Choral conductor and baritone Gerard Lim is a strong advocate of dynamic performances of choral music, through the idiomatic presentation of texts and vibrant singing. He recently obtained an MMus in choral conducting at the Royal Academy of Music, under Patrick Russill, graduating with distinction and a DipRAM in the final recital. Gerard was the Alec Robertson conducting scholar at Westminster Cathedral in his final year at the Academy.

In 2022, he graduated with highest distinction, attaining BMus in vocal performance from the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory (Singapore). He directed several digital productions while at Yong Siew Toh, during the Covid-19 lockdown. He also prepared the conservatory chorus’ for their performance of J.S. Bach’s St. John Passion.

In 2024, he placed 3rd at the first ‘Magister Inside’ International Choral Conducting Competition (Arezzo, Italy), and received the Georghe Dima Special Prize in the final of the 20th ‘Gheorghe Dima’ International Conducting Competition (Cluj-Napoca, Romania). Gerard is the Music Director of the Arcadian Singers of Oxford and the London Concord Singers. He was recently appointed as Director of Music at Holy Ghost Catholic Church, Balham, and also works for the Westminster Schools Singing programme. He is co-founder and co-artistic director of Chroma, a collective of singers who seek to present thematic choral programmes, based in Singapore.

In his solo singing career, he has performed the baritone solo in Stravinsky’s Pulcinella, conducted by Masaaki Suzuki, and was praised for the ‘great expressiveness and characterisation’ in his singing by The Straits Times. Gerard has also sung the part of Adam in Haydn’s The Creation, the baritone solo in Schubert’s Mass No. 2 in G Major, and in the role of Christus for the St. John Passion.