Who is the current Master of the Queen's Music?
"rather than for life, with the aim of making the post more attractive to composers. Maxwell Davies' work as Master included a Christmas carol for the Queen which was recorded by the Chapels Royal, and a work to accompany a poem by the Poet Laureate, Andrew Motion, to mark the Queen's eightieth birthday in 2006. He played a key role in the creation of the Queen's Medal for Music. After the end of Maxwell Davies's term, Judith Weir was appointed in 2014, for a ten-year term. Reporting the appointment, ""The Guardian"" said that rather than writing pieces for royal occasions,"
"Master of the Queen's Music Master of the Queen's Music (or Master of the King's Music, or earlier Master of the King's Musick) is a post in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. The holder of the post originally served the monarch of England, directing the court orchestra and composing or commissioning music as required. The post is broadly comparable to that of Poet Laureate. It is given to people eminent in the field of classical music; they have almost always been composers. Duties are not clearly stated, though it is generally expected the holder of"
"""Weir would concentrate on supporting and speaking up for her composer colleagues, challenging the function that contemporary music fulfils in society, and embarking on a nationwide exploration of the state of music education in order to create pieces that will be useful for schoolchildren and amateur musicians."" Master of the Queen's Music Master of the Queen's Music (or Master of the King's Music, or earlier Master of the King's Musick) is a post in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. The holder of the post originally served the monarch of England, directing the court orchestra and"
"Queen's School of Music ""Queen's Music"" is part of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Queen's University, in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The School of Music is housed on the main campus of the University within Harrison-LeCaine Hall on Bader Lane. Founded in 1969 as the Department of Music, students at the School can enroll in the Bachelor of Music (B. Mus) program, Bachelor of Arts (Music) program, or the Concurrent Education (Music) program. The current director of the School is Craig Walker. Past directors have included John Burge, István Anhalt, Ireneus Zuk, Alfred Fisher, Gordon E. Smith, and Margaret"
"Judith Weir Judith Weir (born 11 May 1954) is a British composer and Master of the Queen's Music. Weir was born in Cambridge, England, to Scottish parents. She studied with Sir John Tavener whilst at school (North London Collegiate School) and subsequently with Robin Holloway at King's College, Cambridge, graduating in 1976. Her music often draws on sources from medieval history, as well as the traditional stories and music of her parents' homeland, Scotland. Although she has achieved international recognition for her orchestral and chamber works, Weir is best known for her operas and theatrical works. From 1995 to 2000,"
"Walker. Queen's School of Music ""Queen's Music"" is part of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Queen's University, in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The School of Music is housed on the main campus of the University within Harrison-LeCaine Hall on Bader Lane. Founded in 1969 as the Department of Music, students at the School can enroll in the Bachelor of Music (B. Mus) program, Bachelor of Arts (Music) program, or the Concurrent Education (Music) program. The current director of the School is Craig Walker. Past directors have included John Burge, István Anhalt, Ireneus Zuk, Alfred Fisher, Gordon E. Smith, and"
"Master of the Queen's Music, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. In 2005 and again in 2007, the band recorded a programme for BBC Radio 2's ""Listen to the Band"". In 2006 and 2007, the band performed at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, during the Ladies Finals Day and Men's Finals Day. The band has also performed during the lunch break at several test matches at Lords, including the . In addition to this, the band has performed at the past two Commonwealth Games Baton Relay ceremonies, playing on the forecourt outside Buckingham Palace whilst HM The Queen handed the Commonwealth Games baton"
"Malcolm Williamson Malcolm Benjamin Graham Christopher Williamson, AO, CBE (21 November 19312 March 2003) was an Australian composer. He was the Master of the Queen's Music from 1975 until his death. Williamson was born in Sydney in 1931; his father was an Anglican priest, Rev. George Williamson. He studied composition and horn at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. His teachers included Eugene Goossens. In 1950 he moved to London where he worked as an organist, a proofreader, and a nightclub pianist. In 1952 he converted to Roman Catholicism. From 1953 he studied with Elisabeth Lutyens and Erwin Stein. His first"
