Simon Carrington

CHORAL CONDUCTOR | CLINICIAN | CONSULTANT

Curricula Vitae

Puy Calvel, France | London, England
Languages French, German

Teaching | Conducting

2009-present

Freelance Conductor | Yale University Professor Emeritus

2003-2009

Professor of Choral Conducting & Conductor of the Yale School Cantorum | Yale University

2001-2003

Director of Choral Activities | New England Conservatory . Boston

1994-2001

Director of Choral Activities . Professor and Artist in Residence | University of Kansas

Performing Career

1968-1993

The King’s Singers | Founding Member and original Musical Director [see King’s Singers CV]
Freelance Singer

1966-1976

The Monteverdi Orchestra | Principal Double Bass
Freelance member of all the London Symphony and Chamber Orchestras

1965-1966

BBC Philharmonic | Sub-principal Double Bass

Honors | Awards

2016

Visiting Professorship | University of Birmingham . UK

2014

Honorary Doctorate | New England Conservatory . Boston

2009

Emeritus Professorship | Yale University

2007

Yale Schola Cantorum invited to ACDA National Convention in Miami

2006

Yale Schola Cantorum invited to first convention of the NCCO in San Antonio

2003

Krasner Teaching Excellence Award, New England Conservatory

2001

KU Chamber Choir, one of only six college choirs selected:
American Choral Directors Association National Convention, San Antonio, Texas

2000

KU Chamber Choir selected for ACDA SouthWestern Convention, Oklahoma City

1996

Faculty Fellowship Award

1995

Faculty Research Grant

1994

Marshal Bartholomew Award for distinguished contribution to Male Voice Music Harvard University

1990

Performance To-day Lucien Wulsin Award Best National Radio Performance

1986

Grammy Nomination The Madrigal History Tour (EMI Records)

1979

Deutscher Schallplattenpreis in der Kategorien “Alte Musik” Tallis & Byrd Chorwerke
Deutscher Schallplattenpreis in der Kategorien “Volkstümliche Unterhaltungsmusik”

1976

“Silver Disc” from the UK Recording Industry Out of the Blue (EMI Records)

Education

1965-1966

New College, Oxford Choral | Scholar in the Chapel Choir
Teaching Certificate: Department of Education, Oxford University

1961-1965

King’s College Cambridge Choral | Scholar in the Chapel Choir
MA (Cantab) Degree in Music and English, Cambridge University

1956-1961

The King’s School,Canterbury | Music Exhibitioner
A levels: Music, English, French, German

1951-1956

Christ Church Cathedral School, Oxford | Chorister in the Cathedral Choir

King’s Singers
1968-1993

Founder Member | Original Music Director
Primarily responsible for Repertoire selection and Artistic Policy for the first 15 years of the group’s career.
Latterly also responsible for the group’s business administration.
3000+ Concerts and Recitals Worldwide Including:
BOSTON | Symphony Hall
NEW YORK | Carnegie Hall . Lincoln Center. Shea Stadium[!]
TORONTO | Roy Thomson Hall
VANCOUVER | Orpheum Theatre
AMSTERDAM | Concertgebouw
BERLIN | Philharmonie
BRUSSELS | Palais des Beaux Arts
BUDAPEST | various halls
COPENHAGEN | Tivoli
LONDON | Royal Festival Hall . Royal Albert Hall . The Barbican
MADRID | Auditorio Nacional
MILAN | Conservatorio Verdi
PARIS | Théatre des Champs Elysées . Opera Comique . Sorbonne
VIENNA | Musikverein & Konzerthaus
WARSAW | Philharmonic Hall
ZURICH | Tonhalle
SYDNEY | Opera House
TOKYO | Suntory Hall

» Complete list available upon request

72 Recordings

Repertoire ranging from the highly esoteric to the overtly entertaining

» Complete discography available upon request

Repertoire researcher for the following EMI recordings of Renaissance Music:
MADRIGAL COLLECTION, COURTLY PLEASURES, FRENCH COLLECTION,
CONTINENTAL COLLECTION, MADRIGAL HISTORY TOUR
Repertoire researcher for the following EMI recordings of mixed repertoire:
DECK THE HALL, CONCERT COLLECTION, VICTORIAN COLLECTION
Partly responsible for repertoire selection for all the recordings of ‘popular music.’

Television | Radio

Countless broadcasts and recordings of all kinds from live concerts to in-depth interviews and talk shows, including the following in the UK and USA:

A Madrigal History Tour | BBC/A&E
The King’s Singers World of Music | BBC (series of 6)
On Stage at Wolftrap | PBS
PBS Evening at Pops – with John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra | PBS (2 appearances)
The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson | NBC (8 appearances)
St. Paul Sunday Morning | MPR (7 appearances)
All Things Considered | NPR

Principal Guest Conducting Engagements

2017
University of Birmingham
Cor de Cambra de Palau de la Música | Barcelona . Spain
Grinnell Singers & Lyra Baroque | Grinnell . Minneapolis & Rochester MN
Bach Saint John Passion | Stetson University . FL
Bach B Minor Mass | University of Amherst . MA
Chorus Angelorum | Houston . TX
Ateneo College de Manila . Philippines
Celebration Concert | Edinburgh . Scotland
Coro Amici Musicae | Zaragoza . Spain
2016
KI Concerts | Athens, Greece
Bach B Minor Mass | University of Northern Colorado
University of Southern California . Jeanette MacDonald Recital Hall
Walton Belshazzar’s Feast Glens Falls Symphony & Chorus . NY
The Ascending Voice Festival | Pepperdine University . CA
Chorus Angelorum | Houston . TX
Serenade Festival | Strathmore . DC
Summer Sing | Braga . Portugal
Elgar Concert Hall, University of Birmingham | UK
Miami University | Oxford . OH
2015
Tokyo Cantat | Japan
Coral da Cámara de Pamplona | Spain
New England Conservatory Choirs | Jordan Hall . Boston . MA
Choir of the West | Pacific Lutheran University . Tacoma . WA
National Collegiate Choral Organisation Convention | Portland . OR
Yale Schola Cantorum Advent Concert
2014
Gondwana Choirs | Sydney . Australia
Brisbane Concert Choir | Australia
John Eliot Gardiner Monteverdi Vespers 50th Anniversary concert | Cambridge . UK
Bach Saint Matthew Passion | University of Northern Colorado
Coro Casa da Musica | Porto . Portugal
Yale Schola Cantorum Italian Tour
Yale Schola Cantorum Advent Concert
2013
Houston Chamber Choir | Texas
Manhattan Concert Productions | Orchestra Hall . Chicago . IL
Choral Festival | St Petersburg . Russia
Tokyo Cantat | Japan
Heinrich Biber Vespers | Collegium Musicale . Tallinn . Estonia
Gurzenich Chor | Cologne . Germany
Yale Schola Cantorum Advent Concert
2012
KI Concerts International Festival | London
Alabama All State Choir
Bach Saint John Passion | University of Northern Colorado
Yale Schola Cantorum tour | Greece and Turkey
Simon Carrington Chamber Singers
Manhattan Concert Productions | Alice Tully Hall . New York
ACDA Honor Youth Choir | London and Bristol . UK
Rundfunk Chor | Berlin . Germany
Canto Armonico | Boston
2011
Yale Schola Cantorum
Tokyo Cantat | Japan
Manhattan Concert Productions | Orchestra Hall . Chicago
Simon Carrington Chamber Singers
Canto Armonico | Boston
Competition
National Chamber Choir of Ireland
Coro Casa da Musica | Porto . Portugal
2010
Tokyo Cantat | Japan
Coro de Camara Amalthea XXth Anniversary: Purcell Hail Bright Cecilia | Valencia . Spain
Choir Casa da Musica | Porto . Portugal
Mendelssohn Magnificat | Opera House . Sydney . Australia
Florida All State Choir
Residency with Schola Cantorum | Yale University
Kantorei | Denver
Simon Carrington Chamber Singers | Kansas City
Cherry Creek Meistersingers | Denver
Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival and Conducting Institute
Northport Choral Festival | New York
Canto Armonico | Boston
2009
Tokyo Cantat | Japan
Goyang Civic Choir | Korea
Schola Cantorum Reykjavicencis | Reykjavik . Iceland
Sarteano Chamber Choir | Italy
En Musique l’An Neuf | Alsace . France
Messiah | Christ Church Cathedral . Dublin
Sing Aotearoa | Rotorua . New Zealand
Pro Coro: British Connections | Edmonton . Alberta
Simon Carrington Chamber Singers | Kansas City
Experience Weekend: British Choral Masterworks | Lawrence University . Appleton . Wisconsin
National Youth Choir: Field Studies International | Carnegie Hall
Princeton Festival Chorus: Duruflé Requiem
Hotchkiss Summer Concerts series
Fauré Requiem, Mendelssohn Magnificat & Hear My Prayer | Berkshire Choral Festival
Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival and Conducting Institute | Connecticut
2008
Desert Chorale, Glorious Voices, Sacred Spaces | Santa Fe . New Mexico
French Baroque Masterpieces | Trinity Church, Wall Street . New York City
International Choir Festival: Alexander Nevsky, Prokofiev | Szczecin . Poland
Sarteano Chamber Choir Workshop | Italy
Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival and Conducting Institute | Connecticut
Field Studies Concert | Carnegie Hall
‘King’s Songs, Kunst und Spass’ | South Tyrol . Austria
2007
Tokyo Cantat | Japan
Sarteano Chamber Choir Workshop | Italy
‘Sport, Song, Spass’ | South Tyrol . Austria
British Columbia Choral Federation
ACDA National Convention | Miami
National Collegiate Choral Organisation Convention | San Antonio
Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival | Connecticut
American Federation of Baptists Musicians Summer Convention | Wisconsin
2006
Canto Armonico | Boston
Chorpodium Choir . Rachmaninov Vespers | Victoria . BC
Johnson County Community College Festival of Song
Nebraska Wesleyan Choral Festival
Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival
2005
Canto Armonico | Boston
Carnegie Hall Mozart Vespers
Dornoch Cathedral Festival | Scotland
New Mexico All State Choir | Las Cruces
Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Choral Festival
Texas All State Choir | San Antonio
TMEA Regional Festival | Houston
2004
Manhattan Concert Productions | Chicago & Dornoch, Scotland
ACDA Southwestern Convention Honor Choir
ACDA Eastern Division Convention Honor Choir
Connecticut All State Honor Choir
Georgia MEA Honor Choir
Zamir Chorale | Boston
2003
Europa Cantat Youth Choirs | Barcelona . Spain (Monteverdi Vespers 1610)
California All State Honor Choir
Canto Armonico | Cambridge . MA
Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus
Indiana University | PA
Manhattan Productions | San Francisco . CA & Dornoch . Scotland
MENC Eastern Division Chorus | Providence . RI
Nelson Songfest | BC . Canada
2002
Choral Festival | Bluffton College . Ohio
Brookline Community Chorus, MA
Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus (Walton Belshazzar’s Feast)
Iowa All State Honor Choir
Nelson Songfest | BC . Canada
Pennsylvania Region IV Honor Choir
Portland State University Chamber Choir | Oregon
Washington ACDA Summer Convention | Washington
Westminster Choir College | New Jersey
2001
Ars Nova Singers | Boulder, CO
North Carolina Honor Choir | Winston-Salem
Liszt Akademie | Budapest . Hungary
St. John the Divine, New York (Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs – Manhattan Productions)
University of North Texas, Summer Convention
Oklahoma All State Women’s Chorus
2000
Colorado All State Men’s Honor Chorus
Carnegie Hall New York (Fauré Requiem | May – Manhattan Productions)
Carnegie Hall New York (Haydn Te Deum & Chilcott Jubilate | June – Mid-America Productions)
Utah All State Honor Choir . Mormon Tabernacle
Missouri Male Voice Honor Choir
Singapore Choral Convention Choirs
1999
Internationaler Kammerchor-Wettbewerb | Marktoberdorf . Germany
Volksdorf Choral Music Retreat | Hamburg . Germany
Kansas City Youth Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
Oklahoma City College Choral Days
South Carolina All-State Chorus
1998
SNK Vocal Jazz Days | Soesterberg . Holland
Delaware All-State Chorus
Texas Music Educators Regional Choir
Virginia Music Educators All-State Honor Choir
1997
North Carolina Summer Institute of the Choral Arts Chorus
Oklahoma Baptist University (Walton Belshazzar’s Feast)
Pennsylvania’s Region-State Choral Festival
Stetson University Florida All-State Chorus
Valley Chamber Chorale, Minneapolis
Wyoming All-State Choir
1996
Fort Worth Civic Chorus
Kettwiger Bach Ensemble | Essen . Germany
Carnegie Hall (Mozart Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K. 339)
Michigan State University Invitational Choir
Missouri Music Educators All-Collegiate Choir
Nebraska Intercollegiate Choral Festival Choir
South Carolina Intercollegiate Choir
1995
Carnegie Hall (Mozart Coronation Mass)
Kansas City Choral Festival
Kansas Music Educators Collegiate Honor Choir
Louisiana Collegiate Honor Choir
Michigan State University Invitational Choir

