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Gavin Carr
Gavin Carr is a British conductor and baritone working with major choruses in the UK and appearing in opera and concert in the UK and around the globe. Biography Gavin Carr is Music Director of the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Bath Minerva Choir, is Founder-Director of Chorus Angelorum and, since mid-2018, is Chorus Master of the Philharmonia Chorus. He has guest conducted with the BBC Symphony Chorus and the London Symphony Chorus as well as the Philharmonia Chorus, and in September 2017 was appointed to the vocal faculty of the Royal Academy of Music, where he currently teaches classes in English Song and the Oratorio repertoire. His schedule includes opera and concert performances in Europe and further afield, workshops and masterclasses across the UK, and affiliations with colleges such as Chetham's School of Music, Hawkwood College, and Bath Spa University. He is the brother of composer Paul Carr. Education Carr was born in Croydon, London, the son of Adelaide soprano a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baritone
A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice-types. The term originates from the Greek (), meaning "heavy sounding". Composers typically write music for this voice in the range from the second F below middle C to the F above middle C (i.e. F2–F4) in choral music, and from the second A below middle C to the A above middle C (A2 to A4) in operatic music, but the range can extend at either end. Subtypes of baritone include the baryton-Martin baritone (light baritone), lyric baritone, ''Kavalierbariton'', Verdi baritone, dramatic baritone, ''baryton-noble'' baritone, and the bass-baritone. History The first use of the term "baritone" emerged as ''baritonans'', late in the 15th century, usually in French sacred polyphonic music. At this early stage it was frequently used as the lowest of the voices (including the bass), but in 17th-century Italy the term was all-encompassing and used to describe the averag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
