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Alex Patterson is a Northern Irish-born composer and conductor based in Nottingham. He is Director of Music at Nottingham Cathedral, Musical Director for the Radcliffe Ladies’ Choir and conducts Nottingham Youth Voices and the Nottingham Lunchtime Choir based in the Nottingham Royal Centre.
Alex studied at the University of Nottingham and later at Birmingham Conservatoire specialising in composition and opera. Since graduating seven years ago, Alex has developed a wealth of experience as a choral animateur, particularly for community and youth music-making, and leads singing workshops across Nottinghamshire with people of all ages and abilities. He has also conducted a range of major works including Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, Britten’s Noye’s Fludde, both Duruflé’s and Fauré’s Requiem, and the musical thriller Sweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim. Between his various conducting duties and also working for Arts Council England, Alex is a freelance composer. He has written a wealth of choral music which has been performed all over the world, broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and published by Banks Music Publications. Alex is currently one of the composers-in-residence with Streetwise Opera. Find out more... |
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