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Louis Arthur Owen Halsey (born 1929) is an English composer, arranger and choral conductor. He founded the Elizabethan Singers and the Louis Halsey Singers.


Career

Halsey was born in London in 1929
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Robert Evans, Maggie Humphrey, eds., ''Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland''
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(or 1926 according to some sources). He studied music at the
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and sang in King's College Choir. He founded the Elizabethan Singers in 1953, which continued until 1966;Michael Kennedy, ''Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music''
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the Thames Chamber Choir in 1964; and in 1967 the Louis Halsey Singers. These groups have sung in many first performances and have toured internationally. He has also conducted the Allegri Singers, a chamber vocal group specializing in 20th century music. Halsey's professional posts have included the
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(music producer), the
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(Professor of Music and Head of the Choral Department), the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir (guest chorus master), and at
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, where he was Director of Music. He has composed anthems and other church music.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Halsey, Louis Living people 1929 births Academics of Regent's University London English choral conductors English male conductors (music) English male classical composers 21st-century British conductors (music) 21st-century British male musicians