Jeremy Summerly

British choral conductor Jeremy Summerly has made many recordings with the Oxford Camerata, which he founded. He also directs the Choir of St. Luke's, Chelsea, and is a musicologist, radio presenter, and educator. Summerly has been heard on the BBC 3 and BBC 4 radio networks since 1991 as a presenter and reviewer. In 1983, Summerly became the conductor of the choir at the Edington Music Festival, and the following year, he formed the Oxford Camerata choir. He remained as director of that group as of the mid-2020s. In 1991, he and the Oxford Camerata recorded the album Lamentations. Summerly has edited several collections of printed music and is the author of articles in the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Historical Performance in Music. He continues to direct the Choir of St. Luke's, Chelsea, with which he issued a recording of music by contemporary composer Philip W.J. Stopford in 2024.