JONATHAN WILLCOCKS

Jonathan Willcocks was born in Worcester, England, in 1953, and after early musical training as a chorister at King’s College Cambridge and an Open Music Scholar at Clifton College, he took an Honours degree in Music from Cambridge University, where he held a choral scholarship at Trinity College.

Jonathan’s compositions encompass large-scale orchestral scores and chamber music in addition to many choral works, and his music is published principally by Oxford University Press, Lorenz (USA) and Prime Music.

His music is widely performed and recorded, with three CDs issued by Priory Records devoted to his choral music and two further CDs of music for children’s choir.  His choral repertoire has also been recorded by many other well-known choirs such as the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the London Bach Choir.   Much of his music has been written to commission, including works for the historic Three Choirs Festival, Chichester Festivities and many choirs, orchestras and ensembles in UK and USA.  Performers and audiences alike are attracted to his vibrantly rhythmic and tuneful compositional style. Full details of his music, including samples of recordings, can be found at www.jonathanwillcocks.com

Jonathan Willcocks is currently Conductor and Musical Director of the Chichester Singers, the Portsmouth Choral Union and the professional chamber orchestra Southern Pro Musica.  

Freelance conducting engagements in recent seasons have taken him to many parts of the world including USA, Canada, Australia, Singapore and most of the European countries as well as the United Kingdom.

Throughout his career, Jonathan has maintained a strong interest in music education, most recently as Director of the Junior Academy, Royal Academy of Music in London, who awarded him an Hon RAM degree in recognition of his work in the development of talented young musicians.

His extensive choral and orchestral conducting experience results in many invitations to take choral workshops and adjudicate competitions and festivals and in 2008 he served as Chairman of the Jury for the prestigious Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Choral Competition in Toronto and Montreal. He is currently Artistic Director of the Leipzig and Quebec International Choral Festivals and he has a developing relationship with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale Summer Festival in New Mexico.

For further information about Jonathan Willcocks, visit http://www.jonathanwillcocks.com