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Revision as of 08:40, 20 July 2008
Life
Born: 1931, Kent, England
Biography:
The English choral conductor, John Bertalot, won Organ scholarships to the Royal College of Music, London, and to Oxford and Cambridge.
After his studies, John's first appointment was Director of Music for 6yrs at St Matthew's Church, Northampton, UK (the church for which Britten wrote Rejoice in the Lamb). He then became director of music at Blackburn Cathedral (for 18yrs) where he founded the Blackburn Bach Choir and was Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester.
In moving to the USA, John Bertalot has been Director of Music for 16yrs of Trinity Church, Princeton, NJ. succeeding Dr James Litton. He led for 16yrs one of the most ambitious Episcopal Church music programmes in the USA, where he founded the acclaimed Princeton Singers. He was also Adjunct Associate Professor, Westminster Choir College, Rider University. In over forty years of professional music-making he has led choral workshops all over the world. He has directed courses for the RSCM in UK, USA, Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
In 1998 John Bertalot ‘retired’ back to the UK where his time has been filled with leading choral workshops, adjudicating at music festivals and composing. He is also organist of a village church in the middle of the Lancashire countryside, where he still puts into practice all his choir-training techniques.
John Bertalot has published four best-selling books on choir training: Five Wheels to Successful Sight-Singing (Augsburg Fortress), Immediately Practical Tips For Choral Directors (Augsburg Fortress), How to be a Successful Choir Director (Kevin Mayhew), Teaching Adults to Sight Sing (Kevin Mayhew). His compositions are well-known in Great Britain and the USA. His many compositions are widely published.
In the early 2000's he was appointed Fellow of the Royal School of Church Music (FRSCM).
View the Wikipedia article on John Bertalot.
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