Stephen Lawry - Musical Director
Stephen was born in Newlyn in 1963, his male voice background has been as a second bass with Newlyn Male Choir for 24 years including 8 years as a deputy conductor. His conducting experience has mainly been with the Govenek Choir of whom he was a founder member. He led the choir for 16 years taking them in over 530 performances. This mixed group has now finished but Stephen is now a member and deputy conductor of another mixed choir the Mounts Bay Singers.
One of Stephens’s great pleasures is singing bass in the male quartet “Buccas Four.” He is delighted to have come around Penlee Point to work with Mousehole Male Voice Choir

Assistant Musical Director – Portia Grant

Portia was born in Truro and comes from a very musical family. Music has always played an important part of her life. At the age of 16 she became the church organist.
Moving to Crantock nr Newquay she formed a girls choir, which successfully sang for 10 years all over Cornwall and Devon.
Following this she attended summer school courses at Malvern and Matlock on completion she formed a mixed voice choir called Crantock Music Makers. Over a period of 12 years she enjoyed numerous concerts in Cornwall also touring Devon, Wales and Yorkshire the highlight singing in York Minster. Portia has now retired and lives in Newlyn just around the corner from Mousehole. She has happily joined the Mousehole Male Voice Choir in 2001 enabling her to continue sharing her love of music with the very popular choir.

Annette Turton- Accompanist

Annette studied at the London College of Music achieving very high qualifications, and during this time she took part in many major recitals.

Her music teaching covers considerable work with children, and adults, in famous London schools and Colleges; many of whom won competitions, for which she was awarded the (Hon) F.L.C.M.

During her long career, she has worked for television companies such as Granada, providing music for television, and accompanied many fine musicians such as the cellist Julian Lloyd Webber.

Since being in Cornwall she has been in great demand for concerts, as an accompanist for soloists and groups, and particularly enjoys accompanying the Mousehole Male Voice Choir.