Paul Keohone

BIOGRAPHY

From Kilmarnock, Scotland, Paul is a conductor, singer and vocal coach living in Glasgow.

Paul studied singing at the Royal College of Music, London.  He has sung roles with Scottish Opera, Opera West (Norway), Opera de Nancy, Théâtre du Châtelet, Opera Holland Park and and at countless Festivals from Edinburgh to Bermuda.  Also as a soloist he has sung with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Scottish Opera Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Peking Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Northern Sinfonia, and recorded with EMI, Naxos, Chandos and Deutsche Grammophon record labels. He sang the British Premier of composer Mark-Anthony Turnage’s “When I Woke” Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3, and was nominated for a Royal Philharmonic Society Award for his performance of Peter Maxwell Davies’ “8 Songs for a Mad King”. 

During his 25 year singing career he understudied many major operatic roles, most notably with Scottish Opera, English National Opera, The Royal Opera, Covent Garden and the opera of La Scala, Milan. 

In November 2021 he was appointed Musical Director of the City of Glasgow Chorus (CGC) www.cityofglasgowchorus.org and in November 2022 made his orchestral conducting debut with the CGC and the Orchestra of Scottish Opera at Glasgow City Halls, conducting Mozart Requiem and Ola Gjeilo Sunrise Mass. Since then, he has conducted the orchestra and choir in performances of Verdi Requiem at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Bach Magnificat and Vivaldi Gloria at Glasgow City Halls and yearly performances of the CGC’s popular “Christmas Cracker” at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. As well as that he conducts a busy schedule of choral concerts with the CGC in venues across the west of Scotland.

Paul teaches singing at The High School of Glasgow, and works as a vocal coach with the National Youth Choir of Scotland, The National Boys Choir and at the world famous Eton Choral Course. (now known as The Rodolphus Foundation Choral Course). He conducts choral and performance workshops with many other choirs including Glasgow Youth Choir and The Peninsula Choir and in 2024 took on the post of tutor in Singing for Wellbeing at the University of Strathclyde.  Paul has held training workshops with the clown doctors at Hearts and Minds, a charity that use skills in clowning to help children in hospital and people living with dementia. As well as this, he has led workshops with NHS Scotland and Edinburgh University in a joint project with Glasgow’s Roma Communities in using singing to build bridges with Roma people and their communities. He has also worked as vocal coach with The National Theatre of Scotland, most recently on the play “Midsummer” which was performed at The Edinburgh International Festival.

In 2004 Paul was made an honorary member of The Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society https://www.crmsociety.com/ for his contribution to the artistic life of The Mackintosh Church, Queens Cross.

Qualifications

Associate of The Royal College of Music A.R.C.M
Diploma of The Royal College of Music Dip R.C.M
Associate of The London College of Music A.L.C.M
Licentiate of The London College of Music L.L.C.M

Other Relevant Qualifications
Cert TESOL – Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages