Steven Grahl


Steven Grahl BMus FRCO is a cathedral organist and currently the Director or Music and Organist at Christ Church, Oxford. He is also a Junior Fellow at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, and conductor of Schola Cantorum of Oxford. He also presides over the Incorporated Association of Organists, and previously conducted both the Peterborough Choral Society and the Stamford Chamber Orchestra.
Grahl is most well known for his work as Chorus-Master for films including Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and the Netflix series The Crown.

Biography

Grahl was born in Derby to German parents and started his musical career as a Chorister at Derby Cathedral. He was awarded an Organ Scholarship to Magdalen College, Oxford, graduating with a degree in music in 2001. He won the Betts prize for further study, and took up a Scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music. He was appointed Assistant Organist at St Marylebone Parish Church in March 2001, and was subsequently made Director of Music in December of the same year at the age of 22. Grahl gained the FRCO diploma and graduated with distinction from the Royal Academy of Music in 2003. He then went on to be an Associate of the Academy in 2010.

Career

His career includes posts as:
As chorus-master:
As director: