Summer Choral Course 2012

Saturday 21st – Thursday 26th July, 2012

directed by
MALCOLM ARCHER
with DAVID BEDNALL (organ) and HILARY JONES (vocal coach)

For more details, please see www.brittanymusicworkshops.eu

 

Brittany Music Workshops

There are two main strands to the festival : organ music and choral music.  In order to promote the latter, we have organised four choral courses since 2008 under the expert direction of Malcolm Archer, who is now an honorary member of our Association.  Experienced singers from the UK, France, Italy, Hong Kong and Morocco, aged 15 to 80, have taken part and have performed concerts and sung church services as the Choeur de l’Académie du Festival Jean Langlais.  This choir also sang at the annual Sailors’ Society service in St Columba’s Church, London on 25thOctober, 2011, its first venture in the UK.  We have been invited to return to London in October.

Malcolm Archer

Malcolm has become an integral part of our festival and he is an honorary member of our Association.  An organist, conductor and composer, he is renowned as one of the foremost church musicians of his generation.  From 2004 – 2007 he was Organist and Director of Music atSt Paul’s Cathedral,London, and prior to that, he was organist and Master of Choristers at Wells Cathedral for eight years as well as being the musical director of Wells Cathedral Oratorio Society.

He is currently in charge of the chapel music atWinchesterCollege, and he combines this work with an extensive recital and composing career.  He is also an examiner and council member of the Royal College of Organists and an examiner for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.

Malcolm has given organ concerts in many European countries,Canada, theUSA andSouth Africa, where he is also in demand as a director of choral workshops and courses.  We are extremely lucky that he has become so devoted to the cause of the Langlais Festival.

Further information about Malcolm can be found at www.malcolmarcher.com

The fifth Langlais Festival Choral Course is now recruiting and will take place from 21st – 26th July, 2012.  To apply, please go to www.brittanymusicworkshops.eu  where you will find full details of the course.