Passionate about bringing Jewish music to the world

Joseph Finlay is a composer and musical director. He read music at Clare College Cambridge, and gained an MMUS in composition at the Royal Academy of Music, studying with Paul Patterson and taking lessons with Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. He works extensively in Jewish Music, is director of Music at Hendon Reform Synagogue, and previously worked as choir director at the New London, New North London and Central Synagogues. As a composer he has had works performed by a range of ensembles. including the Britten Sinfonia, London Sinfonietta, the BBC Singers and the Leibniz Trio. He is also active as a writer and was formerly Deputy Editor of the Jewish Quarterly. www.josephfinlay.com

Currently serving as Cantor of the Central Synagogue, London, Steven has quickly become one of the leading Cantors in the UK. Since arriving in London from his native South Africa in 2002, Steven has made a big impact on the Cantorial scene in the UK, appearing on two BBC television programmes commemorating 60 years since the liberation of Aushwitz.