Photograph by George Riddell www.StagePhotography.co.uk
Greg Beardsell conducting at a rehearsal for the Brahms concert in Amersham, March 2007.
More photos from this concert.
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Greg Beardsell is Music Director of the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, the Wooburn Singers and the Ulster Youth Choir, Guest Conductor of the Manchester Boys’ Choir and Associate Musical Director of the National Youth Choir of Great Britain.
Born in Harrogate and educated at Chetham’s School of Music and Manchester University, Greg studied conducting with Michael Brewer and Gary Walker. Whilst at university, he held the directorship of the Chamber Choir, Ad Solem, for four years and conducted the Chamber Orchestra and the Symphony Chorus.
Greg’s previous posts also include Music Director of the Oxford Chamber Choir and until recently the Surrey Youth Choir, whom he led to the Grand Finals of the Sainsbury’s Choir of the Year. He was also the director of Opera Works, a company giving performance opportunities to young opera singers. In 2005, he was the recipient of the BBC Singers conductor bursary.
A large proportion of Greg’s time is devoted to tutoring on singing and choral courses including the Eton Choral Courses, the IAPS Choral Course and Harrogate Choral Week. He regularly leads workshops for children around the country on behalf of the National Youth Choir and the Association of British Choral Directors. Greg is also in demand as an adjudicator and this year will be adjudicating at the Choral Festivals in Navan, Bangor and Sligo.
As a Chorus Master as well as his work with BSC he has worked with the St. Endellion Festival Chorus, the BBC Symphony Chorus, the Bach Choir and the London Symphony Chorus and prepared works for conductors such as Marin Alsop and Richard Hickox. He has also directed the Sagittarian Consort of Cambridge, the Classical Soloists, the City of London Sinfonia and the BBC Singers.
Recent engagements include leading a seminar on boys voices at the ABCD Convention 2007, directing the National Youth Training Choir and Ulster Youth Choir summer courses and conducting the City of London Sinfonia in a performance of Brahms' Naenie, Song of Destiny, and Alto Rhapsody for the Wooburn Festival.
Greg Beardsell - web site
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