About

Driven by a belief that great music-making is built on collaboration, clarity, and trust, Josh Quinlan is an audio producer, baritone, and conductor 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 National Youth Choir, BBC Singers, Gabrieli Consort, The Swingles, Ralph Allwood, Ellie Slorach and Jennifer Johnston.

Josh is proud to offer label management and record distribution services to independent classical labels, artists and ensembles, ranging from schools and universities to cathedrals and orchestras. Registered blind since birth, he is also committed to widening access to classical music, particularly for disabled musicians and audiences.

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.

As an an alumnus of both the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra - where he was Principal Auxiliary Clarinettist (2016-2017) & Principal Clarinettist (2017-2019) - and the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain, initially in the Training Choir (2016–2018), and later in the National Youth Choir and Chamber Choir (2018–2023), Josh has built a career firmly grounded in performance. He is presently a Conducting Fellow on the National Youth Choir’s Emerging Professional Artists programme, and also works with them as an audio producer and section coach. In parallel, he has composed award-winning works for numerous institutions and ensembles, including Tate Modern, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic (with whom he was a Composer on their Rushworth scheme between 2016 and 2018), the Wilfred Owen Commemoration Festival, and mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston.

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 young vocal soloist with exceptional potential.