SIMON CARRINGTON
Yale School of Music & Institute of Sacred Music Tel: 203 432-7965
simon.carrington@yale.edu www.simoncarrington.com

87 Dolan Drive, Guilford CT 06437 Tel: 203 458-1664
50D Clapham Common Southside, London SW4 9BX Tel: +44 207 978 1793
Puy Calvel, 46240 Lamothe Cassel, France Tel/Fax: +33 5 65 36 81 25
Languages: French & German


CURRICULUM VITAE

CURRENT APPOINTMENT (since September 2003)
Professor of Choral Conducting & Conductor of the Yale Schola Cantorum, Yale University

2001-2003
Director of Choral Activities, New England Conservatory, Boston

1994-2001
Director of Choral Activities, Professor and Artist in Residence, University of Kansas

PERFORMING CAREER

1968-1993	The King's Singers Founder Member and original Musical Director
	(Separate CV, available if required)
	Freelance Singer
1966-76	The Monteverdi Orchestra, Principal Double Bass
	Freelance member of all the London Symphony and Chamber Orchestras
1965-66	BBC Philharmonic Sub-Principal Double Bass

HONORS & AWARDS

2003	Krasner Teaching Excellence Award, New England Conservatory
2001	KU Chamber Choir, one of only six college choirs selected:
	American Choral Directors Association National Convention, San Antonio, Texas
2000	KU Chamber Choir selected for ACDA SouthWestern Convention, Oklahoma City.
1996	Faculty Fellowship Award
1995	Faculty Research Grant
1994	Marshal Bartholomew Award for distinguished contribution to Male Voice Music Harvard University
1990	Performance To-day Lucien Wulsin Award Best National Radio Performance
1986	Grammy Nomination The Madrigal History Tour (EMI Records)
1979	Deutscher Schallplattenpreis in der Kategorien "Alte Musik" Tallis & Byrd Chorwerke
	Deutscher Schallplattenpreis in der Kategorien "Volkstümliche Unterhaltungsmusik"
1976	"Silver Disc" from the UK Recording Industry Out of the Blue (EMI Records)

EDUCATION

1965-66	New College, Oxford Choral	Scholar in the Chapel Choir
	Teaching Certificate: Department of Education, Oxford University
1961-65	King's College Cambridge	Choral Scholar in the Chapel Choir
	MA (Cantab) Degree in Music and English, Cambridge University
1956-61	The King's School,Canterbury	Music Exhibitioner
	A levels: Music, English, French, German
1951-56	Christ Church Cathedral School, Oxford	Chorister in the Cathedral Choir

REPERTOIRE(Link to Repertoire Page)

PRINCIPAL GUEST CONDUCTING ENGAGEMENTS 1994-PRESENT

2007
Tokyo Cantat, Japan
Sarteano Chamber Choir Workshop, Italy
Sport, Song, Spass: South Tyrol, Austria
British Columbia Choral Federation
ACDA National Convention, Miami
National Collegiate Choral Organisation Convention, San Antonio
Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival, Connecticut
American Federation of Baptists Musicians Summer Convention, Wisconsin

2006
Canto Armonico, Boston
Chorpodium Choir, Victoria, BC, Rachmaninov Vespers
Johnson County Community College Festival of Song
Nebraska Wesleyan Choral Festival
Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival

2005
Canto Armonico, Boston
Carnegie Hall Mozart Vespers
Dornoch Cathedral Festival, Scotland
New Mexico All State Choir, Las Cruces
Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Choral Festival
Texas All State Choir, San Antonio
TMEA Regional Festival, Houston

2004
Manhattan Concert Productions, Chicago & Dornoch, Scotland
ACDA Southwestern Convention Honor Choir
ACDA Eastern Division Convention Honor Choir
Connecticut All State Honor Choir
Georgia MEA Honor Choir
Zamir Chorale, Boston

2003
Europa Cantat Youth Choirs, Barcelona, Spain (Monteverdi Vespers 1610)
California All State Honor Choir
Canto Armonico, Cambridge MA
Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus
Indiana University, PA
Manhattan Productions, San Francisco, CA & Dornoch, Scotland
MENC Eastern Division Chorus, Providence RI
Nelson Songfest, BC, Canada

