Hilary Davan Wetton
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Hilary Davan Wetton is a British
conductor
.
Hilary Davan Wetton has had a long career as a conductor and teacher. He was director of music at St Paul's Girls' School and Tonbridge School, and has conducted some of the leading British youth orchestras. He also has a continuing association with the National Children's Orchestra. He has made a number of award-winning recordings with the RPO and the Philharmonia: his most recent disc, Vaughan Williams' Hodie, is on Naxos.
He appears frequently as a guest conductor with choirs and orchestras both in Britain and overseas, and performs regularly on Radio 3.
He has been awarded honorary degrees by the Open University
(MA) and de Montfort University
(DMus).
United Kingdom
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conductor
Conducting
Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...
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Biography
He is Musical Director of three major choirs (the City of London Choir, the Hastings Philharmonic Choir and the Surrey Festival Choir). He is Conductor Emeritus of the Milton Keynes City Orchestra (of which he was Founder Conductor) and of the Guildford Choral Society which he conducted from 1968 - 2008. He has made a number of acclaimed recordings with the Guildford Choral Society, the Holst Singers, the London Philharmonic and the Milton Keynes Orchestras.Hilary Davan Wetton has had a long career as a conductor and teacher. He was director of music at St Paul's Girls' School and Tonbridge School, and has conducted some of the leading British youth orchestras. He also has a continuing association with the National Children's Orchestra. He has made a number of award-winning recordings with the RPO and the Philharmonia: his most recent disc, Vaughan Williams' Hodie, is on Naxos.
He appears frequently as a guest conductor with choirs and orchestras both in Britain and overseas, and performs regularly on Radio 3.
He has been awarded honorary degrees by the Open University
Open University
The Open University is a distance learning and research university founded by Royal Charter in the United Kingdom...
(MA) and de Montfort University
De Montfort University
De Montfort University is a public research and teaching university situated in the medieval Old Town of Leicester, England, adjacent to the River Soar and the Leicester Castle Gardens...
(DMus).
External links
- http://www.hilarydavanwetton.co.uk/ - his home page
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/hilarydavanwetton - profile in The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
- http://thepeerage.com/p23615.htm - genealogy page giving his family relationships
- http://www.cityoflondonchoir.org/aboutus_hdw.html City of London choir
- http://www.mkco.org/About-Us/Artist-Biographies/Hilary-Davan-Wetton Milton Keynes City Orchestra
- http://thepeerage.com/p23615.htm Peerage