Leo Fulwell

Tenor · Choral Scholar, York Minster


Photo credit: Duncan Phillips

Leo Fulwell is a tenor and choral scholar at York Minster, and a soloist in oratorio and sacred music across the north of England.Leo began his musical journey as a chorister at Blackburn Cathedral, before holding tenor choral scholarships at Hereford and Newcastle Cathedrals. Since September 2024 he has been a Choral Scholar at York Minster, where he sings eight services each week, performs in concerts and events, records CDs and tours internationally, with recent visits to France and Italy.A graduate in music from the University of York, Leo is now studying for a Master's in Solo Voice Ensemble Singing with Robert Hollingworth. He appears regularly as a soloist with choral societies and choirs, and his solo repertoire includes Bach's Mass in B Minor and St John Passion, Haydn's St Nicholas Mass, Nelson Mass and The Creation, and Stainer's Crucifixion.



  • 13 Oct: Genesis Sixteen Alumni Evensong broadcast on BBC Radio 3 Choral Evensong

  • 24 Oct: Performing with the Phoenix Consort, National Centre for Early Music

  • 14 Nov: Soloist in Haydn's Nelson Mass, Otley Choral Society

  • 29 Nov: Soloist in Handel's Messiah, Coppull

  • 5 Dec: Soloist in Handel's Messiah, Blackburn Cathedral, with Blackburn Music Society

  • Ongoing: eight services a week with the Choir of York Minster



  • Genesis Sixteen Alumni Evensong: invited back to sing at St James's Piccadilly, recorded for BBC Radio 3 Choral Evensong

  • Charles Wood Festival 2026: tenor section leader of the Charles Wood Singers under David Hill

  • Genesis Sixteen: member of the 2025-26 cohort

  • Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment: solo quartet in The Fairy Queen, combining singing with acting and dance

  • The Lyons Mouth: solo trio, deputising for the ensemble's debut concert



Bach St John Passion, Mass in B Minor · Handel Messiah · Haydn The Creation, Nelson Mass, St Nicholas Mass · Mendelssohn Elijah · Stainer The Crucifixion