David lawrence conductor biography of william

David Lawrence is one of the UK's most versatile conductors, working with orchestras, symphony choruses and national youth choirs.  He has been nominated for a Gramophone Award for his conducting, awarded a prestigious ARAM by the Royal Academy of Music, and holds the Guinness World Record for conducting the UK's largest choir.

 

David's work has taken him to Singapore, Colombia, Canada, the United States, India, the United Arab Emirates, throughout Europe, and most often of all to Australia.

 His positive and engaging manner makes him a popular guest conductor, and he is an experienced and respected trainer of choral conductors.  With particular experience in the field of contemporary music, David has prepared and conducted premiére performances by Per Nørgård, Pierre Boulez, Iannis Xenakis, Mauricio Kagel, Graham Fitkin, James Wood, Bob Chilcott and others.

 As a guest chorusmaster of the Netherlands Radio Choir he has wor