Hilary Punnett is a freelance conductor, organist, and singer with a background working as conductor and organist in numerous cathedrals and churches, having held positions at Chelmsford Cathedral, Lincoln Cathedral, Southwell Minster, All Saints’, Northampton, and Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal. She regularly gives solo organ recitals around the UK and has appeared on several CDs, including Southwell’s acclaimed recording of the Cavaillé-Coll organs in Sées cathedral, and Northampton Bach Choir’s Be Merry CD.

Alongside her work as Director of the Cathedral Singers of Christ Church, Oxford, she is Musical Director of the Stondon Singers, RSCM Voices South, and Director of the Girl Choristers of Platinum Choral Foundation. As a conductor, she has become known for her creative programming, her work with amateurs and young people, and has regularly collaborated with the RSCM both as course tutor, and more recently as examiner for the Voice for Life scheme.

Hilary holds an MMus in Organ Performance from McGill University, as well as an FRCO, and finishes her MA in Choral Conducting at the Royal Academy of Music in 2025.