Timothy Salter (born in
Mexborough
Mexborough is a town in the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. Situated between Manvers and Denaby Main, it lies on the River Don close to where it joins the River Dearne, and the A6023 road runs through the town. It is contiguo ...
,
Yorkshire
Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other English counties, functions have ...
in 1942) is an English composer,
conductor and pianist.
Biography
Timothy Salter studied at
St John's College, Cambridge, where he won the
John Stewart of Rannoch Scholarship in sacred music. His piano teachers included
York Bowen
Edwin York Bowen (22 February 1884 – 23 November 1961) was an English composer and pianist. Bowen's musical career spanned more than fifty years during which time he wrote over 160 works. As well as being a pianist and composer, Bowen was a ...
and
Lamar Crowson
John Lamar Crowson (May 27, 1926 – August 25, 1998) was an American concert pianist and a chamber musician.'' Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' (2009)
Crowson was born in Tampa, Florida. His early education was in Portland, Oregon, wit ...
. He has composed chamber and orchestral music, choral music and songs. He founde
Usk Recordingsin 1995 and is the musical director o
The Ionian Singers
He is co-author with
Edward Lowbury
Edward Joseph Lister Lowbury (December 12, 1913 - July 10, 2007) was a pioneering and innovative English medical bacteriologist and pathologist, and also a published poet.
Life
Edward Lowbury was born in Hampstead to the recently naturalised Benj ...
and Alison Young of Thomas Campion, Poet, Composer, Physician, publisher: Chatto & Windus, London 1970, SBN 7011 1477 0.
For many years he taught composition and performance studies at the
Royal College of Music
The Royal College of Music is a conservatoire established by royal charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, UK. It offers training from the undergraduate to the doctoral level in all aspects of Western Music including performanc ...
, where he designed collaborative composer/performer courses and in conjunction with
Edwin Roxburgh
Edwin Roxburgh (born 1937) is an English composer, conductor and oboist.
Roxburgh was born in Liverpool. After playing oboe in the National Youth Orchestra, he won a double scholarship to study composition with Herbert Howells and oboe with T ...
conducted the Twentieth Century Ensemble. He was awarded the Fellowship of the
Royal College of Music
The Royal College of Music is a conservatoire established by royal charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, UK. It offers training from the undergraduate to the doctoral level in all aspects of Western Music including performanc ...
in 2004
for services to music.
References
External links
Timothy Salter's Website
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ttp://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2005/Dec05/Salter_Sun_USK1225CDS.htm Review of "After the Sun" recording, December 2005 - MusicWeb International
Review of "Piano Quartet" recording, April 2009 - MusicWeb InternationalReview of "The Country of the Stars" recording, October 2001 - GramophoneReview of "Diptych" recording, April 2003 - Gramophone*
ttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/jul/23/classicalmusicandopera.artsfeatures2 Review of "Three Night Pieces" concert, July 2003 - The GuardianReview of "Equipoise" concert, January 2003 - The GuardianReview of "Arias for Percussion" concert, March 2006 - Classical SourceReview of "Piano Trio" concert, January 2011 - Classical Source
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English classical composers
21st-century classical composers
People from Mexborough
1942 births
Living people
English male classical composers
Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
21st-century British male musicians