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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.
Now a freelance conductor and keyboard player, Ralph has
a wide performing repertoire, particular specialisms being
the music of Bach and Mozart, the French Baroque and Scandinavian
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| Ralph is Musical Director of the Fairhaven Singers,
Full Score and the Northumbrian Recorder and Viol School. He
has worked in over 20 countries, and has conducted the London
Mozart Players, The Parley of Instruments, Britten Sinfonia
and Cambridge Baroque Camerata. He carries out a wide range
of editorial tasks for Oxford University Press, with particular
involvement in the William Walton Edition, and is much in demand
as a leader of choral workshops. His choral arrangements are
also successful, and have been performed all round Europe and
on Radio 4’s PM programme. His recording of Will Todd’s
Requiem was awarded five stars by Choir & Organ magazine,
and an 18 certificate by Aled Jones! |
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Past projects have included work with Vladimir Ashkenazy,
Christopher Hogwood, Emma Kirkby, Emma Johnson and James Bowman.
Work in 2009 saw him premiering and recording Will Todd’s
Requiem for soprano, choir and electric guitar, and conducting
in Sorrento, Austria, Seville and France. 2010 has so far
seen him conducting in Germany, and writing and directing
choral arrangements for a forthcoming album by the extreme
metal band Cradle of Filth. Forthcoming engagements include
working with the City of London Sinfonia and performances
in Venice and Rome.
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