"Matthew King (composer) Matthew King (born 1967) is a British composer, pianist and educator. His works include opera, piano and chamber music, choral and orchestral pieces. He has been described, by Judith Weir, Master of the Queen’s Music, as “one of Britain's most adventurous composers, utterly skilled, imaginative and resourceful”. Matthew King has composed a number of operas and music theatre pieces which have earned him an international reputation. Several of these pieces have a community component, combining amateurs and young people with professionals in the tradition of Benjamin Britten's Noye's Fludde. King's first chamber opera, ""The Snow Queen"", was"
"Rose is Malcolm Williamson, Master of the Queens Music to H.M. Elizabeth II of Great Britain. He has long been associated with the church music institute held each summer at Colby College in Maine, serving since 1988 as its director. He has been awarded a performance grant by the National Endowment for the Arts, and has received “Young Artist of the Year” honors from the national journal Musical America. He is an elected member of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences and an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in London. John Rose is a graduate of"
"Kurt Farquhar Kurt Farquhar is a Los Angeles based–television and film composer. Farquhar is a seven-time BMI award winner, including four for ""The King of Queens"". one for ""The Game"" and two for ""Being Mary Jane"". He is best known for composing the scores for ""The King of Queens"", ""Girlfriends"", ""Sister, Sister"", ""Moesha"", ""Being Mary Jane"", ""The Game"", ""Black Lightning"", and ""Real Husbands of Hollywood"". Farquhar's career is notable for having scored more prime-time television series than any other African-American composer to date. A native of Chicago, he is the youngest of five children. His musical education took him from"
"given the Award of the Queen's Medal for Music The Queen's Medal for Music in June 2011 – only the sixth person to have received this award. Former patrons have included Sir Charles Groves. Richard Dacey has been the Musical Director since 2003; previous musical directors have included Sir John Pritchard, Sir Henry Coward, Harold Gray and Raymond Thorpe. The choir performs mainly in Derby Cathedral and in recent years has also performed in Leicester (with the Leicester Philharmonic Choir) and at Merton College, Oxford as well as overseas. The choir performs with professional soloists and orchestras and mixes new"
"which members of the public are welcomed, excepting occasional special events. The chapel is open for visitors from Monday to Thursday. The Chapel possesses a three-manual pipe organ, constructed to the specifications of the previous Master of the Music, William Cole and manufactured by J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd. The organ casework was designed by Arthur Bedford Knapp-Fisher (1888-1965). It was dedicated by Her Majesty The Queen at a service to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the Duchy of Lancaster on 27 October 1965. The current Master of the Music is Philip Berg (since 1995); the sub-organist is Justin"
"London Music Masters aims to invest in future generations in order to help them reach their full potential as both musicians and contributors to society. Victoria Robey OBE 2007 - 2010, Julian Simmonds 2010 - 2012, Simon Freakley 2012 - current. Nicholas Berwin Mo Carrington, John Gilhooly Professor Colin Lawson Professor Itzhak Rashkovsky (Artistic Director), Richard Sharp Julian Simmonds Dennis, Lord Stevenson of Coddenham CBE Sir Vernon Ellis Simon Freakley (Chairman), John Antoniazzi, Shaun Bailey,Talia Hull Philip Keller, John Nickson, Victoria Robey OBE HonRCM, Philippa Thomas, Ed Vaizey MP, Timothy Walker. Robert Adediran 2013–present, Victoria Robey OBE HonRCM 2009 -"
"affection for his native country. He wrote many works specifically for or about Australia, and frequently set texts by Australian poets, such as James McAuley and Kath Walker. Williamson was also inspired to respond through music to political issues, such as Aboriginal rights (a matter close to his heart). Below is a select list of works with a specifically Australian connection. Malcolm Williamson Malcolm Benjamin Graham Christopher Williamson, AO, CBE (21 November 19312 March 2003) was an Australian composer. He was the Master of the Queen's Music from 1975 until his death. Williamson was born in Sydney in 1931; his"
"Development Trust. He has led workshops for ""Bridging Arts"" in Salzburg and guest-leads the ""Wigmore Study Group"" at the Wigmore Hall in London. He has presented a number of programmes on BBC Radio 4 and Radio 3. Matthew King (composer) Matthew King (born 1967) is a British composer, pianist and educator. His works include opera, piano and chamber music, choral and orchestral pieces. He has been described, by Judith Weir, Master of the Queen’s Music, as “one of Britain's most adventurous composers, utterly skilled, imaginative and resourceful”. Matthew King has composed a number of operas and music theatre pieces which"
