The King's Singers are delighted to be joined by Dr Stephen Darlington, esteemed British choral director, conductor, Director of Music and Tutor in Music at Christ Church, University of Oxford, for the KS Summer School July 2015. Stephen will be spending an afternoon with the ensembles, discussing and working on extracts from the Eton Choirbook. The Eton Choirbook is a vital and illuminating body of work within the British
Recently, Eric Whitacre spent an evening at the esteemed Stanford University for a Q&A with music & composition students. One student, Leena Yin, has written up her 5 Takeaways from the evening for the Stanford Arts Review. On this side of the Atlantic, Eric formed part of a panel at the Royal College of Music to discuss "Stage presence - does it matter?" alongside Professors from the
Julian Bliss will be joining forces once more with the Royal Northern Sinfonia this Thursday 12th February, 19:30 at The Sage Gateshead. He will be performing Nielsen’s Clarinet Concerto, one of the pieces included on his most recent album, 'Mozart and Nielsen Clarinet Concertos'. The album was recorded with the Royal Northern Sinfonia under the direction of conductor Mario Venzago. Tickets are available through The Sage Gateshead website. Listen out for
Next week The King's Singers will be jetting off to North America to spend three weeks touring around this fantastic country. They are visiting numerous cities and states and their busy, but exhilarating schedule sees them performing thirteen concerts in eighteen days. They are particularly looking forward to performing in Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN on Saturday 14th February in aid of Park Niccollet Freuenschuh Cancer Centre, a cause
Julian Bliss will soon be heading off to the USA to tour universities and schools for a series of educational masterclasses for budding musicians. Julian's relationship with Conn-Selmer has led to the design and worldwide launch of the Leblanc Bliss range of affordable clarinets. He continues to work on the development of new clarinets for Conn-Selmer and demonstrates Bliss instruments in lectures and workshop sessions. He
