- James Lowe (conductor)
James Lowe is a British
conductor andviolist .As well as holding various assistantconducting posts and holding the post of Associate Conductor of the RSNO between2004 and2007 he is the current artistic director of the New Bristol Sinfonia and of the West of Scotland Schools Symphony Orchestra. [http://www.james-lowe.co.uk/biography.html James Lowe, Conductor : Biography ] ]Early life
James was born in
Nottingham in 1976. His first venture into the world of music was the study of the viola.He began viola lessons aged 13 and later went on to study the instruemnt privately with John White. [http://wsso.org.uk/wssso.shtml#james West of Scotland School Orchestra Trust ] ]He went on to study the viola at the University of Edinburgh with a First Class
Honours Degree in music.Beginning of his conducting career
Having conducted most of the main ensembles at the University of Edinburgh during his time as a student there James continued his study of conducting in a series of master classes with legendary Finnish
conducting teacherJorma Panula .Notable achievements
James is the music director of the New Bristol Sinfonia and the West of Scotland Schools Symphony Orchestra. The West of Scotland Schools Symphony Orchestra is a
charity organisation dedicated to the development of young musicians. James's input as conductor of this organisation has greatly influenced many young musicians and has ensured high standards in the orchestra's performance. James is widely respected amongst the young musicians of the orchestra.From
2004 -2007 James was AssociateConductor of theRSNO .James is also, thanks to his conducting career widely traveled and has conducted
orchestras andensembles worldwide including:Boston Philharmonic Orchestra (session
2001 -2002 ) as the Zander Conducting Fellow, following a master class with Benjamin Zander.New Japan Philharmonic (
2003 ) as part of a conductingcompetition .Osaka and Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestras (both
2004 )References
1.http://www.james-lowe.co.uk/biography.html
2.http://wsso.org.uk/wssso.shtml#james
3.http://www.james-lowe.co.uk/biography.html
4.http://wsso.org.uk/wssso.shtml#james
5.http://wsso.org.uk/wssso.shtml#james
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