"Simon Rattle, Arthur Sullivan, Eva Turner, Henry Wood and Nicky Hopkins. The current principal of the Academy is Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, appointed in July 2008. The Patron is HM The Queen and the president is the Duchess of Gloucester. Diana, Princess of Wales was the president of the Academy from 1985 until 1996. The Royal Academy of Music publishes every year a list of persons who have been selected to be awarded one of the Royal Academy’s honorary awards. These awards are for alumni who have distinguished themselves within the music profession (Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music, FRAM), distinguished"
"in the Queen's Jubilee year 2012 at Trafalgar Square, London. In 2016 his chess and ballet musical work was performed at the British Museum and in New York celebrating the role of women as Queens in chess. A specially designed 3D Royal Queen chess piece was unveiled in honour of the Queen’s Journey in the same year. Jason Kouchak Jason Kouchak is a French pianist, composer and singer-songwriter. Jason Mariano Kouchak was born in Lyon, France. He was educated at Westminster School and studied classical piano at the Royal College of Music and Edinburgh University. He is a descendant of"
"Isles incident). Non-Scottish based operas by Davies include Mr Emmet Takes a Walk, Kommilitonen!, The Doctor of Myddfai, Cinderella and Resurrection. Davies died in 2016. Another major composer, with a questionable Scottish background is Judith Weir. In 2014 she was appointed Master of the Queen's Music, following on from Davies and becoming the first woman to hold this honorary role. Weir is of English birth, but Scottish heritage, and has worked both north and south of the border. She has used Scottish material in her opera, ""The Vanishing Bridegroom"". Commissioned by the Glasgow District Council, the opera was premiered by"
"play the concerto in England. In 1840 he became the Treasurer of the Royal Philharmonic Society, a position he held until his death. By 1841 he was a professor of music. In 1848 he was appointed Master of the Queen's Music by Queen Victoria, succeeding Franz Cramer. He is not recorded as having composed any music, an activity normally associated with this appointment. He remained in the post until 1870; the circumstances of his departure are not known. Until the ten-year fixed-term appointment of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies in 2004, Anderson was the last Master of the Queen's Music to"
"Brian May Brian Harold May, (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen. In 2001, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the band's members; and in 2018, he received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award which recognises ""the most distinctive recordings in music history"". He uses a home-built electric guitar called the Red Special. His compositions for the band include ""We Will Rock You"", ""Tie Your Mother Down"", ""I Want It All"", ""Fat Bottomed Girls"", ""Flash"","
"Imogen Heap, Actress, and Beck. Hugh Brunt Hugh Brunt (born 1986) is a British conductor who holds the positions of co-Artistic Director and co-Principal Conductor of the London Contemporary Orchestra. Brunt attended New College, Oxford where he was a choral scholar. He co-founded the London Contemporary Orchestra in 2008, along with conductor and violist Robert Ames. Brunt conducted Jonny Greenwood’s soundtrack to Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2012 film ""The Master"", Jed Kurzel’s soundtrack to Justin Kurzel’s 2015 film ""Macbeth"", and the string and choir arrangements on Radiohead's 2016 album ""A Moon Shaped Pool"". He has also collaborated as an arranger and/or"
"Royal status by Queen Elizabeth II. The majority of the tutors at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire are active professional musicians. With nearly 200 visiting specialist tutors, there is approximately one member of staff for every two students. The Principal of the Conservatoire is Julian Lloyd Webber. In 2003, there were around 600 students enrolled in the Conservatoire's undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. Teaching exists in a wide range of options including solo performance, composition, chamber music, orchestral playing, music technology and jazz. Students on the four-year BMus(Hons) are encouraged to spend time studying in Europe or the USA. In their ""Junior Department"","
"Queen's Musick to Queen Victoria. He did not contribute any music to her coronation, leading ""The Spectator"" to complain that he had been allowed ""to proclaim to the world his inability to discharge the first, and the most grateful duty of his office — the composition of a Coronation Anthem"". He died in 1848 aged about 76, and was succeeded by George Frederick Anderson. The only composition of Cramer's that has survived is a Capriccio (""Album Leaf"") for violin, which is in manuscript in the British Museum. Franz Cramer Franz or François Cramer (17721 August 1848) was an English violinist"
"a task that the then holder, Robert Southey, found uncongenial. After the death of George III in 1820 the odes were discontinued. The post of Master of the King's Musick continued because George IV maintained the traditional small orchestra, which Shield's successor, Christian Kramer, directed. That remained the chief function of the Master through the tenures of Franz Cramer (Master 1834–48), George Frederick Anderson (Master 1848–70), and Sir William Cusins (Master 1870–93). The last of these produced a few works for royal occasions, including a jubilee cantata, ""Grant the Queen a Long Life"" (1887). The last Master appointed in the"
