Joseph Fort is College Organist & Director of the Chapel Choir, and Senior Lecturer in Music at King’s College London, where he directs the Choir of King’s College London in chapel services, broadcasts, recordings, concerts and international tours. The Choir’s performances under his direction have been recognised as ‘English choral singing at its best’ (Choir & Organ) and ‘a performance of astonishing intensity and musicality’ (Gramophone). In 2021 he was appointed Director of Music at St Paul’s, Knightsbridge, where he conducts the acclaimed professional choir.

Recent orchestral conducting includes performances with Britten Sinfonia, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Hanover Band and the London Mozart Players. Festival conducting appearances across the world include the Festival de México, the White Nights Festival of St Petersburg, the Montreal Organ Festival, the London Handel Festival, the St Albans International Organ Festival, and the conventions of the American Guild of Organists and the Royal Canadian College of Organists.

Joseph is known for his innovative and creative programming, and his track record of eclectic commissions ranges from new Canticle settings to large-scale works for choir and electric guitar. His expansive discography with Delphian Records has received considerable critical acclaim, including Editor’s Choice and the ‘best new classical albums’ selections in Gramophone. Particular focuses have been around contemporary repertoire and neglected early twentieth-century British music. He broadcasts regularly on BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM.

Joseph holds a PhD from Harvard University, and his academic research focuses on eighteenth-century music and dance. He has published in a number of journals and his monograph Haydn’s Minuets and Eighteenth-Century Dance will be published by Cambridge University Press in September 2025. Prior to Harvard, he studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he was the organ scholar, and at the Royal Academy of Music, who in 2017 elected him to their Associateship.