Edward Caswell
Temporary Musical Director
Edward Caswell
Edward Caswell very kindly stepped in to direct our choir on a temporary basis after our previous musical director, Iain Cooper was unable to continue due to health problems.
Edward is a versatile and internationally respected choral conductor, singer and teacher, with a reputation for approaching choral conducting from a singer's perspective. Since 2004 he has worked with professional choirs, amateur choirs and student choirs throughout Europe, particularly in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and France. In 2017 he published his first book, It's always a Pussycat: a singer’s approach to choral conducting; translations into French and Dutch followed.
Recent highlights include preparing WDR Rundfunkchor for the prizewinning world premiere of Recordare by Justė Janulytė, Szymanowski Stabat Mater with Krzysztof Urbański at Radio France and Johannes-
In 2013 Edward founded Cromarty Youth Opera in the Scottish Highlands with a production of Noye’s Fludde by Benjamin Britten. Annual productions followed all directed by Will Kerley, and in August 2018 Edward led the company in the world premiere of their fifth anniversary commission Tod! an opera based on the writings of Beatrix Potter by Andrew Gant.
In addition to conducting and chorusmastering Edward is also in demand as a teacher, adjudicator and jury member. He regularly examines choral conducting students at CNSMD Lyon and was delighted to accept the invitation to be a member of the artistic committee of Institut Français d'Art Choral.
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