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John Potter
John Potter performs with Trio Mediæval
Background information
Origin	England
Genres	Classical Vocal Contemporary Early music Extended vocal techniques
Occupations	Singer Author Academic
Years active	1970s - present
Labels	Hyperion, ECM
Associated acts	The Hilliard Ensemble, Swingle Singers, Gavin Bryars, Trio Mediæval, John Surman
Website	www.john-potter.co.uk/

John Potter is an English tenor and academic.

Life

John Potter's musical education began as a chorister at King's College Cambridge, after which he became a scholar at The King's School and exhibitioner at Gonville & Caius. His coaches included Lieder specialist Walter Gruner, accompanist Paul Hamburger, and the tenor Peter Pears.

He currently resides in York with his wife, Penny.

Performance

Potter specialises in early and contemporary vocal music. In addition to his solo work, he has performed with many acclaimed vocal ensembles including The Hilliard Ensemble, The Swingle Singers, The Dowland Project, the Gavin Bryars Ensemble, and Red Byrd, of which he is a co-founder. His discography includes over 100 recordings encompassing his eclectic musical interests including Leonin and Led Zeppelin.^[1]

He is in high demand as an ensemble coach, mentoring groups such as Trio Mediæval from Norway, The Kassiopeia Ensemble from the Netherlands, and Juice from the United Kingdom.

Academic work

Since 1998, Potter has been a reader for the Music Department at the University of York where he is the director of the Vocal Studies postgraduate program. His research interests include the sociology of vocal music and vocal repertory, especially Renaissance and contemporary music.^[2]

Publications

Potter is the author of numerous academic publications, including articles and his book Vocal Authority (Cambridge University Press). He edited the The Cambridge Companion to Singing, also for Cambridge University Press.

In his latest book Tenor: History of a Voice ^[3], published by Yale University Press, John Potter includes a unique Tenorography^[4], which contains bibliographical and discographical/video information on several hundred tenors.

References

External links

• John Potter's Homepage
• John Potter's Profile at the University of York
• Biography at Bach-Cantatas.com
• John Potter at Hyperion Records
• The Cambridge Companion to Singing at Google Books
• Tenor: History of a voice at (Yale University Press)