David Skinner

David Skinner has achieved equal renown as a choral conductor and a musicologist. In 1989, Skinner and Andrew Carwood founded the vocal ensemble The Cardinall's Musick. As the name suggested, the group specialized in English Catholic composers of the Renaissance. Skinner also served as producer for the more than 25 recordings made by The Cardinall's Musick. In 2005, Skinner formed a new group, Alamire, whose repertory extends back to the medieval era. That group has also recorded prolifically. Skinner and Alamire issued a pair of albums devoted to the contents of William Byrd's publications, Byrd 1588 and Byrd 1589, in 2021 and 2023, respectively.