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Choral Director
IAN CHESWORTH
Ian Chesworth initially trained as a physicist at the University of Durham and
worked as an engineer and manager in the semiconductor industry before making
music his full-time profession.
He has been conducting since University when he founded the choir 'AMDG' and
performed works such as the Mozart Requiem, Pergolesi Stabat Mater and the
Victoria Requiem. With a special interest in voice production he has taken part
in masterclasses with Paul Spicer, Janet Lincé, Alan Hazeldine and David Lawrence.
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An accomplished organist, Ian holds the Associateship Diploma of the Royal
College of Organists and has studied with David Sanger, Roger Fisher and Keith
Wright. He has appeared on national TV and Radio as both an organist and
conductor and also arranged and performed a selection of music from Sir Paul
McCartney
’s Liverpool Oratorio in the presence of the composer. Ian conducts a number of
choirs in the Manchester area including the King Edward Music Society of
Macclesfield (KEMS), Manchester Philharmonic Choir, Bolton Chamber Choir and is
Director of Music at Eccles Parish Church.
As a singer, he has had a great deal of experience both as a concert singer and
on the stage. Having trained as a postgraduate at the RNCM, operatic roles have
included Spoletta (Tosca), Silvio (Pagliacci), Melchior (Amahl and the Night
Visitors) and Monostatos (The Magic Flute). On the concert platform, he has performed as the soloist in
Mendelssohn's Elijah, Faure's Requiem and many gala nights. He has taken part
in a number of masterclasses, and received coaching from Sir Thomas Allen,
Adele Leigh and Seth Riggs among others, and is currently studying with
Gillyanne Kaynes. In December 2000 he sang the tenor role of Howard Blake's
'The Bear' with the Northern Sinfonia and in the presence of the composer.
Active as a teacher, he is a visiting vocal coach to the Bristol Academy of the
Performing Arts and a regular singing coach to students on the prestigious
Acting Course at Manchester Metropolitan University, as well as teaching at his
private practice in Chorlton.
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About the Choir
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