Duncan McTier

Duncan McTier is an English double bass soloist^[1] and professor.^[2]

Biography

Born in Worcestershire, England, Duncan McTier studied a degree in mathematics at Bristol University before joining the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra. McTier won the Isle of Man International Double Bass Competition in 1982^[3] and since then he has performed often with many orchestras, including the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, RTVE Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne.^[3]

McTier is the principal professor of double bass at the Royal Academy of Music in London and at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste in Winterthur. Since 2007 Duncan McTier is a professor at the Queen Sofía College of Music in Madrid, Spain.^[4]

References

1. ^ "Bass Mettle". Glasgow Herald. 7 Mar 1994. http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/bass-mettle-meadows-chamber-orchestra-greyfriars-church-edinburgh-1.716802. Retrieved 11-01.2010. 
2. ^ "Royal Academy of Music, Staff". http://www.ram.ac.uk/study/selectadepartment/biogs/Pages/Duncan%20McTier.aspx. Retrieved 17 July 2009. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ ^{a b} "Biografia. Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía (in Spanish)". http://www.escuelasuperiordemusicareinasofia.es/ESMRS_Biografia_popup.aspx?idPersona=1260. Retrieved 17 July 2009. 
4. ^ "Tutors". National Youth Orchestra. http://nyo.org.uk/index.php?/nyo/nyo-tutors/double-bass/. Retrieved 22 August 2009. 

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Name	McTier, Duncan
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Short description	double bassist
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Place of birth	England
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