{"id":1210,"date":"2024-11-17T17:40:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T17:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bomvc.co.uk\/?page_id=1210"},"modified":"2026-07-16T19:01:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T18:01:03","slug":"paul-stanton-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bomvc.co.uk\/?page_id=1210","title":{"rendered":"Paul Stanton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center alignfull has-ast-global-color-4-color has-ast-global-color-2-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-1\" style=\"border-width:6px\">Paul Stanton &#8211; Assistant Musical Director<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:17% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bomvc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Paul-Stanton-1-771x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1211 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bomvc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Paul-Stanton-1-771x1024.jpeg 771w, https:\/\/bomvc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Paul-Stanton-1-226x300.jpeg 226w, https:\/\/bomvc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Paul-Stanton-1-768x1020.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bomvc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Paul-Stanton-1-1157x1536.jpeg 1157w, https:\/\/bomvc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Paul-Stanton-1-1542x2048.jpeg 1542w, https:\/\/bomvc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Paul-Stanton-1-scaled.jpeg 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\">Paul was born in Rugby, Warwickshire and started singing in his local church choir, initially as a treble before dropping to tenor as his voice broke.&nbsp; He attended three Royal School of Church Music summer schools in his teens, which culminated in singing in Edinburgh Cathedral.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-right:0;margin-left:0\">After University in Swansea where Paul sang with the Choral Society for a year he then joined the Royal Navy.&nbsp; After 23 years\u2019 service with no organised singing, Paul retired to become an accountant \u2013 a role he still performs.&nbsp; Retiring, and with children now fledged, time was available to start singing again.&nbsp; Paul joined the Fareham Philharmonic Society in 2016 singing as a first bass.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-right:0;margin-left:0\">He joined the Hampshire Police Male Voice Choir in 2018, initially as a baritone, which deepened his interest in this style of singing.&nbsp; Paul took lessons with the Choir\u2019s Musical Director who was a qualified singing tutor in order to attempt to improve his singing.&nbsp; What this did was to expand his range and no longer fearing the top G\u2019s he moved up to second tenor!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5 wp-block-paragraph\">Covid impacted all of us, and Paul and Jill took an opportunity to move to Devon from Hampshire.&nbsp; Paul joined the Brixham Orpheus in November 2021.&nbsp; He also sings with the mixed Big Noise Chorus in Torquay. 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