Dr. BARRY ROSE, OBE Born in 1934, Barry Rose originally set out on
a career in insurance, but at the age of 24 he suddenly quit the
world of commerce, and became a mature student at the Royal Academy
of Music. Whilst there, and still without any musical
qualifications, he was appointed as the first Organist and Master
of the Choristers of the new Guildford Cathedral, founding and
directing a choir which made several award-winning recordings for
EMI (including Platinum, Gold and Silver discs). In 1974 he was
invited to move to St. Paul’s Cathedral, where he took over the
training the world-famous choir, directing them at many great State
Occasions, including The Queen’s Silver Jubilee and the 1981
wedding of The Prince of Wales. His recordings with the Cathedral
choir range from Mozart and Handel with Dame Kiri te Kanawa to a
gold-disc recording of the pop-song My Way and the original
soundtrack of The Snowman. From St. Paul’s Barry moved on to run
the choral music at The King’s School, Canterbury, but was lured
back into Cathedral music at St. Albans Abbey and Cathedral in 1988
– where he stayed until Christmas 1997. With the St. Albans choir
he toured the USA no less than five times, as well as making
recordings and broadcasts. Barry was also the BBC’s Music Adviser
to the Head of Religious Broadcasting – a post he was to hold
from 1971-1990, broadcasting regularly as conductor, organist,
pianist, and even writing and presenting a series of church music
programmes on BBC2. With his brother-in-law he also founded and
produced recordings for GUILD RECORDS, as well as acting as
recording producer for other choirs on different record labels. A
regular visitor to the USA since 1974, he has been visiting
director of several high-profile choirs on the East Coast, as well
as in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and many European
countries. Married, with three grown-up children, he and his wife
Elizabeth (to whom the book is dedicated) now live in rural
Somerset, where he still makes music and enjoys his hobby of
collecting and restoring vintage fountain pens.
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