Andrew CarwoodMBE (born 30 April 1965^[1]) is the Director of Music atSt Paul's Cathedral in London and director of his own group,The Cardinall's Musick.

He was educated atThe John Lyon School, Harrow^[2] and was a choral scholar in theChoir of St John's College, Cambridge underGeorge Guest, alay clerk atChrist Church, Oxford andWestminster Cathedral, London before holding the post of Director of Music at theLondon Oratory Church in London for five years. He is now Artistic Director ofThe Cardinall's Musick and Director of Music atSt Paul's Cathedral in London.

As a singer he is particularly known for his performances of the English repertoire, from consort songs byWilliam Byrd to the role of the Male Chorus inBenjamin Britten’sThe Rape of Lucretia and for music of the Baroque. He has performed with many of the leading British ensembles both on disc and on the concert platform throughout the world, including theTallis Scholars, theOrlando Consort, theOxford Camerata andPro Cantione Antiqua, and has undertaken solo roles forGeorge Guest, SirRoger Norrington,Joshua Rifkin,Harry Christophers,Richard Hickox,Paul McCreesh,Stephen Darlington,Philippe Herreweghe,Robert King andChristopher Hogwood. His discography includes works byHassler,Vivaldi,Purcell,Haydn,Warlock,Grainger,Howells,Poulenc,Janáček andChristopher Headington. He is represented by Rayfield Artists.

As a conductor he also works withThe Cardinall’s Musick and together they have performed throughout the United Kingdom and Europe. With them he has made over thirty recordings of renaissance music and now records forHyperion Records.^[3] He is an expert on music of the 16th and 17th centuries and has worked as guest conductor withThe Sixteen,The King’s Consort and theBBC Singers.^[4]

He was the Music Advisor for theNational Theatre’s 2001 production ofLuther byJohn Osborne, and in 1995, 2006 and 2007 he won theGramophone Early Music Award.^[5] He is Director of the Schola Cantorum at the annual Edington Festival^[6] and was made an Associate of theRoyal School of Church Music in 2005. In 2007 he was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of theBBC Singers. In 2010 he once again won the Gramophone Award for Early Music and the Gramophone Record of the Year Award.^[7]

He was appointed to succeedMalcolm Archer as Director of Music atSt Paul's Cathedral, London, taking up the post in September 2007,^[8] the first non-organist to hold the post since the 12th century.

Carwood was appointedMember of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the2022 New Year Honours for services to choral music.^[9]

• St Paul's Cathedral
• The Cardinall's Musick
• Rayfield Allied

• Living people
• Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
• British performers of early music
• English choral conductors
• British male conductors (music)
• English tenors
• People educated at The John Lyon School
• 1965 births
• 21st-century British conductors (music)
• 21st-century British male musicians
• Members of the Order of the British Empire
• Singers with The Tallis Scholars

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