2002
Bluffton College, Ohio, Choral Festival
Brookline Community Chorus, MA
Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus (Walton Belshazzar's Feast)
Iowa All State Honor Choir
Nelson Songfest, BC, Canada
Pennsylvania Region IV Honor Choir
Portland State University Chamber Choir, OR
Washington ACDA Summer Convention, WA
Westminster Choir College, NJ

2001
Ars Nova Singers, Boulder, CO
North Carolina Honor Choir, Winston-Salem
Liszt Akademie, Budapest, Hungary
St. John the Divine, New York (Vaughan Williams, Five Mystical Songs - Manhattan Productions)
University of North Texas, Summer Convention
Oklahoma All State Women's Chorus

2000
Colorado All State Men's Honor Chorus
Carnegie Hall New York (Faure Requiem, May - Manhattan Productions)
Carnegie Hall New York (Haydn Te Deum & Chilcott Jubilate, June - Mid-America Productions)
Utah All State Honor Choir, Mormon Tabernacle
Missouri Male Voice Honor Choir
Singapore Choral Convention Choirs

1999
Internationaler Kammerchor-Wettbewerb Marktoberdorf, Germany
Volksdorf Choral Music Retreat, Hamburg, Germany
Kansas City Youth Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
Oklahoma City College Choral Days
South Carolina All-State Chorus

1998
SNK Vocal Jazz Days, Soesterberg, Holland
Delaware All-State Chorus
Texas Music Educators Regional Choir
Virginia Music Educators All-State Honor Choir

1997
North Carolina Summer Institute of the Choral Arts Chorus
Oklahoma Baptist University (Walton Belshazzar's Feast)
Pennsylvania's Region-State Choral Festival
Stetson University Florida All-State Chorus
Valley Chamber Chorale, Minneapolis
Wyoming All-State Choir

1996
Fort Wort Civic Chorus
Kettwiger Bach Ensemble, Essen, Germany
Carnegie Hall (Mozart Vesperae Solennes de Confessore KV 339)
Michigan State University Invitational Choir
Missouri Music Educators All-Collegiate Choir
Nebraska Intercollegiate Choral Festival Choir
South Carolina Intercollegiate Choir

1995
Carnegie Hall (Mozart Coronation Mass)
Kansas City Choral Festival
Kansas Music Educators Collegiate Honor Choir
Louisiana Collegiate Honor Choir
Michigan State University Invitational Choir

2007
Tokyo Cantat, Japan
International Choral Festival, Leipzig, Germany
Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival
Cherry Creek High School
Central Bucks High School-West Chamber Choir

2006
Exultemus, Boston
Georgia ACDA Summer Convention
Northern Illinois University Residency
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Sarteano Chamber Choir Workshop, Italy
Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival

2004
ACDA Robert Shaw Institute
Georgia ACDA Summer Convention
Nelson Song Fest, BC, Canada
University of Georgia, Athens
Wright State University, Dayton, OH
Mississauga Children’s Choir Festival. Toronto, Canada
Ball State University, Muncie, IN

2003
Rassegna Internazionale Città di Mondovì, Italy
ACDA National Convention, New York City
Festivals of Excellence, Chicago, New York City & Williamsburg VA
ACDA Illinois, Pennsylvania and New Jersey Summer Conventions

2002
Deutsche Chorwettbewerb, Osnabrück, Germany
Albany Pro Musica, NY
Algonquin High School, MA
Harvard Krokodilos
Lexington High School, MA
Musicate, New York, Chicago & Williamsburg VA
Oregon Music Educators Association Spring Convention
Portland State University
Rivers School of Music, MA
Smokey Mountain Festival
Winthrop University Chamber Choir Festival, SC
Wyoming Seminary, PA

