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Honorary President
Robert Lloyd
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Robert Lloyd was born in Essex and educated
at Oxford University. He began life as an academic historian,
turning to a singing career at the age of 28. In 1972 he was appointed
Principal Bass at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden,
where he sings an enormous repertoire, at the same time he has
developed a freelance operatic and concert career which has brought
him to work with all the major Opera Houses and Orchestras throughout
the world.
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Musical Director
Roger Humphrey
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Roger Humphrey - studied Organ, Piano, and conducting at
the Royal College of Music, where he gained a degree of
Bachelor of Music and was awarded his master of Arts degree at City
of London University in 1993. He has held positions of
Director of Music at Southend School for Boys, and
lecturer in Performing Arts at South East Essex College.
Roger is conductor of the Southend
Choral Society, Director of Music at Holy Trinity Church,
Southchurch, and accompanist to the Southend Bach Choir.
He is also founder of the Southend Girls Choir, and a Director
of the Southend Summer School for Performing Arts. Roger
was appointed Director of the Southend Boys Choir in 1996
by the Southend Borough Council. In January 2000 Roger
was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts for services
to Music and the Arts.
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Accompanist
Rosemary Pennington
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Rosemary Pennington - studied at the Guildhall School
of Music and Drama where she gained her graduate degree in
1980. After gaining a Post Graduate teaching diploma, she held
a variety of positions in the field of arts administration, including
concert agencies in London, and is personal assistant to The Director
of the Edinburgh Festival. She is currently Principal
Arts Officer to the Southend Boys Choir, and assistant
musical director to the Southend Girls Choir. Accompanist
and solo pianist, Rosemary has performed in many of the major
concert halls in London including the Royal Festival Hall,
The Barbican and St Johns Smith Square, in 1998
Roger and Rosemary took the Southend Girls Choir on a
three week tour of South Eastern Australia.
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