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CURRICULUM VITAE - DAVID LAWRENCE
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David Lawrence is one of the UK's most versatile choral conductors.
He studied choral conducting with Simon Halsey and orchestral conducting with Colin Metters and George hurst at the Royal Academy of Music, London, where he won all the major conducting prizes. His
posts currently include those of Associate Conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Choir Leader of the City of Birmingham Young Voices, Musical Director of The Sage Gateshead's Regional Youth Choir, Quay Voices, and is a regular guest conductor of the Netherlands Radio Choir. |
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David has
experience of a wide range of music covering both the mainsteam and contemporary repertoire. He has
prepared and conducted first performances of works by a host of composers, including Karlheinz Stockhausen, Per Nørgård, Pierre Boulez, Iannis Xenakis, Mauricio Kagel (second performance), Graham Fitkin, James Wood, Bob Chilcott and Stanley Glasser. He has recently worked with the London Philharmonic Choir, the Halle Choir and the New London Chamber Choir for whom he is the second conductor for James Wood's opera ‘Hildegard', which has now been performed at festivals thought the UK, Belgium and Holland. |
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David's work has taken him to Australia, India, Canada, South America and throughout Europe. He continues to work for the UK 's leading choral organisations, is a popular leader of choral workshops and a well known trainer of choral conductors. David has adjudicated at international choral festivals as well as for the BBC Choir of the Year Competition. He has conducted live broadcasts for both the BBC and ITV, and in December 2006 was featured in an hour's documentary on BBC television, conducting Tallis' 40 part motet “Spem in Alium”. |
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| As a teacher of choral conducting David has worked for Canford Summer School of Music, Sing for Pleasure, the Voices Foundation, and the Association of British Choral Directors. Forthcoming engagements include education projects with the orchestra Viva, further work with the Netherlands Radio Choir as well as performances in Hungary, Portugal, the Netherlands and a return visit to Queensland, Australia . |
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