Adrian Bawtree
Adrian Bawtree (born 1968) is a composer and organist. From 2009 until 2011, he served as the director of music at Christ's Hospital. For 22 years, he has been involved in the music industry. He has toured the Czech Republic, Hungary, and USA.[1] He has also worked with BBC Singers.
Personal life
Bawtree is married to Victoria Rowcroft, who is the Assistant Director of Music and former Head of Academic Music at Christ's Hospital as well as an assistant housemistress in one of the boarding houses.[2]
Education
Bawtree was educated at Christ's Hospital before he attended the Royal Academy of Music. He went on to study at Worcester College, Oxford under David Sanger. He won a silver medal from Worshipful Company of Musicians and for achieving the highest in his FRCO exam. Bawtree took a postgraduate degree in orchestral conducting from Royal College of Music.[3]
Career
Bawtree worked as a church organist in a few churches in England. He is the musical director of Worthing Choral Society,[4] and the conductor of the Weald Choir of Crawley. Bawtree worked part-time at Christ's Hospital as the chapel organist and briefly as an Assistant Housemaster. He succeeded Bruce Grindlay as Director of Music after Grindlay left Christ's Hospital Music School to become headmaster of Sutton Valence School in Kent.
In April 2014, Bawtree was appointed Cathedral Organist of Rochester Cathedral, with responsibility for playing services at weekends and major festivals.[5]
Bawtree occasionally conducts orchestras as well as choirs, and he composes music as well as conducting. He composed a piece for the Battle of Trafalgar and Admiral Nelson named England Expects. Bawtree has also composed a piece called Footsteps along the Road.
Adrian Bawtree also owns and operates Conducting Business.
See also
- Christ's Hospital
- Bruce Grindlay
- Christ's Hospital Music School
References
- ↑ http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1998-07-16/news/1998197101_1_bawtree-naval-academy-chapel-academy-of-music
- ↑ http://www.christs-hospital.org.uk/school-life-community-music.php
- ↑ http://www.conductingbusiness.co.uk/adrian.html
- ↑ http://www.worthingchoral.org.uk/
- ↑ "Rochester Cathedral document, January 2015". Rochester Cathedral. January 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
| Academic offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Bruce Grindlay |
Director of Music at Christ's Hospital 2009–11 |
Succeeded by Andrew Cleary |