A typically busy autumn term at the RNCM saw me recording a CD of Martin Ellerby’s music with the Wind Orchestra, a classical programme of Mozart and Haydn with the Concert Orchestra, a major festival of the music of Kaija Saariaho, amongst several other performances.
RNCM New Ensemble rehearsing Saariaho
The conducting department welcomed David Hill as our new International Chair in Choral Conducting. As well as classes with David, there were also 4 masterclasses with Sir Mark Elder and 1 with Vassily Sinaisky. As always, the students also conducted in several public concerts each, and acted as assistant conductors to the BBC Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Manchester Camerata, Psappha, and Fodens Brass Band.
