In illo tempore: loquente Jesu

About

Francis Steele was born in Liverpool the son of a docker. Christ's Hospital School nurtured his early musical interests and while at Magdalen College Oxford he studied with David Wulstan and Dr Bernard Rose two remarkable mentors who combined scholarship with performance. This influence pervaded a singing career spanning nearly three decades during which Francis sang with and furnished editions for the foremost British ensembles. Travelling and performing extensively he has developed an intimate practical knowledge of Renaissance repertoire and his main concern is an imaginative fidelity to musical and verbal text. Francis now lives at La Maison Verte in southern France where he runs courses advocating this approach; he also coaches groups throughout Europe and in the USA.