Adrian Bawtree
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Adrian Bawtree is a composer and organist. From 2009 until 2011, he served as the director of music at Christ's Hospital
. For 22 years, he has been involved in the music industry. He has toured the Czech Republic
, Hungary
, and USA. He has also worked with BBC Singers
.
. He went on to study at Worcester College, Oxford
under David Sanger
. He won a silver medal from Worshipful Company of Musicians
and for achieving the highest in his FRCO exam. Bawtree took a postgraduate degree in orchestral conducting from Royal College of Music
.
Bawtree worked part-time at Christ's Hospital
as the chapel organist and briefly as an Assistant Housemaster. He succeeded Bruce Grindlay
as Director of Music after Grindlay left Christ's Hospital Music School to become headmaster of Sutton Valence School
in Kent.
Bawtree occasionally conducts orchestras as well as choirs, and he composes music as well as conducting. He composed a piece for the Battle of Trafalgar
and Admiral Nelson named England Expects. Bawtree has also composed a piece called Footsteps along the Road.
Adrian Bawtree also owns and operates Conducting Business.
Christ's Hospital
Christ's Hospital is an English coeducational independent day and boarding school with Royal Charter located in the Sussex countryside just south of Horsham in Horsham District, West Sussex, England...
. For 22 years, he has been involved in the music industry. He has toured the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, and USA. He has also worked with BBC Singers
BBC Singers
The BBC Singers are the professional chamber choir of the BBC. As one of six BBC Performing Groups, the 24-voiced choir has been in existence for more than 80 years. The BBC Singers have commissioned and premiered works by the leading composers of the past century, including Benjamin Britten, Sir...
.
Personal life
Bawtree is married to Victoria Rowcroft, who is the Assistant Director of Music and former Head of Academic Music at Christ's Hospital as well as an assistant housemistress in one of the boarding houses.Education
Bawtree was educated at Christ's Hospital before he attended the Royal Academy of MusicRoyal Academy of Music
The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...
. He went on to study at Worcester College, Oxford
Worcester College, Oxford
Worcester College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. The college was founded in the eighteenth century, but its predecessor on the same site had been an institution of learning since the late thirteenth century...
under David Sanger
David Sanger
David Sanger is the name of:* David Sanger * David Sanger * David E. Sanger , White House correspondent for The New York Times...
. He won a silver medal from Worshipful Company of Musicians
Worshipful Company of Musicians
The Worshipful Company of Musicians is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. Its history dates back to at least 1350. Originally a specialist guild for musicians, its role became an anachronism in the 18th century, when the centre of music making in London moved from the City to the...
and for achieving the highest in his FRCO exam. Bawtree took a postgraduate degree in orchestral conducting from Royal College of Music
Royal College of Music
The Royal College of Music is a conservatoire founded by Royal Charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, England.-Background:The first director was Sir George Grove and he was followed by Sir Hubert Parry...
.
Career
Bawtree worked as a church organist in a few churches in England. He is the musical director of Worthing Choral Society, and the conductor of the Weald Choir of Crawley.Bawtree worked part-time at Christ's Hospital
Christ's Hospital
Christ's Hospital is an English coeducational independent day and boarding school with Royal Charter located in the Sussex countryside just south of Horsham in Horsham District, West Sussex, England...
as the chapel organist and briefly as an Assistant Housemaster. He succeeded Bruce Grindlay
Bruce Grindlay
Bruce Grindlay is a British organist, conductor, teacher and the Current Headmaster at Sutton Valence SchoolGrindlay finished his schooling in Canada and studied at the Royal Canadian College of Organists as well as the Royal Conservatory of Music and the University of British Columbia...
as Director of Music after Grindlay left Christ's Hospital Music School to become headmaster of Sutton Valence School
Sutton Valence School
Sutton Valence School is an English independent school near Maidstone in southeast England. It has about 520 pupils. It is a co-educational school with a boarding option . The three boarding houses are Westminster, St Margaret's and Sutton and, for those in the first and second form, Beresford...
in Kent.
Bawtree occasionally conducts orchestras as well as choirs, and he composes music as well as conducting. He composed a piece for the Battle of Trafalgar
Battle of Trafalgar
The Battle of Trafalgar was a sea battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy, during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars ....
and Admiral Nelson named England Expects. Bawtree has also composed a piece called Footsteps along the Road.
Adrian Bawtree also owns and operates Conducting Business.