Incorporating Summer Music"Hitting all the right notes" "There is not any music of instruments whatsoever comparable to that which is made of the voices of men". "Since singing is so good a thing I wish all men would learn to sing" William Byrd 1588 |
Robert was a
chorister at King’s College Cambridge under the direction of Boris Ord. He later
won a Music Scholarship to King’s Canterbury, and then proceeded to Magdalen
College, Oxford where he was a Choral Scholar under Bernard Rose. As a principal
tenor at Guildford Cathedral he sang solos on the platinum disc Carols from
Guildford Cathedral.
He inaugurated the Music Department at Guildford Technical College and was the first conductor of the national youth string players Pro Corda. In 1971 he became Musical Director of the Schola Cantorum of Oxford, working alongside Marriner, Tippett and Norrington. Maintaining his career as a tenor soloist he also sang with the Monteverdi Choir. As Lecturer in Music at Bournemouth University he established Opera South. He was later appointed Director of Music to the largest school in the country at that time, Lord Williams’ School, Thame. Robert is about to retire from the post of Director of Music, Ardingly College and can now involve himself fully in the exciting AIMS venture. |
