Jeremy Summerly (born 28 February 1961) is a British conductor. He was educated at

Lichfield Cathedral School Lichfield Cathedral School is an independent day school in the city of Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. It traces its lineage to the 14th century when Lichfield Cathedral made provisions to educate its choristers.

Winchester College Winchester College is a public school (fee-charging independent day and boarding school) in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was founded by William of Wykeham in 1382 and has existed in its present location ever since. It is the oldest of the ...

, and

New College, Oxford New College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham in conjunction with Winchester College as its feeder school, New College is one of the oldest colleges at th ...

. While at

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he conducted the New College Chamber Orchestra and the Oxford Chamber Choir. After graduating with a first-class honours degree in music in 1982, he started work as a studio manager for BBC Radio, while pursuing postgraduate research in historical musicology at

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. In 1836, King's ...

. Since 1991 he has been a presenter and reviewer for BBC's Radios 3 and 4, in particular for Radio 4's ''Front Row'', and Radio 3's ''Record Review'' (formerly ''CD Review''). Since 1983 he has been conductor of the mixed-voice consort at the Edington Music Festival, and in 2012 he was appointed artistic director of Mayfield Festival of Music and the Arts, where he is also conductor of Mayfield Festival Choir. He founded

Oxford Camerata The Oxford Camerata is an English chamber choir based in Oxford, England. The Camerata was founded in 1984 by conductor Jeremy Summerly and singers David Hurley and Henrietta Cowling and gave its first performance on 22 May of that year. The ens ...

in 1984. In 1989, he was appointed lecturer at the

Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is the oldest conservatoire in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa. It received its royal charter in 1830 from King George IV with the support of the first Duke of ...

, where he was head of academic studies from 1996 to 2007, and thereafter head of continuing professional development. He was conductor of

Schola Cantorum of Oxford Schola Cantorum of Oxford is the longest running chamber choir of University of Oxford, and one of the longest established and most widely known chamber choirs in the United Kingdom. The conductor is Steven Grahl. The choir was founded in 1960 ...

from 1990 to 1996. He was made an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music in 2006, and in 2015 he became their Sterndale Bennett Visiting Lecturer in Music. In 2010, he was appointed director of music at

St Luke's Church, Chelsea The Parish Church of St Luke, Chelsea, is an Anglican church, on Sydney Street, Chelsea, London SW3, just off the King's Road. Ecclesiastically it is in the Deanery of Chelsea, part of the Diocese of London. It was designed by James Savage in 1 ...

. He conducted the choir of

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for the 2013–14 academic year, and was director of music at

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, from 2015 to 2019. In 2017, he was made a Fellow of the

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and he has been visiting professor of music history at

Gresham College Gresham College is an institution of higher learning located at Barnard's Inn Hall off Holborn in Central London, England. It does not enroll students or award degrees. It was founded in 1596 under the will of Sir Thomas Gresham, and hosts ove ...

since 2019.

