eveloping
from his early experience as a chorister at
King’s College and as a choral scholar
at Trinity College Cambridge, Jonathan Willcocks’s
career has embraced a broad spectrum of conducting
work and he is also prominent as a widely published
composer with his works widely performed and
appreciated both in UK and in USA.
He
is currently conductor and musical director
of the Portsmouth Choral Union, the Chichester
Singers and the professional chamber orchestra
Southern Pro Musica in UK and freelance conducting
engagements take him to many parts of the world
where he conducts both his own music and the
broader choral and orchestral repertoire. His
extensive choral and orchestral conducting experience
results in many invitations to take choral workshops
and adjudicate competitions and festivals and
he has recently served as Chairman of the Jury
for the prestigious Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
(CBC) Choral Competition in Toronto and Montreal.
Since 1989 as Director of the Junior Academy,
Royal Academy of Music in London. Jonathan Willcocks
will conduct the massed choir performances at
the opening and closing concerts and will preside
over the artistic programming for the festival
as a whole.
www.jonathanwillcocks.com
“I
don't think this trip could be replicated.
It was superb in every way. It was a privilege
to work with Jonathan Willcocks.”
Carol Cook, North
Carolina
I
am delighted to be associated with the Leipzig
International Choral Festival and I look forward
to meeting you all in the historic heart of
music in Europe, the city of Leipzig. We will
have a wonderful experience exploring choral
music together, gaining a better understanding
of the choral tradition in our respective countries
and learning more about the musical heritage
of Leipzig.
