Malcolm Goldring
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Goldring studied the oboe at the Royal College of Music.[1] He also graduated from Durham University in 1972 with a PGCE.[2] In 1975 he founded the Midland Festival Chorus and was musical director of the Royal Leamington Spa Bach Choir from 1988 to 1995.[3][4] He was awarded a Winston Churchill Fellowship in 1990, which allowed him to tour the United States and Canada studying the development of youth and children's choirs. On his return he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.[1]
He has conducted most of the major British orchestras, including the BBC Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, English Symphony Orchestra, and the Orchestra of the Swan.[1] In 2014 he conducted the Philharmonia Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall as part of a concert marking the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War.[5]
Goldring died from pancreatic cancer on 12 May 2021.[6]
References
- 1 2 3 "Conductors - Philharmonia Orchestra". Philharmonia. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ↑ "Examination for the Postgraduate Certificate in Education". University of Durham Gazette Supplement. XIX (New Series): 16. 30 September 1972. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ↑ "About MFC - Midland Festival Chorus". mfchorus.org. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ↑ "Royal Leamington Spa Bach Choir website". rlsbc.org. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ↑ "The Centenary Chorus: 600 young voices mark the 100th Anniversary of the First World War". www.1914.org. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ↑ "Malcolm Goldring". Classical Music Daily. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
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