Discography

''20th-century Sacred Music'' (Martin, Górecki, Duruflé, Stanford, Byron) Schola Cantorum of Oxford roudsound 129 ''Lamentations'' (White, Tallis, Palestrina, Lassus, de Brito) Oxford Camerata axos 8.550572 Palestrina — ''Missae Papae Marcelli & Aeterna Christi munera'' Oxford Camerata axos 8.550573 ''Portuguese Requiem Masses'' (Lôbo, Cardoso) Schola Cantorum of Oxford axos 8.550682 Byrd — ''Masses for 4 and 5 Voices & Infelix ego'' Oxford Camerata axos 8.550574 Victoria — ''Missae O magnum mysterium & O quam gloriosum'' Oxford Camerata axos 8.550575 Tallis — ''Mass for Four Voices & Motets'' Oxford Camerata axos 8.550576 Gesualdo — ''Complete Sacred Music for 5 Voices'' Oxford Camerata axos 8.550742 ''Medieval Carols'' (Hildegard, Abelard, ''Planctus Guillelmus'') Oxford Camerata axos 8.550751 ''20th-century Secular Music'' (Debussy, Ravel, Dallapiccola, Regner) Schola Cantorum of Oxford roudsound 130 ''Allegri Miserere & Other Choral Masterpieces'' Oxford Camerata axos 8.550827 Lassus — ''Masses for 5 Voices & Infelix ego'' Oxford Camerata axos 8.550842 ''German Sacred Music'' (Bach, Mendelssohn, Wolf, Schoenberg) Schola Cantorum of Oxford roudsound 131 ''Renaissance Masterpieces'' (Ockeghem, Lhéritier, Rogier etc.) Oxford Camerata axos 8.550843 Fauré — ''Requiem'' (1888 reconstruction) ''& Messe basse'' Schola Cantorum of Oxford axos 8.550765 Bach — ''Magnificat BWV 243 & Cantata BWV 82'' Northern Chamber Orchestra / Schola Cantorum of Oxford axos 8.550763 Vivaldi — ''Gloria RV 589 & Beatus vir RV 597'' Northern Chamber Orchestra / Schola Cantorum of Oxford axos 8.550767 Palestrina / Lassus — ''Masses for 8 Voices & Stabat Mater'' Schola Cantorum of Oxford axos 8.550836 Tye — ''Missa Euge bone & Peccavimus cum patribus'' Oxford Camerata axos 8.550937 Purcell — ''Full Anthems & Organ Music'' Oxford Camerata axos 8.553129 Dufay — ''Missa L’homme armé'' Oxford Camerata axos 8.553087 Ockeghem — ''Missa L’homme armé'' Oxford Camerata axos 8.554297 Josquin — ''Missa L’homme armé sexti toni'' Oxford Camerata axos 8.553428 Hildegard — ''Heavenly Revelations'' Oxford Camerata axos 8.550998 Schütz — ''Psalmen Davids'' Oxford Camerata axos 8.553044 ''English Madrigals & Songs'' Oxford Camerata axos 8.553088 Gibbons — ''Choral & Organ Music'' Oxford Camerata axos 8.553130 Weelkes — ''Anthems'' Oxford Camerata axos 8.553209 Schütz — ''The Christmas Story'' Oxford Camerata axos 8.553514 Machaut — ''Messe de Nostre Dame & Le Voir Dit'' Oxford Camerata axos 8.553833 Obrecht — ''Missa Caput'' Oxford Camerata axos 8.553210 Willaert — ''Missa Christus resurgens'' Oxford Camerata axos 8.553211 ''Piæ Cantiones'' (1582) Oxford Camerata axos 8.553578 Duruflé ''Requiem'' & Howells ''Motets'' Schola Cantorum of Oxford anor MLR 0170 Tomkins — ''Choral & Organ Music'' Oxford Camerata axos 8.553794 Handel — ''Coronation Anthems & Silete venti'' Tallis Chamber Choir / Royal Academy Consort axos 8.557003 John Streeting — ''Sacred music'' Choir of Christ Church, Chelsea anor MLR 0209 Gombert — ''Motets'' Oxford Camerata axos 8.557732 Mozart — ''Requiem'' Members of BBCSO, LPO, LSO, RPO, GFO etc. yperion DEC FK1 Tallis — ''Spem in alium, Missa Salve intemerata'' Oxford Camerata axos 8.557770 Tavener — ''Lament for Jerusalem (Jerusalem version)'' Choir of London & Orchestra axos 8.557826 Hildegard — ''Celestial Harmonies'' Oxford Camerata axos 8.557983 ''Children of our Time'' (Tippett, Rodrigues, Pott, Byrchmore, O’Neill, Pitts) Schola Cantorum of Oxford yperion CDA 67575 Schumann — ''Partsongs'' Oxford Camerata / Graham Johnson yperion CDJ 33110

Publications

''Gaudete'' – Medieval Songs and Carols (Faber Music, 1999) ''Passetime with Good Company'' – Medieval Songs and Carols (Faber Music, 2000) ''Fair Oriana'' – Madrigals in Celebration of Elizabeth I (Faber Music, 2002) ''Thomas Tallis'' – English Sacred Music (Faber Music, 2004) ‘Vocal Performance before ''c''.1430’ ''Cambridge History of Musical Performance'' (CUP, 2013) ‘Choir’ ''Cambridge Encyclopedia of Historical Performance in Music'' (CUP, 2018) ‘Guido d’Arezzo’ ''Cambridge Encyclopedia of Historical Performance in Music'' (CUP, 2018)

References

External links

oxfordcamerata.comgresham.ac.uk/professors-and-speakerstwitter.com/jsummerlySt Luke's Choir Chelsea SW3 - YouTube
*https://www.jeremysummerly.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Summerly, Jeremy 1961 births Living people People educated at Winchester College Alumni of New College, Oxford Alumni of King's College London 20th-century British conductors (music) British male conductors (music) Academics of the Royal Academy of Music Honorary Members of the Royal Academy of Music 21st-century British conductors (music) 21st-century British male musicians 20th-century British male musicians Choral Scholars of New College, Oxford