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Jill
Henderson-Wild 2006-Present
Born
in Oldham in 1966, Jill Henderson-Wild studied the ‘cello
with Joan Dickson, a professor at the Royal College of Music,
before becoming a Choral Scholar at Girton College, Cambridge,
where she read Music. After graduating, she won a two year
scholarship from the Swiss Government to study choral and
orchestral conducting with Michel Corboz and Arpad Gerecz
at the Conservatoire in Geneva and was awarded ‘Le Prix
du Conseil de l’Etat’ with her diploma.
Following
this, she went to Lisbon as Chorus Master to the Gulbenkian
Foundation Choir and then worked as Development Officer, and
subsequently Music Director for ‘Sing for Pleasure'
for several years. She subsequently continued as Head of Conductor
Training for SfP for several years and continues to tutor
at events for both adults and children organised by them and
by other choral organisations, in Britain and abroad.
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She currently
works as the Vocal Animateur for Stockport LEA, supporting and promoting
singing within all the borough’s schools, as well as delivering
INSET training for teachers. Since 1997, she has been Chorus Master
to the Leeds Philharmonic Society and continues to undertake free-lance
conducting, vocal training and adjudicating engagements.
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Laura
Jellicoe 2002-2006
Laura became the Musical Director for the Manchester Chorale
in 2002, taking over from the Chorale’s founding conductor
Jeffrey Wynn Davies. Laura
graduated in 1994 from the Royal Northern College of Music,
where she is now a Flute Tutor, and joined the Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic Orchestra as Sub -Principal Flute. Since leaving
in 2002 she has guested as Principal Flute with several major
British Orchestras including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, City
of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Northern Sinfonia. She
has appeared as soloist with the BBC Concert Orchestra, Royal
Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and the City of London Sinfonia. |
She has given
solo recitals throughout the UK, and is also a member of two regular
chamber music ensembles - The Abbruzzi Trio with Bernard Gregor-Smith,
cello, and Yoland Wrigley, piano, and Silk and Steel, a Trio which
specialises in educational concerts for children of all ages.
Laura has been studying Conducting with Vernon Handley
for several years, and has also attended conducting workshops and
courses at the Schleswig-Holstein Academy and in Amsterdam with
the Finnish teacher Jorma Panula. In 1998 she formed The Emmanuel
Ensemble, a chamber orchestra which brings together students from
the Royal Northern College of Music and young professional musicians.
Professional conducting engagements elsewhere have included 3 recordings
and over thirty concerts with the RLPO and Manchester Camerata.
As well as being Musical Director of The Manchester Chorale, Laura
is Musical Director of the Cheshire Youth Orchestra.
Laura is also active as an Adjudicator at music
festivals throughout the UK. In addition to these, in 2004 she was
invited to the Hong-Kong Schools Music Festival, where she adjudicated
over 1800 candidates in three weeks!
Laura was also
been appointed Acting Head of Woodwind at Chetham's School of Music.
Laura Jellicoe
has now departed for pastures new after four successful years with
The Chorale. There were several highlights, but for many of us,
the peak was the first performance of “Simple Pictures of
Tomorrow”, which was commissioned by The Chorale from Bob
Chilcott to celebrate our 25th. Anniversary. In addition, Concerts
with the Emmanuel Ensemble and Emmanuel Brass, (Fauré’s
Requiem, Rutter’s Gloria, etc), were also particularly memorable.
Our thanks go to Laura for all her efforts and we wish her good
fortune in her future endeavours.
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Jeffrey
Wynn Davies 1979-2002
Jeffrey Wynn Davies was the Founder of The Manchester Chorale
and continues to enhance his already established reputation
as one of the North of England's busiest and most versatile
choral directors. Artistic Director of a recent Association
of British Choral Directors National Convention, he conducted
five international choirs in the world premiere of Andrew Carter's
The Mystic Trumpeter in Chester Cathedral. He was chorus director
of the Chorale for the first performance of the opera Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory (Peter Ash/Donald Sturrock) in the
Bridgewater Hall. Founder/director
of Canzonetta, he also directs the internationally renowned
Manchester Boys Choir and Harrogate Choral Society, and has
acted as Chorus Director to both Pavarotti and Carreras with
The Manchester Chorale. He has worked with Manchester Camerata,
BT Scottish Ensemble and has chorus directed for the Hallé,
the Israel Chamber Orchestra, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra,
the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Northern Sinfonia. |
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