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| Ralph Woodward was born and educated in Durham. He spent
four years as Organ Scholar at Queens' College, Cambridge.
While there, he conducted the Chapel Choir's first two CDs
and gave world premieres of numerous works. These included
three pieces by Stanford, one of which he edited for publication.
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Now a freelance conductor and keyboard player,
Ralph has written often on the music of Benjamin Britten, and
was described by the Independent on Sunday as a 'leading authority'
on the composer. He has a wide performing repertoire, particular
specialisms being the music of Bach and Mozart, the French Baroque
and Scandinavian music.
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Ralph is Musical Director of the Fairhaven Singers of Cambridge,
Full Score, the Britten-Pears Chamber Choir (based at Snape
Maltings) and the Northumbrian Recorder and Viol School. He
has been involved in educational projects with the English Sinfonia,
the BBC Singers and English National Opera, and has appeared
live on Radio 3's 'In Tune'. His international work has included
engagements at Harvard University, in Chicago, Tunis, Prague,
Stockholm and Venice, and throughout the Gulf and Far East.
He has conducted Cambridge Baroque Camerata, Cambridge Sinfonia,
the Tallis Chamber Orchestra and the Brandenburg Sinfonia. He
frequently contributes articles and programme notes, and carries
out a wide range of editorial tasks for Oxford University Press,
with particular involvement in the William Walton Edition. |
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Past projects have included work with Vladimir Ashkenazy, Christopher
Hogwood, Emma Kirkby, Michael Chance and Stephen Layton. |
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