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 Rehearsing New College Choristers |
Steven conducts the choir of Peterborough Cathedral in a wide-ranging repertory, and is Principal Conductor of the Guildford Chamber Choir, Peterborough Cathedral's Festival Chorus, and Peterborough Choral Society. He enjoys working with both professional and amateur singers, and has worked with instrumental groups such as The English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble, Prime Brass, the Chameleon Arts Orchestra, Sinfonia Viva and the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra. Steven founded the Guildford Chamber Orchestra and Guildford Baroque, and was Musical Director of Yateley Choral Society from 2003-2005. He has been a deputy répétiteur for the London Symphony Chorus, and worked on several productions with Bampton Classical Opera. Steven has acted as guest conductor for New Chamber Opera Studio, New London Chamber Choir, and the Eton Choral Course.
Recent concerts with the Guildford Chamber Choir include:
March 2015: Cloudburst: Music for choir, percussion and piano
October 2014: Monteverdi, Vespers of 2016
June 2014: Rodney Bennett, Nonsense Songs; John Gardner, Seven Songs; Chilcott, Songs and Cries of London Town
March 2014: Handel, Messiah
October 2013: Bernstein, Chichester Psalms; McDowall, Ave maris stella; Wheeler, Magnificat cum Angelis
March 2013: Haydn, Nelson Mass; Schubert, Mass in G
November 2012: Workshop on the music of William Byrd
September 2012: Darkness into light. MacMillan, Cantos sagrados, A new Song; Padilla, Missa ego flos campi, Exultate
May 2012: Mass in Blue. Will Todd, Mass in Blue; Chilcott, My prayer, Jazz folksong arrangements; Lauridsen, Nocturnes
Steven's orchestral repertoire includes:
J.S. Bach, Johannes-Passion; Britten, St Nicolas; Handel, Hercules, Messiah, O Praise the Lord with one consent, Let thy hand be strengthened; Haydn, Insanae et vanae curae, Nelson Mass, Missa Sancti Nicolai; Philip Moore, Ode to St Cecilia (world première); McDowall, Ave maris stella; Mozart, Vesperae de Dominica; Puccini, Missa di Gloria; Rutter, Gloria; Schubert, Mass in G; Wheeler, Magnificat (second performance)
Engagements as chorus-master/répétiteur include:
Britten - War Requiem (Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra/Marriner, Gdansk, Poland)
Berlioz - Damnation of Faust (LPO/Dutoit, Royal Festival Hall)
Symanowski - King Roger (Polish National Opera/Kaspszyk, Sadler's Wells Theatre)
Shore - Lord of the Rings Symphony (LPO/Shore, Royal Festival and Royal Albert Halls)
Joyce - The Snow Queen (Cadogan Hall)
Salieri - Falstaff (UK première) (Bampton Classical Opera/Hipkin, Bampton)
Haydn - L'infedeltà delusa (Bampton Classical Opera/Lai, Bampton/Bridgenorth Haydn Festival)
Cimarosa - The Two Barons of Rocca Azzurra (Bampton Classical Opera/Norris, Westonbirt School)
During 2006, Steven conducted liturgical performances of all of Mozart's Masses at St Marylebone Parish Church.
Recent concerts with the Guildford Chamber Choir include:
March 2015: Cloudburst: Music for choir, percussion and piano
October 2014: Monteverdi, Vespers of 2016
June 2014: Rodney Bennett, Nonsense Songs; John Gardner, Seven Songs; Chilcott, Songs and Cries of London Town
March 2014: Handel, Messiah
October 2013: Bernstein, Chichester Psalms; McDowall, Ave maris stella; Wheeler, Magnificat cum Angelis
March 2013: Haydn, Nelson Mass; Schubert, Mass in G
November 2012: Workshop on the music of William Byrd
September 2012: Darkness into light. MacMillan, Cantos sagrados, A new Song; Padilla, Missa ego flos campi, Exultate
May 2012: Mass in Blue. Will Todd, Mass in Blue; Chilcott, My prayer, Jazz folksong arrangements; Lauridsen, Nocturnes
Steven's orchestral repertoire includes:
J.S. Bach, Johannes-Passion; Britten, St Nicolas; Handel, Hercules, Messiah, O Praise the Lord with one consent, Let thy hand be strengthened; Haydn, Insanae et vanae curae, Nelson Mass, Missa Sancti Nicolai; Philip Moore, Ode to St Cecilia (world première); McDowall, Ave maris stella; Mozart, Vesperae de Dominica; Puccini, Missa di Gloria; Rutter, Gloria; Schubert, Mass in G; Wheeler, Magnificat (second performance)
Engagements as chorus-master/répétiteur include:
Britten - War Requiem (Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra/Marriner, Gdansk, Poland)
Berlioz - Damnation of Faust (LPO/Dutoit, Royal Festival Hall)
Symanowski - King Roger (Polish National Opera/Kaspszyk, Sadler's Wells Theatre)
Shore - Lord of the Rings Symphony (LPO/Shore, Royal Festival and Royal Albert Halls)
Joyce - The Snow Queen (Cadogan Hall)
Salieri - Falstaff (UK première) (Bampton Classical Opera/Hipkin, Bampton)
Haydn - L'infedeltà delusa (Bampton Classical Opera/Lai, Bampton/Bridgenorth Haydn Festival)
Cimarosa - The Two Barons of Rocca Azzurra (Bampton Classical Opera/Norris, Westonbirt School)
During 2006, Steven conducted liturgical performances of all of Mozart's Masses at St Marylebone Parish Church.
 Rehearsing in the Chapel of Magdalen College, Oxford. |
 Directing the Guildford Chamber Choir |
