Jonathan Willcocks is an English composer. He was a chorister at King's College

Choir of King's College, Cambridge

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge is one of today's most accomplished and renowned representatives of the great British choral tradition. It was created by King Henry VI, who founded King's College, Cambridge in 1441, to provide daily singing in his Chapel, which remains the main task of the...

, Cambridge, and an Open Music Scholar at Clifton College

Clifton College

Clifton College is a co-educational independent school in Clifton, Bristol, England, founded in 1862. In its early years it was notable for emphasising science in the curriculum, and for being less concerned with social elitism, e.g. by admitting day-boys on equal terms and providing a dedicated...

. He graduated with an Honours degree in Music from Cambridge University

University of Cambridge

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, where he held a choral scholarship at Trinity College

Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...

. He is conductor and musical director of the Portsmouth Choral Union and Chichester Singers, and of the professional chamber orchestra Southern Pro Musica. From 1998 to 2008 he was the director of the Junior Academy, 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...

 in London

London

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. He is the son of Sir David Willcocks

Sir David Willcocks

Sir David Valentine Willcocks CBE MC is a British choral conductor, organist, and composer. His son, Jonathan Willcocks, is also a composer.- Biography :...

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Works

• "A Great and Glorious Victory" for tenor solo, chorus and orchestra (3 trumpets, timpani, percussion, organ and strings). This work was commissioned by the Portsmouth Choral Union to mark the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar in October 2005, and has since been performed by the Epsom Choral Society in November 2006 under the baton of Robin Kimber.
• "In the beginning", a work commissioned for the Open University
  Open University
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   choir to celebrate the Millennium; first performed on 30 November 2000 at the Open University in Milton Keynes.
• "Simpson" and "OU!", two of three works commissioned by the Living Archive for the Open University choir. First performance at the unveiling of "The Fabric of Milton Keynes
  Milton Keynes
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  " on 4 February 1994 in the The Church of Christ the Cornerstone.
• "Great is the Glory"
• "Worcester Mass"
• "Riddle of the World"
• "Sing Praises"
• "The Lord is my Shepherd"
• "Lux perpetua"
• "Magnificat"
• "Australia" (concert overture)
• "The Theatre Ghost" (for narrator and orchestra)
• "Brass Quintet"
• "Sweet music's power" (soprano, flute, cello and harp)
• "If You Love Me" (soprano, alto, bass, tenor (4-part song) commissioned for the 2009's Honors Chorus
• "Can You Count the Stars" (soprano, alto, bass, tenor) Sung for 2009's Honors Chorus

External links

• Home Page
• Royal Academy of Music, Junior Academy