PRESIDENT - BRIGIT FORSYTH
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VICE PRESIDENT - MARK ROWLINSON
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Well known local singer and former senior Music Producer for BBC Radio Three |
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VICE PRESIDENT - STEPHEN WILLIAMS
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Director of Music at Uppingham School Musical Director of St George's Singers, 1996-2006 |
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MUSICAL DIRECTOR - NEIL TAYLOR
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Neil Taylor won a Scholarship to the Royal College of Music, where he studied with John Birch and Nicholas Danby. Whilst a student, he was organ scholar at St Albans Cathedral, and on graduating was appointed Assistant Organist at Norwich Cathedral. As well as premiering many new works in his time at Norwich, he made numerous broadcasts and recordings with the Cathedral Choir, and toured with them on the continent and in the USA. As well as directing the Cathedral Consort, he formed the Cathedral Girls’ Choir which completed its first CD recording and made a highly successful tour of Germany shortly after its inception. He has been Organist and Director of Music at Sheffield Cathedral since 1997, where he is responsible for the Cathedral Choirs of boys, girls and men. Since his appointment, the Cathedral Choir has toured both at home and abroad (including Germany, Holland, France, Hungary and the USA) and broadcast frequently on BBC Radio 3. CD Recordings include Music for a Millennium, a Classic FM Magazine CD of the Year Award Winner, and nine CD recordings with the Cathedral Choirs.
Neil has directed and assisted on choral courses as far afield as Aldeburgh, Mexico City and the Eton Choral Courses. As an organist, he has played at most of the major venues in the UK. He became Musical Director of St George’s Singers in 2006, and appears frequently as Musical Director and Organist on BBC Radio 4’s Daily Service.
In his spare time he enjoys reading and walking. A keen cook, he is also an enthusiast of real ales and good wines. |
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ASSISTANT MUSICAL DIRECTOR - CALUM FRASER
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Calum Fraser studied at The University of Manchester and with Simon Halsey, Adrian Partington and Sarah Tenant-Flowers at The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Calum was appointed Musical Director of Opera’r Ddraig in 2011 and recently conducted the critically acclaimed performances of Acis and Galatea and Dido and Aeneas. He founded Scottish chamber choir Caledonian Voices in 2010 and The Martin Harris Singers in 2007. He is currently the Assistant Musical Director of St. George’s Singers and the Musical Director of The Cheshire Consort. Calum previously directed Ad Solem - The University of Manchester Chamber Choir, with whom he led a tour to Poland and released his first CD on the SIM Records label. He has also worked regularly with The University of Manchester Symphony and Chamber Orchestras, and has recently worked as Chorus Master for Die Fledermaus (RWCMD). Calum has appeared in masterclasses with Richard Bonynge, Peter Broadbent, Robert Dean, Alice Farnham, Karen Grylls and Eric Whitacre. |
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ACCOMPANIST - JEFFREY MAKINSON
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Jeffrey Makinson is Sub-Organist of Manchester Cathedral, Tutor in Organ Studies at the Royal Northern College of Music and Manchester University and Tutor in Pianoforte at Chetham’s School of Music.
He received his musical training at the Royal Northern College of Music and at Manchester University. He subsequently became Organ Scholar of York Minster from 1992-1994, before spending five years as Assistant Organist at Lincoln Minster. He took up his post in Manchester in 1999 and is busy as a recitalist, accompanist, conductor, teacher and adjudicator in the city and throughout the country.
As part of his duties at Manchester Cathedral, Jeffrey accompanies the critically acclaimed Cathedral Choir for most of the choral services, assists the Organist & Master of the Choristers with the training and direction of the choir and directs the Cathedral Voluntary Choir.
As a recitalist, Jeffrey has performed throughout the country, at many of the major British cathedrals, abbeys, collegiate chapels, churches and concert halls, including numerous recitals at Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral, St. Paul’s Cathedral and King’s College, Cambridge. Jeffrey has also performed in numerous foreign countries including Czech Republic, France, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, and the USA.
Jeffrey has made numerous CD recordings, with the Albany, Delphian, Herald, Lammas, Naxos, Priory and Regent labels. He works extensively for the BBC, as regular musical director and organist for Radio 4 Daily Service. In addition, he has worked on programmes such as Songs of Praise, Chorister of the Year, Choral Evensong, Minstrels in the Gallery, Young Musician of the Year, Sunday Morning Worship and the Radio 4 Pilgrimage to Rome. Since 1998, he has been Organist in Residence at the Exon Singers Festival.
Jeffrey has a keen interest in promoting new music and has given first performances of works by numerous leading composers, including Mark Blatchly, Martin Bussey, Bob Chilcott, Naji Hakim, Grayston Ives, Francis Jackson, George Lloyd, Richard Lloyd, Philip Moore, Andrew Sallis, Howard Skempton and Philip Wilby. |
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ASSISTANT ACCOMPANISTS - TIM KENNEDY, JULIA MAYALL
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COMMITTEE
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Hon Chair | | Peter Marcus | Hon Vice Chair | | Catherine Bryant | Hon Secretary | | Jacqui Smith | Hon Treasurer | | John Slater | Hon Librarian | | Gwyneth Pailin | Hon Concert Secretary | | Kate Fuggle | Hon Stage Manager | | Anne Francis | Hon Publicity Secretary | | David Robson | Soprano rep | | Andrea Millington | Alto rep | | Anthea Slater | Tenor rep | | Mark Warrington | Bass rep | | Michael Peat | Ticket Secretary | | Dave Francis | Fundraising | | David Robson |
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