Timothy Brown (conductor)
{{Short description|British choral conductor}}
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| nationality = English
| alma_mater = King's College, Cambridge
| known_for = Choral conductor, choirmaster of Clare College, Cambridge
| occupation = Conductor
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Timothy (Tim) Brown (born 9 December 1946) is an English choral conductor.
Education
He was a chorister at Westminster Abbey, and later an alto choral scholar at King's College, Cambridge, under the direction of Sir David Willcocks.
Career
Following his time in college, Brown went on to become a lay clerk at New College, Oxford, and later worked as a schoolteacher for a number of years.[http://www.palestinemusicfestivals.org/Palestine%20Mozart%20Festival/Timothy%20Brown.html Timothy Brown]. Palestinemusicfestivals.org.
In 1979 he succeeded John Rutter as Director of Music at Clare College, Cambridge and Director of the college choir. In his time at Clare he released several acclaimed recordings with the choir (largely on the Naxos label) by composers including Rutter, Vaughan Williams and Stainer.Naxos label website http://www.naxos.com/
In 1986 he re-founded the Cambridge University Chamber Choir, directing annual performances of all the major Bach and Handel oratorios. He later founded the London-based professional chamber choir, English Voices.{{cite web|title=English Voices Homepage|url=http://www.englishvoices.co.uk/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518015105/http://englishvoices.co.uk/|archive-date=18 May 2013|df=dmy-all}}
Many of his students have gone on to form successful careers in music, notably Norwich Cathedral organist David Dunnett,{{cite web|title=Norwich Cathedral Profile|url=http://www.cathedral.org.uk/music/the-music-team-david-dunnett.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203082650/http://www.cathedral.org.uk/music/the-music-team-david-dunnett.aspx|archive-date=3 February 2014|df=dmy-all}} conductors Nicholas Collon and Robin Ticciati, and musician and plant-collector Jeremy Thurlow.
Brown is known as one of the best living choral conductors.Hickman, Pamela. (6 July 2011) [http://pamelahickmansmusicinterviews.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/interview-with-british-conductor.html Pamela Hickman's Music Interviews Blog: British conductor Timothy Brown talks about his career till now, his future plans and about conducting professional- and amateur choirs]. Pamelahickmansmusicinterviews.blogspot.co.uk.{{cite web|title=Choir Biography|url=http://www.englishvoices.co.uk/choir.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727214854/http://englishvoices.co.uk/choir.html|archive-date=27 July 2013|df=dmy-all}}
He has edited a number of choral volumes for Faber Music and is a contributing editor to the complete edition of music by William Walton, published by Oxford University Press.
In 2010, after 30 years in the role, he retired as Director of Music at Clare College, and became Visiting Director of the choir of Robinson College, Cambridge.{{cite web|last=White|first=Michael|title=Lift up your voices in praise of our brilliant British choirs|date=2 December 2011 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/8931649/Lift-up-your-voices-in-praise-of-our-brilliant-British-choirs.html|publisher=Telegraph}} In 2011 he founded The Zürich Singing Academy;[http://www.sing-akademie.ch/index.php?id=306&L=1 About]. Sing-akademie.ch (27 January 2014). he now divides his time between Zurich and Cambridge.
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Category:English choral conductors
Category:British male conductors (music)
Category:Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
Category:Fellows of Clare College, Cambridge
Category:21st-century British conductors (music)
Category:21st-century British male musicians
Category:Choral Scholars of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Category:Choristers at Westminster Abbey