2001
Liszt Akademie, Budapest, Hungary, Choral Conducting Course
Emporia University Summer Convention, KS
Harvard Memorial Chapel Choir, Cambridge, MA
Harvard Krokodilos
Idaho ACDA Fall Convention, Sun Valley
Musicate, New York
Shoreline Community College Choral Festival, Seattle
University of North Texas, Summer Convention
Ward Music Choral Clinic, Vancouver, BC
Winthrop University Chamber Choir Festival, SC

2000
Iowa State Workshops and Masterclasses
San José State Masterclasses
Conducting Masterclass for the ACDA Southwestern Convention, Oklahoma City
Santa Fé Summer Choral Perspectives
International Choral Convention, Singapore

1999
Fifth World Symposium on Choral Music, Rotterdam, Holland
Internationaler Kammerchor-Wettbewerb Marktoberdorf, Germany
Volksdorf Choral Music Retreat, Hamburg, Germany
American Musicological Society National Convention, Kansas City
South Carolina All-State Choir

1998
Association of British Choral Directors Convention, Exeter, England
University of Northern Colorado Summer Institute
California State University Long Beach Summer Arts
Oklahoma Institute for the Arts
University of Wyoming Choral Leadership Conference

1997
Amarillo Community College
Bellefield Singers, Pittsburgh
Liederkranz for Oregon Choral Directors
Westminster Choir College Summer Institute
York Early Music Festival, York, England

1996
ACDA Choral Directors Workshop, Richmond, VA
Central Missouri State University Choral Festival
Mount Hood Invitational Choral Festival, Portland, OR
Westminster Choir College Summer Institute
St Paul's Choral Festival, Des Moines, IA
Wright State University Summer Institute

1995
International Choral Festival, Arnhem, Holland
SNK National Vocal Group Festival, Ammersfoort, Holland
Week-end Choral Workshop, Bolzano, Italy
Radford University Choral Festival, Radford, VA Nebraska Intercollegiate Choral Festival
ACDA National Convention, Washington, DC
Miami University Choral Workshop, Oxford, OH

1994
Harvard University Intercollegiate Festival
Singposium at Festival of Youth Choirs, London, England
CASA A Cappella Summit, San Raphael, CA
University of Wyoming Choir Leadership Conference
Kansas Music Educators Association In Service Workshop Day

1994-2004 Clinician every year at the:
Winthrop University Invitational Chamber Choir Clinic

SIMON CARRINGTON
THE KING'S SINGERS 1968-1993
Founder Member and original Musical Director

Primarily responsible for Repertoire selection and Artistic Policy
for the first 15 years of the groups' career.
Latterly also responsible for the Business Administration

Over 3000 CONCERTS and RECITALS worldwide
including

BOSTON Symphony Hall
NEW YORK Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center & Shea Stadium!
TORONTO Roy Thomson Hall VANCOUVER Orpheum Theatre
AMSTERDAM Concertgebouw
BERLIN Philharmonie BRUSSELS Palais des Beaux Arts
BUDAPEST various halls COPENHAGEN Tivoli
LONDON Royal Festival Hall, Royal Albert Hall, The Barbican
MADRID Auditorio Nacional MILAN Conservatorio Verdi
PARIS Théatre des Champs Elysées, Opera Comique, Sorbonne
VIENNA Musikverein & Konzerthaus WARSAW Philharmonic Hall
ZURICH Tonhalle
SYDNEY Opera House TOKYO Suntory Hall
(Fuller List available if required)

62 RECORDINGS
Repertoire ranging from the highly esoteric to the overtly entertaining
(Complete Discography available if required)

Repertoire researcher for the following EMI recordings of Renaissance Music:
MADRIGAL COLLECTION, COURTLY PLEASURES,
FRENCH COLLECTION, CONTINENTAL COLLECTION,
MADRIGAL HISTORY TOUR

Repertoire researcher for the following EMI recordings of mixed repertoire:
DECK THE HALL, CONCERT COLLECTION, VICTORIAN COLLECTION

Partly responsible for repertoire selection for all the recordings of "popular music"

TELEVISION and RADIO
Countless broadcasts and recordings of all kinds from live concerts to in-depth interviews and talk shows - including the following in the USA