Malcolm Goldring Explained

Malcolm David Goldring (1949-2021) was an English conductor and musical director.

Goldring studied the oboe at the Royal College of Music.^[1] He also graduated from Durham University in 1972 with a PGCE.^[2] In 1975 he founded the Midland Festival Chorus and was musical director of the Royal Leamington Spa Bach Choir from 1988 to 1995.^{[3] [4]} He was awarded a Winston Churchill Fellowship in 1990, which allowed him to tour the United States and Canada studying the development of youth and children's choirs. On his return he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

He has conducted most of the major British orchestras, including the BBC Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, English Symphony Orchestra, and the Orchestra of the Swan. In 2014 he conducted the Philharmonia Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall as part of a concert marking the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War.^[5]

Goldring died from pancreatic cancer on 12 May 2021.^{[6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Conductors - Philharmonia Orchestra . Philharmonia . 7 February 2019.
2. Examination for the Postgraduate Certificate in Education . University of Durham Gazette Supplement . 30 September 1972 . XIX (New Series) . 16 . 27 August 2024.
3. Web site: About MFC - Midland Festival Chorus . mfchorus.org . 14 August 2018 . en.
4. Web site: Royal Leamington Spa Bach Choir website . rlsbc.org . 14 May 2021.
5. Web site: The Centenary Chorus: 600 young voices mark the 100th Anniversary of the First World War . www.1914.org . 14 August 2018.
6. Web site: Norman Lebrecht . Norman Lebrecht . Mourning for British conductor, 72 . Slipped Disc . 27 August 2024 . 19 May 2021.
7. Web site: Malcolm Goldring . Classical Music Daily . 27 August 2024.