Dr Joseph Fort
Senior Lecturer and Director of Performance, Admissions Tutor
- College Organist & Director of the Chapel Choir
Research interests
- Music
Biography
Joseph Fort is a conductor and musicologist based in London. Since 2015 he has been College Organist & Director of the Chapel Choir, and Lecturer in Music at King’s College London, which role he took up immediately upon the completion of his PhD at Harvard University.
Joseph's performances with the Choir of King’s College London have been recognised as ‘English choral singing at its best’ (Choir & Organ), ‘a performance of astonishing intensity and musicality’ (Gramophone), and ‘superbly drilled’ (The Guardian). His expansive discography with Delphian Records has received considerable critical acclaim, including Editor’s Choice and the ‘best new classical albums’ lists in Gramophone. Recent orchestral conducting includes Britten Sinfonia, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Hanover Band and the London Mozart Players. He also directs the acclaimed professional choir of St Paul’s Knightsbridge.
Joseph’s academic research focuses on eighteenth-century music and dance. He is currently completing a monograph on Haydn and minuets. He has published in the Eighteenth-Century Music journal, and has chapters in books with Cambridge University Press and Leipzig University Press. His chamber arrangement of The Cloud Messenger by Gustav Holst is published by Stainer & Bell.
For more details, please see his full research profile.
Research interests and PhD supervision
- Eighteenth-century music (esp. Haydn)
- Music and dance
- Musical arrangements and adaptations
- Performance issues
- Conducting and choral music
Teaching
Eighteenth-century music history; eighteenth- and nineteenth-century music theory and analysis; music and dance; performance.
Expertise and public engagement
Frequent broadcasts as a conductor on BBC Radio 3
News
The Anthony & Susan Chow Scholarship
The Anthony & Susan Chow Scholarship
Events
CONCERT: Corona Mariae - 'Joy & Devotion' Festival
A performance by the Choir of King's College London at St James's Piccadilly.
Please note: this event has passed.
Grand Christmas Concert
A performance by the Choir of King's College London at St Mary's Church, Hay-on-Wye
CONCERT: The Genuine History of the Life of Richard Turpin
A concert by the Choir of King's College London with the South West Essex Choir.
Please note: this event has passed.
CONCERT: Mass in Blue & The Genuine History of the Life of Richard Turpin
A concert by the Choir of King's College London with the South West Essex Choir.
Please note: this event has passed.
News
The Anthony & Susan Chow Scholarship
The Anthony & Susan Chow Scholarship
Events
CONCERT: Corona Mariae - 'Joy & Devotion' Festival
A performance by the Choir of King's College London at St James's Piccadilly.
Please note: this event has passed.
Grand Christmas Concert
A performance by the Choir of King's College London at St Mary's Church, Hay-on-Wye
CONCERT: The Genuine History of the Life of Richard Turpin
A concert by the Choir of King's College London with the South West Essex Choir.
Please note: this event has passed.
CONCERT: Mass in Blue & The Genuine History of the Life of Richard Turpin
A concert by the Choir of King's College London with the South West Essex Choir.
Please note: this event has passed.