Rachel Mahon

Rachel Mahon is Director of Music at Coventry Cathedral where she is primarily responsible for training and conducting the Cathedral Choir and since January 2022, she has been Conductor of the Coventry Cathedral Chorus. Prior to arriving at Coventry Cathedral as Assistant Director of Music in 2018, she was Organ Scholar at St Paul’s Cathedral – the first female organist in the cathedral’s 1400-year history - and subsequently, Assistant Organist at Chester Cathedral. She combines life as a Cathedral musician with a busy international recital schedule, touring as soloist and as part of Organized Crime Duo. Rachel has appeared on radio as performer and presenter, accompanying the BBC Singers in Choral Evensong and presenting Inside Music on BBC radio 3 and This Is My Music on CBC radio. Funded by a grant awarded by the Canada Council for the Arts, Rachel's debut solo album was released to excellent reviews - it received five stars in Choir and Organ Magazine and was Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice in March 2020.