I began my career directing The Tudor Consort, a group of six talented young solo singers. After almost 50 years of conducting amateur and professional choirs and orchestras throughout the world, it’s a joy to be working here in Norwich with a new generation of young musician-singers, revisiting some of the music on which I cut my conducting teeth and exploring new repertoire...
PETER ASTON 2010
The Morley Consort of Voices is named after Thomas Morley, who was born in Norwich in 1557 and served as Master of the Choristers at Norwich Cathedral before he moved to London, soon becoming a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal. Morley was one of the most prolific and versatile composers of his generation, exerting a powerful influence on his contemporaries and so shaping the course of English music during its golden age in the years around the turn of the 17th century. The Morley Consort performs vocal ensemble music from the Renaissance to the present day, though the focus is on music from the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.
The Consort performs vocal ensemble music from the Renaissance to the present day, though the focus is on music from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The consort has performed across England and East Anglia in particular. The ensemble’s six original singers were all members of the University of East Anglia, as was their musical director Emeritus Professor Peter Aston, who was head of music at UEA from 1974 to 1998 and is acclaimed internationally as a composer and conductor. Peter passed away in in September 2013 after suffering with cancer. Conductor Andrew Weeks, who co-founded the group in 2009, now directs the consort.
The consort gave their debut performance at the Assembly House in Norwich on Friday 23 April 2010, as part of the UEA Music at One series of lunchtime concerts. The programme included madrigals by Morley, Gibbons and Wilbye, a group of 16th-century chansons, sacred pieces by William Byrd and Claudio Monteverdi, and partsongs by Mendelssohn and Peter Aston.
The Morley Consort of Voices consists of:
Rosamund Walton - Soprano
Frances Jackson - Soprano
Holly Leonard - Soprano
Isabel Stevens - Alto
Djinh Kamei - Tenor
Daniel Bartlette - Tenor
Dhilan Gnanadurai - Bass
Andrew Weeks - Conductor
Past Members:
Briony Ashby - Soprano
Daisy Bevan - Soprano
Founder Members:
Alice Dagg - Soprano
Joanna Innes-Hopkins - Soprano
Helen Burn - Alto
Alan Howard - Tenor
Djinh Kamei - Tenor
Andrew Weeks - Bass
Guest Singers:
Benjamin Durrant - Tenor
Jeff Williams - Tenor
Tim Morgan - Countertenor
Dhilan Gnanadurai - Bass
Guest Accompanists:
Ben Miller (Assistant Organist of St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich)
David Dunnett (Organist at Norwich Cathedral)
Alex Little (Organ Scholar - Merton College, Oxford)
The Consort performs vocal ensemble music from the Renaissance to the present day, though the focus is on music from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The consort has performed across England and East Anglia in particular. The ensemble’s six original singers were all members of the University of East Anglia, as was their musical director Emeritus Professor Peter Aston, who was head of music at UEA from 1974 to 1998 and is acclaimed internationally as a composer and conductor. Peter passed away in in September 2013 after suffering with cancer. Conductor Andrew Weeks, who co-founded the group in 2009, now directs the consort.
The consort gave their debut performance at the Assembly House in Norwich on Friday 23 April 2010, as part of the UEA Music at One series of lunchtime concerts. The programme included madrigals by Morley, Gibbons and Wilbye, a group of 16th-century chansons, sacred pieces by William Byrd and Claudio Monteverdi, and partsongs by Mendelssohn and Peter Aston.
The Morley Consort of Voices consists of:
Rosamund Walton - Soprano
Frances Jackson - Soprano
Holly Leonard - Soprano
Isabel Stevens - Alto
Djinh Kamei - Tenor
Daniel Bartlette - Tenor
Dhilan Gnanadurai - Bass
Andrew Weeks - Conductor
Past Members:
Briony Ashby - Soprano
Daisy Bevan - Soprano
Founder Members:
Alice Dagg - Soprano
Joanna Innes-Hopkins - Soprano
Helen Burn - Alto
Alan Howard - Tenor
Djinh Kamei - Tenor
Andrew Weeks - Bass
Guest Singers:
Benjamin Durrant - Tenor
Jeff Williams - Tenor
Tim Morgan - Countertenor
Dhilan Gnanadurai - Bass
Guest Accompanists:
Ben Miller (Assistant Organist of St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich)
David Dunnett (Organist at Norwich Cathedral)
Alex Little (Organ Scholar - Merton College, Oxford)
Sponsors
The John Jarrold Trust was set up in 1965 by the then Chairman John Jarrold. It was established with the object of promoting, supporting and advancing charitable purposes of all kinds. The consort have been fortunate enough to be supported by the Trust.
For further information about the work of the John Jarrold Trust please visit www.jarrold.com/content/jjtrust.asp