James Botcher is an experienced music director, workshop leader, and teacher, (employing his diverse skillset across the industry) from conducting classical choirs to running beatboxing workshops.

James combines leading and teaching with a growing international singing career, performing globally with Grammy award-winning vocal ensemble The Swingles. He sings regularly across Scandinavia with the Mogens Dahl Kammerkor and the Trondheim Vokalensemble. Closer to home, James is a founding member of The Lyons Mouth and is an active ensemble singer with some of the UK’s finest choirs, including the BBC Singers, The Gabrieli Consort, and Polyphony.

James read music at The University of York and stayed for a further year of postgraduate study in the Solo Voice Ensemble Singing pathway, during which he also held a choral scholarship in the York Minster. He owns a small dog and a very large cat.