About

Driven by a belief that great music-making is built on collaboration, clarity, and trust, Josh Quinlan is an audio producer and baritone working across the UK, specialising in the performance and recording of contemporary choral music. With extensive experience as a performer, he has appeared at events including the BBC Proms, Royal Variety Performance and the Ryedale Festival. This, alongside a background in technology, leads to his meticulous, solutions-focused approach to every project, enabling artists to realise ambitious creative visions. He maintains a busy and varied performing schedule, working both as a soloist and with leading professional ensembles.

Recent collaborations include projects with the BBC Singers, Gabrieli Consort, National Youth Choir, The Swingles, University of Cambridge, Ralph Allwood, Ellie Slorach and Jennifer Johnston.

Josh was born with a rare condition called Oculocutaneous Albinism, and has been registered blind since birth. He first trained at the Royal Northern College of Music’s Junior Department, studying Singing, Conducting, Composition, Clarinet (with a focus on Bass Clarinet), and Advanced Musicology. During his time there, he received several awards for Composition and was honoured with the Percy Welton Prize for Academic Music. He went on to read Music at the University of York, graduating with First-Class Honours in 2021.

At age 18, Josh made his conducting debut at the Royal Albert Hall, performing his own music with musicians from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. In 2023, he was selected for the prestigious Glyndebourne Academy, receiving mentorship as a vocal soloist with exceptional potential. Since then, he has been working extensively across the UK and abroad, particularly as an audio producer and choral musician.

Josh is an alumnus of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra - where he was Principal Auxiliary Clarinettist (2016-2017) & Principal Clarinettist (2017-2019) - and the RLPO’s Rushworth composition scheme, through which he received his first commissions and professional performances. He was also a member of the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain, initially in the Training Choir (2016–2018), later in the National Youth Choir and Chamber Choir (2018–2023), and most recently as a Conducting Fellow (2025-2026).

Alongside his busy freelance career, he holds the position of Programmes Manager with the National Youth Choir, managing their in-house record label National Youth Choir Recordings and overseeing all creative recording/filming activity, and runs an independent classical record label and distributor, Endelium Records, through which he offers bespoke distribution services to clients of all types and sizes. He also works as a Senior Application Support Engineer for a major software development company.

In parallel, he has composed award-winning works for numerous institutions and ensembles, including Tate Modern, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, the Wilfred Owen Commemoration Festival, and mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston.