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Several of the King's Singers also arranged pieces, both for the group and pieces to publish in their line of music. Recently, Philip Lawson and Bob Chilcott have been the most prolific composers for the group. The group established The King's Singers Summer School in 2013 taking place on campus at Royal Holloway, University of London.
Carrington in 2017. Simon Carrington (born 1942) is an English conductor, singer and double bass player. He was a founding member and member for 25 years of the Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble the King's Singers; he subsequently worked for 15 years in the United States and now divides his time between London and southwest France.
Richard Jeffrey Salter (Hindhead, Surrey, on 12 November 1943 – Karlsruhe, 1 February 2009) was an English baritone, known as a founder member of The King's Singers before moving to Austria and Germany to take leading roles in many contemporary operas.
Brian Christopher Kay (born 12 May 1944 [1]) is an English radio presenter, conductor and singer.He is well-known as the bass in the King's Singers during the group's formative years from 1968 to 1982, and as such is to be heard on many of their 1970s recordings.
He was a member of The King's Singers from 2001 to 2009, with whom he won a Grammy Award for the album Simple Gifts. [2] [3] He started the music agency at Edition Peters in 2011 before taking the agency independent as Podium Music. He is manager for Voces8, composers Ēriks Ešenvalds, Ola Gjeilo, Jason Max Ferdinand and others.
Current and former of the British a cappella vocal ensemble The King's Singers. Pages in category "The King's Singers members" The following 8 pages are in this ...
3 Conductor and music administrator. 4 Personal life. 5 References. 6 External links. ... He was a member of the King's Singers from 1985 to 1997, singing tenor. [1]
Daniel R. Melamed described the song as "redoubtable", and mentions it as a contender for the best known piece of Renaissance music. [5] The apparently nonsense syllables ríu ríu chíu are often taken to represent the song of a nightingale, [6] while the context and etymology are compatible with the call of a kingfisher. [7]