! ! ! STACEY RICHARD WATTON Conductor • Music Director International Solo Bass • Chamber Musician • Principal Double Bass • Musicians Contractor +44 (0) 7811 373 415 www.staceywatton.com [email protected] ! DOUBLE BASS POSITIONS: Esprit Ensemble Principal Conductor, Artistic/Managing Director, Concerto Soloist London Chamber Orchestra Principal Bass Concerto Soloist London Mozart Players Principal Bass Concerto Soloist Orchestra of the Swan Principal Bass Locrian Ensemble Concerto Soloist Primavera Chamber Orchestra Principal Bass, Concerto Soloist English Soloist’s Ensemble Solo Bass Chamber Domaine Solo Bass London Festival of Chamber Music Solo Bass National Symphony Orchestra Principal Bass Johann Strauss Orchestra Principal Bass ! PRIZES: Prize Winner at the International Koussevitsky Competition Moscow 1995. Eugene Cruft Prize for Double Bass 1993. ! CHAMBER MUSIC EXPERIENCE: Spectrum Concerts Berlin Philharmonie Concerto Soloist Julian Rachlin Festival Bergen Solo Bass Julian Rachlin & Friends Dubrovnik Soloist Janine Jansen International Festival Vredenburg Concerto Soloist Baverian Radio Orchestra Orchestra Concerto Soloist Eilat International Festival Solo Bass Steven Isserlis Bath Mozart Fest & Wigmore Hall Soloist Gulbenkian Festival Belcea Quartet Solo Bass CHAMBER MUSIC EXPERIENCE (CONTINUED): Perth International Festival Belcea Quartet Solo Bass Florestan Trio Solo Bass Kennedy Solo Bass Wanstead Festival Concerts Concerto Soloist Aberystwyth Festival Symanowski Quartet ! Solo Bass ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE: Royal Concertgebouw Holland Guest Principal, Principal Trial Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Guest Principal, Principal Trial London Philharmonic Orchestra Guest Principal, Co-Principal Trial Royal Scottish National Orchestra Guest Principal Hallé Guest Principal, Principal Trial Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra Guest Principal BBC Concert Orchestra Guest Principal Russian Chamber Orchestra Guest Principal Amsterdam Sinfonietta Guest Principal Guildhall String Ensemble Guest Principal Orchestra of St John’s Guest Principal City of London Sinfonia Guest Principal English Chamber Orchestra Guest Principal Moscow Virtuosi Guest Principal Britten Sinfonia Guest Principal Northern Sinfonia Guest Principal, Principal Trial City of Oxford Orchestra Guest Principal, Concerto Soloist Mozart Festival Orchestra Guest Principal Ambache Ensemble Guest Principal London Pops Orchestra Guest Principal Composer’s Ensemble Guest Principal Oxford Philomusica Guest Principal London Pro-Arte Guest Principal Southern Pro-Arte Guest Principal Brandenburg Sinfonia Guest Principal, Concerto Soloist London Octave Guest Principal Lontano Soloist London Musici Guest Principal Tango Siempre Solo Bass Bournemouth Sinfonietta Trial Co-Principal English National Opera Guest Principal London Symphony Orchestra !English Classical Players Principal 2000-2009 SESSIONS: First Take Music Principal Bass Music Solutions Principal Bass Isobel Griffths Guest Principal Andy Brown Guest Principal Cathy Giles Guest Principal George Hamer Guest Principal Alan Wilson Guest Principal SESSIONS (CONTINUED): Paul Wing Guest Principal Colin Sheen Guest Principal Mike Fuller Guest Principal Rosie Wetters Guest Principal Cool Music Guest Principal Dominique Le Genre Solo Bass Red Rooster Film and TV Gavin Wright Sally Ewins Juslin Pook Sue Mitcham Tonia Davall LSO !LPO WEST END SHOWS: The Lion King Associate Conductor 2013- Les Misérables Associate Music Director 2011-2012 Love Never Dies Member/ Associate Conductor Sound Of Music Member 2006-2009 Napoleon Member 2000-2001 Scrooge My Fair Lady Producers Ragtime Swan Lake, Matthew Bourne !Martin Guerre HEAD HUNTED: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Principal BBC Wales 1997 & 2012 Principal Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Principal Hallé Principal, and Northern Sinfonia Principal ! CLASSICAL CONDUCTING: MKCO 2014 Guest Conductor/ Principal Conductor Trial Dvorak String Serenade Fauré Pavane Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations Fauré Elégie Schubert 5th Symphony ! Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana Vassa City Orchestra, Finland 2013 Mozart 39th Symphony Stravinsky Dumbarton Oaks Faure Le Tombeau de Couperin ! Brahms Symphony no.2 ! CLASSICAL CONDUCTING (CONTINUED): Seinajoki, Finland 2013 Prokofiev Classical Symphony ! Schubert Symphony no.6 Kuopio Symphony Orchestra 2012 Dvorak 9th Symphony Elgar ‘cello Concerto Klami Sea Pictures Strauss Wind Symphony Dvorak Serenade for Strings ! Julie Cooper, The Sceptre of the Dove Esprit Ensemble 2003- Current Principal Conductor and Music Director Villa Lobos Bachianas Brasiliérés Siegfried Idyll Wagner Mahler 4th Symphony Chamber Version ! (Klaus Simon) ! WEST END CONDUCTING: The Lion King (Sir Elton John) Associate Conductor 2013- Current Les Misérables (Sir Cameron Mackintosh) Associate Music Director 2011-2012 Love Never Dies (Sir Andrew Lloyd-Webber) Associate Conductor 2010-2011 ! CONDUCTING PROFESSORS: Jorma Panula Atso Almila, Sibelius Academy Graduated as a Scholar with Distinction in Conducting from Guildhall School of Music in 1995 Conducting Scholarship Offered 1995 (Declined)

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