckinghamshire. She grew up in Norfolk, attending Wymondham College where she was a music scholar. She continued her musical education at Canterbury Christ Church University, where her instructors included Prof Grenville Hancox MBE and Dr Paul Max Edlin.
Lucy is committed to education and outreach work. She has a full time position, teaching music at Simon Langton Boys, Canterbury. She received a National Teachers Award in 2021 and was praised by the author, Michael Morpurgo; himself a fellow former teacher of Wickhambreaux Primary School.
Lucy directs the Langton Music choirs festival each December at the Colyer Fergusson Hall. In 2019, she became the Musical Director of the Christmas Eve Carols in Canterbury city centre, the first woman to hold the position.
Lucy feels tremendously privileged to have been given the opportunity to conduct Folkestone Choral Society and is very proud to have been championed by the choir’s former Musical Director, Grenville. Her aims have been to bring a fresh and modern outlook, a focus on the future and a great sense of ambition for the choir.
Lucy is committed to education and outreach work. She has a full time position, teaching music at Simon Langton Boys, Canterbury. She received a National Teachers Award in 2021 and was praised by the author, Michael Morpurgo; himself a fellow former teacher of Wickhambreaux Primary School.
Lucy directs the Langton Music choirs festival each December at the Colyer Fergusson Hall. In 2019, she became the Musical Director of the Christmas Eve Carols in Canterbury city centre, the first woman to hold the position.
Lucy feels tremendously privileged to have been given the opportunity to conduct Folkestone Choral Society and is very proud to have been championed by the choir’s former Musical Director, Grenville. Her aims have been to bring a fresh and modern outlook, a focus on the future and a great sense of ambition for the choir.