Selected Masterclasses | Choral Workshops
Panel Discussions

2017
Westminster Choir College, Choral Institute | Princeton . NJ
Sarteano Chamber Choir Workshop | Italy
Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival and Conducting Institute | Connecticut
2016
Residency | University of Southern California
Choral Institute | Westminster Choir College . Princeton . NJ
Sarteano Chamber Choir Workshop | Italy
Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival and Conducting Institute | Connecticut
Eton Choral Course | Saint John’s College . Cambridge
2015
Residency | University of Missouri . Columbia
Ohio ACDA Summer Convention
William Byrd Workshop | St Mark’s Church . Philadelphia
Choral Institute | Westminster Choir College . Princeton . NJ
Sarteano Chamber Choir Workshop | Italy
Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival and Conducting Institute | Connecticut
Liederkranz | Portland . Oregon
National Collegiate Choral Organisation Convention | Portland . Oregon
2014
American Choral Directors Easter Convention | Baltimore
Choral Workshop | Shrewsbury . UK
Choral Institute | Westminster Choir College . Princeton . NJ
Sarteano Chamber Choir Workshop | Italy
Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival and Conducting Institute | Connecticut
Residency | University of Michigan . Ann Arbor
2013
Residency | University of Indiana School of Music . Bloomington
Residency | University of Western Michigan . Kalamazoo
Conducting Masterclasses | Marktoberdorf . Germany
Choral Institute | Westminster Choir College . Princeton . NJ
Perspectives | Santa Fe . NM
Sarteano Chamber Choir Workshop | Italy
Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival and Conducting Institute | Connecticut
Residency | Colorado State University
Choral Academy | Busan . Korea
2012
Residency | Furman University . SC
Santa Clara University . CA
Sarteano Chamber Choir Workshop | Italy
Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival and Conducting Institute | Connecticut
Jacksonville Sings | Florida
Valdosta State University | Florida
Residency | University of Oregon
2011
Residency | Temple University . Philadelphia
Residency | University of Georgia
Residency | Grinnell College
Maryland State Boychoir
Sarteano Chamber Choir Workshop | Italy
Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival and Conducting Institute | Connecticut
Leipzig A Cappella Festival | Germany
Gorizia Choral Competition | Italy
IFCM Choral Symposium | Argentina
Budapest Choral Conducting Competition
2010
En Musique L’An Neuf | Alsace . France
Residency | Cherry Creek High School . Denver . CO
Sarteano Chamber Choir Workshop | Italy
Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival and Conducting Institute | Connecticut
Residency | East Carolina University
Residency | Eastman School of Music
Masterclass Media Foundation DVD | Three Choirs Festival . Gloucester . UK
2009
Hotchkiss Summer Portals | Connecticut
Sarteano Chamber Choir Workshop | Italy
Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival and Conducting Institute | Connecticut
Residency | Westminster Choir College . Princeton . NJ
Sing Aotearoa | New Zealand
2008
International Choral Festival | Leipzig . Germany
IFCM World Symposium on Choral Music | Copenhagen
Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival and Conducting Institute | Connecticut
Sarteano Chamber Choir Workshop | Italy
Boston University
Brookline High School . Boston
Lexington High School . Massachusetts
Davis High School Madrigals | California (on tour)
2007
Tokyo Cantat | Japan
International Choral Festival | Leipzig . Germany
Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival
Cherry Creek High School
Central Bucks High School-West Chamber Choir
2006
Exultemus | Boston
Georgia ACDA Summer Convention
Northern Illinois University Residency
Oak Ridge . Tennessee
Sarteano Chamber Choir Workshop | Italy
Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival | Connecticut
2004
ACDA Robert Shaw Institute
Georgia ACDA Summer Convention
Nelson Song Fest | BC . Canada
University of Georgia | Athens
Wright State University | Dayton . OH
Mississauga Children’s Choir Festival | Toronto . Canada
Ball State University | Muncie . IN
2003
Rassegna Internazionale | Città di Mondovì . Italy
ACDA National Convention | New York City
Festivals of Excellence | Chicago . New York City . Williamsburg VA
ACDA Illinois, Pennsylvania and New Jersey Summer Conventions
2002
Deutsche Chorwettbewerb | Osnabrück . Germany
Albany Pro Musica | New York
Algonquin High School | Massachusetts
Harvard Krokodilos
Lexington High School | Massachusetts
Musicate | New York . Chicago . Williamsburg VA
Oregon Music Educators Association Spring Convention
Portland State University
Rivers School of Music | Massachusetts
Smokey Mountain Festival
Winthrop University Chamber Choir Festival | South Carolina
Wyoming Seminary | Pennsylvania
2001
Choral Conducting Course | Liszt Akademie . Budapest . Hungary,
Emporia University Summer Convention | Kansas
Harvard Memorial Chapel Choir | Cambridge . MA
Harvard Krokodilos
Idaho ACDA Fall Convention | Sun Valley
Musicate | New York
Shoreline Community College Choral Festival | Seattle
University of North Texas . Summer Convention
Ward Music Choral Clinic | Vancouver . BC
Winthrop University Chamber Choir Festival | South Carolina
2000
Iowa State Workshops and Masterclasses
San José State Masterclasses
Conducting Masterclass for the ACDA Southwestern Convention | Oklahoma City
Santa Fé Summer Choral Perspectives
International Choral Convention | Singapore
1999
Fifth World Symposium on Choral Music | Rotterdam . Holland
Internationaler Kammerchor-Wettbewerb | Marktoberdorf . Germany
Volksdorf Choral Music Retreat | Hamburg . Germany
American Musicological Society National Convention | Kansas City
South Carolina All-State Choir
1998
Association of British Choral Directors Convention | Exeter . England
University of Northern Colorado Summer Institute
California State University Long Beach Summer Arts
Oklahoma Institute for the Arts
University of Wyoming Choral Leadership Conference
1997
Amarillo Community College
Bellefield Singers | Pittsburgh
Liederkranz for Oregon Choral Directors
Westminster Choir College Summer Institute
York Early Music Festival | York . England
1996
ACDA Choral Directors Workshop | Richmond . VA
Central Missouri State University Choral Festival
Mount Hood Invitational Choral Festival | Portland . OR
Westminster Choir College Summer Institute
St Paul’s Choral Festival | Des Moines . IA
Wright State University Summer Institute
1995
International Choral Festival | Arnhem . Holland
SNK National Vocal Group Festival | Ammersfoort . Holland
Week-end Choral Workshop | Bolzano . Italy
Radford University Choral Festival | Radford . VA
Nebraska Intercollegiate Choral Festival
ACDA National Convention | Washington . DC
Miami University Choral Workshop | Oxford . OH
1994
Harvard University Intercollegiate Festival
Singposium at Festival of Youth Choirs | London . England
CASA A Cappella Summit | San Raphael . CA
University of Wyoming Choir Leadership Conference
Kansas Music Educators Association In Service Workshop Day
1994-2004
Clinician every year at the Winthrop University Invitational Chamber Choir Clinic

