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Biographical details |
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Tim was born in Northallerton, North Yorkshire in 1959, subsequently becoming a Chorister at York Minster under Dr Francis Jackson, Choral Conducting study was under the direction of the late John Coates. He is an award winning composer with many
pieces available through a wide range of publishing houses both in the
UK and abroad, including Germany, Australia and the USA. These range
from beginner woodwind pieces to large scale orchestral and choral
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Tim Knight conducting the Heritage Singers on Stattan Island, New York in 2003 ![]() |
Amongst a long list of notable performers have been Organists Dr. Francis Jackson, Dr. Simon Lindley, and Dr. Tim Rishton, Choirs including Wakefield Festival Chorus, Cheltenham Choral Society, Bel Canto Singers of Fredericton (Canada), the award winning Verse and Chorus youth choir in Harrogate, The University of La Crosse (Wisconsin), The Heritage Singers and Vocalis, together with Orchestras including the Czech Philharmonic, Hessle Sinfonia, Ilkley Sinfonietta, Portsmouth New Music Orchestra, Isle of Axholme Orchestra. Performance venues have ranged from Village Churches to most major Northern Cathedrals and in Ireland at the Cork International Organ festival; in Holland at the reopening of the concert hall in Leiden, and in the USA from Concert Venues to St Thomas’s Fifth Avenue New York and St Paul’s Cathedral, Boston. |
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In 2007 The Orchestral piece Elegy for an English Summer was released on the award winning ‘Masterworks of a new era ‘CD series with Robert Winstin and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. This has subsequently been broadcast on various US and Canadian Radio stations. A CD of Tim’s Choral works was released on the NCS label and this too is having Broadcasts in the USA and Canada. The 2007 World Music Foundation Composer’s Competition gave Tim a special mention and he was a finalist in the 2006/7/8 and 2009 UK’s largest Composers Competition. |
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Tim Knight conducting the Heritage Singers in Newport Cathedral May 2009 |
As a Conductor, he has an unusually large knowledge of the repertoire and is known for imaginative programming in both concerts and his many workshops. He is founder director of the
Heritage Singers, an Anglican Music Chamber Choir that has toured
America, Holland, Hungary and Norway as well as appearing at most
Northern Cathedrals and the Ryedale, Swaledale and Northern Aldborough
Festivals, This choir has also made 5 CDs covering a wide range of
music. |
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Tim believes passionately in the future of Choral Music and is much in demand for his Choir Survival workshops which have taken place around the UK. He is the author of the best selling book on the subject of Choir Marketing and Promotion. Tim is also the Principal of the Yorkshire College of Music and Drama in Leeds. |
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Current Projects Current projects include a Commissioned Requiem for an American university, leading Choral Holidays in Tuscany and a busy schedule of Choral engagements at a wide range of venues including Newcastle Cathedral in the summer of 2010. If you would like a regular Newsletter from me - just click here to get in touch. |
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