Harvey Rathbone B.Mus., L.G.S.M ~ Conductor
Harvey Rathbone comes from Warwickshire, where he was a lay clerk at
Coventry Cathedral and a member of the BBC Midland Singers.
He studied at London University, and the Guildhall school of Music,
where he was awarded prizes for French and English Song, Lieder and
Oratorio. He was chosen to sing the baritone solos in the four colleges
performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 8 in the Royal Albert Hall.
Harvey has been involved with some of Britain's leading choral groups,
including the BBC Singers, London Sinfonietta Chorus, London Voices,
Richard Hickox Singers, The Ambrosian Singers, The Spieglers, St.
Paul's Cathedral Choir and Westminster Abbey Choir. His repertoire
ranges extensively from early music to the 20th. Century, with
performances throughout this country and Europe.Radio broadcasts
include a series of eight programmes of Peter Warlock's songs for Radio
3.
Between 1973 - 1986 he taught singing and musicianship to B.Mus.
students at London University's Goldsmith's College. Harvey was also
Director of music at Highgate Junior School for nine years.
He now combines teaching in schools in East Anglia with an active
involvement in The British & International Federation of Festivals for
Music Dance & Speech, adjudicating and giving workshops and master
classes at festivals around the British Isles.
He took over the post of
conductor of the Bungay Choral Society in January 2006.
