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James Burton (born 1974) is a British conductor and composer. ==Biography== James Burton was born in London and was educated at Westminster Abbey Choir School (where he was Head Chorister in 1987) and Radley College.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.radley.org.uk/userfiles/file/OR/pdf/Lusimus/Lusimus8.pdf )〕 He read music at St John's College Cambridge where he was a Choral Scholar,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.chandos.net/pdf/CHSA%205096.pdf )〕 and he completed a masters degree in Orchestral Conducting at the Peabody Conservatory, where he studied with Frederik Prausnitz and Gustav Meier. He has been engaged as a music director, conductor and chorus master for a wide variety of groups and projects,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/james-burton-q2036071/credits/all )〕 and has also worked as a composer and arranger, notably for American folk singer Arlo Guthrie.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.arlo.net/symphony/burton.shtml )〕 Between 2002 and 2009 Burton was Choral Director at the Hallé Orchestra, and became music Director of the Hallé Youth Choir when it was founded in 2003.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.citylife.co.uk/news_and_reviews/reviews/10015891_halle_series_is_a_refreshing_success )〕 He prepared both choirs for the award winning recording of Elgar's ''The Dream of Gerontius'' which won the 2009 Gramaphone Choral Award.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.gramophone.co.uk/awards/disc-award/choral-award )〕 In 2002 he became the Music Director of Schola Cantorum of Oxford,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://users.ox.ac.uk/~schola/conductor.html )〕 the chamber choir established in 1960 and now well known which is made up of singers who are studying at Oxford University. He has led the choir on international tours, conducted recordings on the Hyperion label〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/a.asp?a=A1838 )〕 and appeared in BBC TV films about British composers made by John Bridcut.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.radley.org.uk/userfiles/file/OR/pdf/Lusimus/Lusimus%20June%202011%20web%202.pdf )〕 Burton has a long-standing association with the St Endellion Music Festivals in Cornwall, and became Music Director of the Easter Festival in 2007, succeeding Richard Hickox.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.endellionfestivals.org.uk/page23.html )〕 At the 2012 festival he conducted the world premiere〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.endellionfestivals.org.uk/Easter2012poster.pdf )〕 of his new composition The Convergence of the Twain. Scored for chorus, orchestra and baritone, this work is a setting of Thomas Hardy's poem of the same title and has been written in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.endellionfestivals.org.uk/Easter2012poster.pdf )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.visitcornwall.com/things-to-do/whats-on/st-endellion-easter-music-festival-p509223 )〕 In 2012 Burton will conduct the UK tour〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.boosey.com/pages/opera/operaPerf.asp?MusicID=3905 )〕 of Leonard Bernstein's Wonderful Town starring Connie Fisher. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Burton (conductor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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