National & International Competition Jury Member

2015
Leipzig A Cappella Festival
Choral Competition | Berlin . Germany
Cor Cymru Choral Competition | Aberystwyth . Wales
2013
ACDA National Convention Choral Conducting Competition
Choral Competition | Marktoberdorf . Germany
Choral Competition | Busan . Korea
2012
Leipzig A Cappella Festival
SCL Choral Festival | Vienna . Austria
‘The Jury’ | John Morgan
2010
Leipzig A Cappella Festival
2008
International Choral Festival | Leipzig . Germany (President of the Jury)
2007
International Choral Festival | Leipzig . Germany (President of the Jury)
2004
Florilège Vocal de Tours | France
2003
Deutsche Chorwettbewerb | Osnabrück . Germany
1999
Internationaler Kammerchor-Wettbewer | Marktoberdorf . Germany
1998
Deutscher Musikwettbewerb | Bonn . Germany
‘The Jury’ | John Morgan
1997
York Early Music Festival | York . England
1996
Dutch International Choir Festival | Arnhem . Holland
Deutscher Musikwettbewerb | Bonn . Germany
1995
Florilège Vocal de Tours | France
Dutch International Choir Festival | Arnhem . Holland
Kansas University Jazz Festivals
1994
Young Musician of the Year | United Kingdom
Deutscher Musikwettbewerb | Bonn . Germany