Choir conductor biography

In 2004, Danuser took on the musical direction of the mixed choir Swissair Voices (with 50 singers).
Mervin Fick's dynamic leadership has been engaging and inspiring singers and audiences for over 40 years.
David Lawrence is one of the UK's most versatile conductors, working with orchestras, symphony choruses and national youth choirs.

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Biography

Conducting ‘with spirit and vitality – and musical integrity always at its core’, leading UK Choral Conductor, Andrea Brown has performed with choirs across the globe.

Andrea is Conductor of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Chamber Choir, the Exeter Festival Chorus, and the Somerset Chamber Choir. Andrea works regularly as conductor with other ensembles including the BBC Singers, The Festival Chorus, London Oriana Choir, the Fourth Choir, the BBC Concert Orchestra and London Philharmonic Orchestra. Recent work includes concerts in Berlin with hortus vocalis, Elgar’s ‘Dream of Gerontius’ at Exeter Cathedral, Mozart’s ‘Requiem’ at the Leeds Lieder Festival and the critically acclaimed ‘Memorial’ with Tippett Voices at the Barbican Centre, London. Most recently she was Conductor and Musical Director of the acclaimed ‘The Paradis Files’ a commission by Errollyn Wallen with BBC Concert Orchestra and Graeae Theatre Company, with the world premiere and Radio 3 broadcast from the Queen Elizabeth Hall and subsequent UK tour.

Andrea is the Head of

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Robert Shaw (conductor)

American conductor

Musical artist

Robert Lawson Shaw (30 April 1916 – 25 January 1999) was an American conductor most famous for his work with his namesake Chorale, with the Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus, and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.^[1] He was known for drawing public attention to choral music through his wide-ranging influence and mentoring of younger conductors, the high standard of his recordings, his support for racial integration in his choruses, and his support for modern music, winning many awards throughout his career.^[2]

Biography

Early life

Robert Lawson Shaw was born in Red Bluff, California.^[2] His father, Rev. Shirley R. Shaw,^[3] was a minister, and his mother was a concert singer.^[4] He had four siblings, one of whom was singer Hollace Shaw.^[5] Shaw attended Eagle Rock High School in the early 1930s where he sang in the choirs directed by Howard Swan, a man who would later have a lengthy career as an internationally renowned

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Dr. Joel Plaag

I love conducting.

In high school, I was teaching parts to other students, and by the time college came, I couldn't wait to buy my first baton. I found many loves in music, including teaching theory, analysis, and history, but I keep coming back to conducting choirs. I love musical analysis too; it always gives me a thrill to know why something sounds good or bad.

I taught conducting classes and enjoyed opening my students' eyes to the good and the bad points of conducting. I developed a systematic way of helping others become better conductors. My books further explain my methods. Most importantly, I explore how regular prayer, honesty, and good technique lead to good, grounded, easy-to-follow conducting.

I love to help others. I wrote my books to do that.

In my spare time, I love to explore. The picture at the top of the site was from a trip in 2021 to New Mexico, where I got to fly in a Pilatus PC 12 and visited places like El Malpais and El Morro National Monuments. I fix things, too, making fountains or doing some minor woodworkin