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HOLYMOORSIDE CHORAL SOCIETY Holymoorside, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Musical Director - Andrew Marples
We are very fortunate that Andrew Marples agreed to become our Musical Director in 2013. He is a very busy, accomplished musician with many local commitments.
Andrew
studied music at the University of Reading and won a post-graduate
scholarship to study piano accompaniment at the Guildhall School of
Music and Drama. On
his return to Chesterfield, Andrew pursued a varied and successful
music career. He is greatly in demand as a conductor locally and has
been guest conductor with Rotherham Choral Society and Present Company.
He has held Musical Director roles with several local groups incuding
Chesterfield Co-operative Choral Society, Matlock Operatic Society,
Sheffield City Opera, Peak Performance and Chesterfield Gilbert &
Sullivan Society. In additional to Holymoorside Choral Society, Andrew
is currently Musical Director of Baslow Choir, MusicWork Vocal Ensemble
and Cantiamo. In
1990 Andrew co-founded the very successful Saturday Lunchtime concerts
at Chesterfield Library and established a monthly series of concerts at
Elder Yard Unitarian Chapel, where he is also organist. He teaches
piano at S. Anselmīs School, Bakewell and privately and is a
long-suffering supporter of Chesterfield FC! Andrew is assisted at rehearsals by accompanist Chris Flint who also plays for us at concerts.
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