Grayston Burgess (7 April 1932 in Cheriton, Kent – 6 March 2019)[1] was an English countertenor and conductor.
As a boy Burgess was a chorister in the choir of Canterbury Cathedral during the second world war.
[2] He also sang with the Studio der frühen Musik and the Musica Reservata Ensemble of Michael Morrow and John Beckett.
Burgess premiered compositions including Michael Tippett's "Songs for Ariel".
In 2000 he accepted an invitation to help form, and to direct, a local community choir to celebrate the Millennium.