Paul McCreesh is the founder and artistic director of the Gabrieli Consort & Players. With them he has performed in major concert halls and festivals across the world. He has been the artistic director of the Wratislavia Cantans Festival in Wrocław, Poland and of the Brinkburn Festival in England.
In 2005 Loughborough University conferred on him the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters.
Musical education[edit]
McCreesh began his career as a cellist and took his MusB from the University of Manchester in 1981.