Peter Giles (countertenor), Date of Birth

Peter Giles (countertenor)

countertenor

Date of Birth: 15-Feb-1939

Profession: conductor, singer, choir director, voice teacher, musicologist, music pedagogue, music journalist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Peter Giles (born 1939) is a British countertenor and writer of scientific Books about countertenors.
Giles began his career as a boy chorister in a traditional all-male choir in London.
In the years from 1961 to 1966 his teacher was Countertenor John Whitworth (born 1921). He first was appointed as alto lay clerk at Ely Cathedral, then at Lichfield Cathedral, at last at Canterbury Cathedral where he was senior lay clerk from 1978 until 1994. During his career he had numerous performances as a soloist singer within the UK but also in the US and in Canada.
Occasionally he can be seen on TV with solo performances and readings. He took additional lessons by Arthur Hewlett and specialised on Sinus Tone Control, a sound technique by Ernest George White, which puts special emphasis for singers on using the resonances in the head.
In this method he gives lessons for speakers and singers as a professional voice teacher. He performed with the male trio Canterbury Clerkes for 25 years. In 2000 he founded the mixed voice quintet Quodlibet, with which he made three albums.
Besides that he plays the organ at different churches and conducts and coaches choirs. Peter Giles is also known for his publications on the subject of countertenor.