James Wood (composer)
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James Wood is a British composer, percussionist and conductor (born May 27, 1953 in Barton
)
. He also studied at the Royal Academy of Music
. James Wood studied composition under Nadia Boulanger
in Paris.
He is also known for his interpretations of Renaissance music
He has been a teacher of the percussion in the Internationale Ferienkurse für neue Musik of Darmstadt since 1982
He is the director of the New London Chamber Choir, of the Centre for Microtonal Music in Londres and of the Festival of Microtonal Music of the Barbican Centre.
He recorded four master-classes for the BBC
as well as Stoicheia, Ho shang Yoa, Rosoganti, Incantamenta, Spirit Festival with Lamentations, for Wergo, Continuum.
He is the conductor of the BBC Symphony orchestra, the London Sinfonietta
, and the BBC singers.
He received commands from the Quatuor Arditti, the King Singers, the Electric Phoenix, and the Internationales Musikinstitut de Darmstadt.
His compositions are notably played in Proms and the festival ISCM of Zurich
. In 1993, he received the Gemini Fellowship for composition.
Barton
Barton is an archaic English word meaning lands of the manor or meadow and may refer to several places or people:-Australia:* Barton, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra...
)
Life
James Wood studied organ in CambridgeCambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
. He also studied at the Royal Academy of Music
Royal 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...
. James Wood studied composition under Nadia Boulanger
Nadia Boulanger
Nadia Boulanger was a French composer, conductor and teacher who taught many composers and performers of the 20th century.From a musical family, she achieved early honours as a student at the Paris Conservatoire, but believing that her talent as a composer was inferior to that of her younger...
in Paris.
He is also known for his interpretations of Renaissance music
Renaissance music
Renaissance music is European music written during the Renaissance. Defining the beginning of the musical era is difficult, given that its defining characteristics were adopted only gradually; musicologists have placed its beginnings from as early as 1300 to as late as the 1470s.Literally meaning...
He has been a teacher of the percussion in the Internationale Ferienkurse für neue Musik of Darmstadt since 1982
He is the director of the New London Chamber Choir, of the Centre for Microtonal Music in Londres and of the Festival of Microtonal Music of the Barbican Centre.
He recorded four master-classes for the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
as well as Stoicheia, Ho shang Yoa, Rosoganti, Incantamenta, Spirit Festival with Lamentations, for Wergo, Continuum.
He is the conductor of the BBC Symphony orchestra, the London Sinfonietta
London Sinfonietta
The London Sinfonietta is an English chamber orchestra founded in 1968 and based in London. The ensemble specialises in contemporary music and works across a wide range of genres, performing modern classics alongside world premieres, and includes music by electronica artists as well as folk and...
, and the BBC singers.
He received commands from the Quatuor Arditti, the King Singers, the Electric Phoenix, and the Internationales Musikinstitut de Darmstadt.
His compositions are notably played in Proms and the festival ISCM of Zurich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
. In 1993, he received the Gemini Fellowship for composition.