Singing Day Leader Education Day leader David Lawrence is one of Britain's most Rebecca Lawrence versatile young conductors. He studied choral Rebecca works part time and leads music workshops Association of British Choral Directors conducting with Simon Halsey and orchestral and teacher training sessions whilst also being a MIDLANDS REGION conducting with Colin Metters and George Hurst at children’s songwriter and writing numerous the , where he won all the commissions. major conducting prizes. His present posts include ABCD SINGING DAY those of Artistic Director of the Ulster Youth Choir, , Assistant Conductor of the City of Birmingham Rebecca has worked with many music services 27 February 2016 Symphony Chorus, and he is a regular guest delivering singing CPD. Her song collections are 10.00am – 4.45pm chorus master with the Netherlands Radio Choir. popular with schools and include Past and Present He has also directed the Training Choir of the and Choosing Chums. She will be presenting and National Youth Choir of Scotland and the using material from her latest publications on the day David Lawrence Cambridgeshire County Youth Choir In a programme of works with a Programme for 27 February Shakespeare theme (400th Anniversary) David maintains a special interest in contemporary music and in November 2002, having prepared the 9.30am Registration and Coffee first performance with James Wood, conducted the Choral Conducting Masterclass German première of 's Engel Prozessionen, Scene II from the opera 10.00am Warm ups with David Guest Sectional Leaders from ABCD Sonntag aus Licht, with the Netherlands Radio Choir, and with the New Chamber Choir on 10.30am Singing Session 1 with David premières of music by James Wood and Iannis or Xenakis for the BBC Proms season, and also in a All day education sessions with Rebecca ABCD Singing for Schools programme based around the music of Benjamin Britten. He has also prepared and conducted world with premières of choral works and operas by 11.30am Coffee Rebecca Lawrence composers including Graham Fitkin, Stanley 11.55am Singing session 2 with David Class and Choir Singing at KS1 and 2 Glasser, Cornelius de Bondt, Bob Chilcott, and Andrew Gant. 1.00pm Lunch- please bring a packed lunch David is a popular workshop leader with Britain's choirs and leading choral organisations such as 1.45pm Choral Conducting Masterclass with David youngchoirs.net (formerly BFYC), Making Music The sessions will be held at or (NFMS), Sing for Pleasure, and the Association of Split Female and Male Voices Sectionals British Choral Directors. As a conducting teacher with ABCD guest leaders he directs courses for the Voices Foundation and THE COTON CENTRE Canford International Summer School of Music. He Tamworth, 3.00pm Tea is a respected adjudicator of festivals and Staffordshire, B79 9AA competitions, and a National Adjudicator and 3.20pm Full session with David conductor for BBC Television's Songs of Praise, and is frequently in demand as a consultant in

choral education. 4.15pm Performances President: John Rutter CBE Vice Presidents: David holds the Guinness Record for conducting 4.45pm End Brian Kay and Susan Hollingworth the largest choir in the UK (6,846 young people in abcd registered charity no. 1085226 one of the annual series of Young World Concerts). Please note that abcd Midlands reserves the right to amend the programme on the day should circumstances dictate.