"Every single workshop I give is all about excellence, singing well, singing properly, and achieving the very best we can achieve. Why do we it? We don't do it because we'll be paid millions and millions of pounds. It's not cash-motivated. We do it because there is a higher purpose, a higher calling that makes us do it. I got offered a graduate scheme at university, so I could have been a corporate sellout. I'd probably arguably work less hours than I do in music, but I didn't do that. I don't have any regrets, because on an evening, I go home, I look myself in the mirror, and I can say to myself, 'we did some good stuff today.'"

Caius Lee is the Director of College Music at Worcester College, Oxford, where he leads the internationally acclaimed College Choir and Boys’ Choir, alongside the Jericho Youth Choir and the All Sorts Community Choir. He oversees an extensive portfolio of collegiate, community, and outreach initiatives under the Music at Worcester banner, including the groundbreaking Oxford Choral Experience and New Instrument learning scheme. Furthermore, he is a guest lecturer for the Institute of Sacred Music at St Stephen’s House and the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM).

Caius began his musical career as a chorister at Bradford Cathedral aged 11, later becoming the Cathedral Organ Scholar at 15. At 17, he joined Leeds Cathedral, concurrently holding the Idlewild Conducting Scholarship and the Cathedral Organ Scholarship. He was appointed Assistant Organist a year later, serving as the Diocesan Organist and Director of Music for the annual Lourdes pilgrimage.

Caius read Music at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, as the Neville Burston Organ Scholar. During his time at university, he founded the Addamus Choral Programme (formerly the Florence International Singing Programme). Addamus facilitates several annual courses and has performed at prestigious venues including Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s Cathedral, Saint-Sulpice, Florence Cathedral, and the Vatican. Most recently, the programme launched the inaugural Italian Choral Programme, providing aspiring young professionals with the opportunity to perform at the Vatican, Florence Cathedral, Milan Cathedral and the Pantheon under the tutelage of a distinguished faculty, including Bob Chilcott, James Jordan, and Lorenzo Donati.

To get in touch with Caius, you can find the Addamus Choral Programme on Facebook (@addamuschoralprogramme) or Instagram (@addamus_official) or email him at caius.lee@worc.ox.ac.uk.

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