Adrian Bawtree

Adrian Bawtree (born 1968) is an English composer and organist. From 2009 until 2011, he served as the director of music at Christ's Hospital. For 22 years, he has been involved in the music industry. He has toured the Czech Republic, Hungary, and United States.[1] He has also worked with BBC Singers.

Personal life

Adrian Bawtree is married to Victoria Rowcroft, who is the Head of Academic Music at St Edmunds School in Canterbury. He has two children named Matthew and Theo. Matthew plays the bassoon while Theo plays the clarinet. They have a dog who is named Atticus.

Education

Adrian Bawtree was educated at Christ's Hospital before he attended the University of Oxford and was organ scholar at St Bride's Church, Fleet Street. He went on to study at Worcester College, Oxford under David Sanger. He won a silver medal from Worshipful Company of Musicians and for achieving the highest in his FRCO exam. He took a postgraduate degree in orchestral conducting from Royal College of Music.[2]

Career

Bawtree worked as a church organist in a few churches in England. He is the musical director of Cantores Dominicae and the Canterbury Singers.[3] and the conductor of the Weald Choir of Crawley. Bawtree worked part-time at Christ's Hospital as the chapel organist and as an Assistant Housemaster. He succeeded Bruce Grindlay as Director of Music after Grindlay left Christ's Hospital Music School to become headmaster of Sutton Valence School in Kent.

In April 2014, Bawtree was appointed Assistant Sub-Organist of Rochester Cathedral, with responsibility for playing services at weekends and major festivals.[4] From September 2015, he has been the Second Assistant Organist of Canterbury Cathedral.

Bawtree occasionally conducts orchestras as well as choirs, and he composes music as well as conducting. He composed a piece for the Battle of Trafalgar and Admiral Nelson named England Expects. Bawtree has also composed a piece called Footsteps along the Road.

Adrian Bawtree also owns and operates Conducting Business.

References

Greenfield, Phil. "British organist to play in Annapolis tomorrow Virtuoso: Adrian Bawtree, who has performed at some of the most prestigious concert venues in England, comes to the Naval Academy Chapel". Baltimoresun.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
"conducting business - Adrian Bawtree". Conductingbusiness.co.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 June 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"Rochester Cathedral document, January 2015" (PDF). Rochester Cathedral. January 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.

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Academic offices
Preceded by Bruce Grindlay	Director of Music at Christ's Hospital 2009–11	Succeeded by Andrew Cleary

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[1] Greenfield, Phil. "British organist to play in Annapolis tomorrow Virtuoso: Adrian Bawtree, who has performed at some of the most prestigious concert venues in England, comes to the Naval Academy Chapel". Baltimoresun.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

[2] "conducting business - Adrian Bawtree". Conductingbusiness.co.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 June 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] "Rochester Cathedral document, January 2015" (PDF). Rochester Cathedral. January 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.