"and inert blank verse"" of Weir's libretto. The American premiere of ""Miss Fortune"" was originally planned in 2011 by the Santa Fe Opera to be a part of its 2014 season, but it was announced in the summer of 2012 that the opera was to be replaced by the North American premiere of Huang Ruo's ""Dr. Sun Yat-sen"". Notes Sources Judith Weir Judith Weir (born 11 May 1954) is a British composer and Master of the Queen's Music. Weir was born in Cambridge, England, to Scottish parents. She studied with Sir John Tavener whilst at school (North London Collegiate School)"
"completed. Peter Maxwell Davies Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (8 September 1934 – 14 March 2016) was an English composer and conductor. In 2004 he was made Master of the Queen's Music. As a student at both the University of Manchester and at the Royal Manchester College of Music, he formed a group dedicated to contemporary music, the New Music Manchester, with fellow students Harrison Birtwistle, Alexander Goehr, Elgar Howarth and John Ogdon. His compositions include eight works for the stage, from the monodrama ""Eight Songs for a Mad King"", which shocked the audience in 1969, to ""Kommilitonen!"", first performed in"
"choral services. These can be listened to from the choir's web site. In 2017 for the first time they will make the Carol's From King's televised Christmas service available as a video download. Recordings on the choir's own label, King's College, Cambridge, include: Recordings under the EMI Classics label include: The Choir is conducted by the Director of Music, a Fellow of the College. Prior to 1876 the choir was conducted by the organist. The current Director of Music, Stephen Cleobury, will retire on 30 September 2019. Daniel Hyde of Saint Thomas, Fifth Avenue has been appointed as Director of"
"Queens' College Chapel Choir, Cambridge Queens' College Chapel Choir, Cambridge is the choir of Queens' College, Cambridge, England. It is a mixed collegiate Chapel Choir composed both of Choral Scholars and volunteers from across Cambridge University. Between 2011 and 2015 the choir was run by Director of Music, Silas Wollston, and two undergraduate organ scholars. From 2015 direction of the choir was handed to the British conductor Ralph Allwood. Until October 2008, the choir was run by the organ scholars, who were responsible for music in Chapel and the recruiting, training and conducting of the Choir. Since then, the Director"
"England and is open to all, especially to members of the university. Alongside its reputation for dignified and traditional liturgy, Pusey House is also recognised for its musical tradition, most visible at the Solemn Mass on Sundays and solemnities. The choir's extensive repertoire ranges from the earliest church music and Gregorian chant, through the polyphony of Byrd and extending to 19th and 20th century composers such as Vierne and Stanford. Pusey House commissioned a new Mass-setting for its 125th anniversary celebrations from the composer Alexander Campkin. The current Master of the Music is Matthew Reese; the Organist is David Bannister."
"Hugh Brunt Hugh Brunt (born 1986) is a British conductor who holds the positions of co-Artistic Director and co-Principal Conductor of the London Contemporary Orchestra. Brunt attended New College, Oxford where he was a choral scholar. He co-founded the London Contemporary Orchestra in 2008, along with conductor and violist Robert Ames. Brunt conducted Jonny Greenwood’s soundtrack to Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2012 film ""The Master"", Jed Kurzel’s soundtrack to Justin Kurzel’s 2015 film ""Macbeth"", and the string and choir arrangements on Radiohead's 2016 album ""A Moon Shaped Pool"". He has also collaborated as an arranger and/or conductor with artists including Foals,"
"in Hell"" by Brian May, Denis Pellerin and Paula Fleming was published. In 2017, May published ""Queen in 3-D"", chronicling the group's 50-year history. It contains over 300 of his own stereoscopic photos and is the first book about the band published by one of its members. Included with the book is May's patented ""OWL Stereoscopic Viewer"". Brian May Brian Harold May, (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen. In 2001, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame"
"Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences. Ellis was elected in 2017 to the American Philosophical Society. Katharine Ellis Katharine Ellis, is a British musicologist and academic, specialising in music history. Since 2017, she has been the 1684 Professor of Music at the University of Cambridge. She previously taught at the Open University, at Royal Holloway, University of London and at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, before serving as Stanley Hugh Badock Professor of Music at the University of Bristol (2013–2017). Ellis studied at University College, Oxford, graduating with Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Doctor"