Sherborne
WEEK ONE 30 July to 6 August
Alexander Technique and Chi Kung
Score Learning and General Musicianship
WEEK TWO 6 to 13 August
Alexander Technique and Chi Kung
Choral Masterpieces Choral Course
Score Learning and General Musicianship
Concertfest
A graduate of the Birmingham Conservatoire and Roehampton University, where he gained his MA in Choral Education, James studied conducting with the Association of British Choral Directors (ABCD) and many eminent choral figures, including, Peter Broadbent, Therees Hibbard, Mike Brewer, Ralph Allwood and Bob Chilcott.
He has since returned to teach conducting for both Roehampton University and the ABCD and is on the ABCD’s Council of Practitioners. Formerly chief choral advisor for the BBC’s sheet music archives, James has delivered projects for the BBC Singers Education Department as workshop leader and mentor, as well as regularly conducting and preparing choirs for broadcasts on TV and Radio.
At the heart of his busy schedule James is Music Director and Founder of the award winning choir, Chantage, winners of the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year 2006 and the Malta International Choral Competition 2015 Grand Prix. Chantage made their debut at the BBC Proms in 2014. James is also Music Director of the Chandos Chamber Choir, the Fleet Singers and 4Tunes (Channel 4’s staff choir). He is also a choir trainer and tutor at the Royal College of Music Junior Department.
James Davey is one of the UK’s most distinguished and respected young choral directors, in demand for his work as conductor, choir trainer, choral education practitioner, arranger and adjudicator.
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