- Frank Renton
Frank Renton (born 1939) is a British
musician , conductor and broadcaster, and current host of "Listen to the Band" onBBC Radio Two .An accomplished
trumpet player, Renton won a competition for young conductors at the 1967Edinburgh Festival , and appointments soon followed. After working in Germany for a time, he moved to the Far East, working for a while inSingapore where he conducted the first performances of theSingapore Symphony Orchestra .Since returning to the UK in the 1970s, he has run a music school in
York , played withVersatile Brass , and with theGrimethorpe Colliery Band . He has also worked extensively with theBBC Concert Orchestra andBBC Radio Orchestra , as well as writing and producing a number of musical programmes forBBC radio .In 1985 Renton was appointed Principal Conductor of the
Royal Artillery Orchestra , and in 1988, he became Principal Conductor of theBritish Concert Orchestra . He is also a member of the Worshipful Company of Musicians.External links
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/listentotheband/biography.shtml BBC Radio 2 profile]
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