Paul Drayton (composer)
His piece entitled Masterpiece was sung by the King s Singers in their 2005 DVD release From Byrd to the Beatles. He studied music at Brasenose College, Oxford, and was subsequently Director of Music at New College Choir School, Oxford.Paul Drayton (born 28 December 1944) is a British composer, conductor, pianist and teacher. He was educated at High Wycombe Royal Grammar School from 1956 to 1962. He is the author of a listeners guide to music entitled Unheard Melodies or Trampolining in the Vatican (Athena Press 2008) He now lives in Cornwall, and lectures on a part-time basis at Truro College, Truro on both A-Level and International Baccalaureate courses. His opera The Hanging Oak, based on a story by M.R.James, was premiered in October 2009 in several church locations in the south west of England. New College Service (unaccompanied choral Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, written for New College, Oxford) .
He later taught and was composer-in-residence at Stowe School near Buckingham. Many of his compositions are for choir.
