Stuart Calvert will be Music Director for our new choir at LOCOG.

Musical Education

In addition to private tuition in Cape Breton:
The Columbus Boychoir School (now The American Boychoir School)
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Brandon University,
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
(Bachelor of Music, 1st study – piano, 2nd study – voice)

As a chorister and piano soloist with the Columbus Boychoir, toured the USA extensively, and sang in the American premier of Benjamin Britten’s The Golden Vanity. With the Boychoir, took part in a recording of Mendelssohn’s Elijah with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Whilst at university, accompanied a wide variety of singers and instrumentalists and, the violin pedagogue, Max Rostal. Throughout university years, sang with the University Chorale and formed a group of 16 singers, called the Purcell Singers . (This ensemble continues to perform.)

Upon moving to London in 1980, joined the Bach Choir, (conductor – Sir David Willcocks) staying for eight seasons, and took part in allperformances, including the 1981 Royal Wedding, and tours to Hong Kong, Israel, Norway and the Netherlands.
As an accompanist, took part in recitals in Canada, USA, UK, Israel, Denmark, and accompanied private ‘cello lessons taught by Jacqueline du Pre.

Musical Theatre engagements:
DICK WHITTINGTON [MD]
Theatre Royal, Plymouth Dec. ’87 – Feb. ‘88

BRIGADOON [MD]
Theatre Royal, Plymouth, Palace Theatre, Manchester, and Victoria Palace, London Jun. ’88 – Aug. ‘89

DASH piano soloist (director/choreographer – Wayne Sleep)
Deutsches Theater, Munich Nov. ‘89

ROBINSON CRUSOE [MD]
New Theatre, Cardiff Dec. ’89 – Feb. ‘90

THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE [Assistant MD]
The Crucible, Sheffield Feb.’90 – Apr.’90

SOUTH PACIFIC [MD]
Tokyo, Osaka, Japan Jun.’90 – Jul. ‘90

CHESS [Assistant MD]
UK and Dublin tour Jul. ’90 – Nov.’90 / Feb. ’91 – Oct.’91

FOLLOW THE STAR [MD]
Festival Theatre, Chichester Nov. ’91 – Jan. ‘92

LES MISERABLES [Assistant MD]
Palace Theatre, Manchester, The Point, Dublin, and the Playhouse Theatre, Edinburgh Feb.’92 – Jan. ‘94

JOSEPH AND THE….DREAMCOAT [Assistant MD]
The Bristol Hippodrome, The Point, Dublin, The Birmingham Hippodrome, and the Palace Theatre, Manchester Jan.’94 – Sept.’94

SUNSET BOULEVARD [Assistant MD]
Adelphi Theatre, London Sept.’94 – Apr.’96

MARTIN GUERRE [Assistant MD]
Prince Edward Theatre, London Apr. ’96 – Feb.’98

SHOWBOAT [Assistant MD ]
Prince Edward Theatre, London Apr.’98 – Oct.’98

NAPOLEON workshop [Assistant MD]
Sept.’98

SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN [MD]
Haymarket Theatre, Leicester Nov.’98 – Feb.’99

MISS SAIGON [Assistant MD]
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London Feb.’99 – Oct.’99

CATS [Assistant MD and MD]
New London Theatre, London Nov.’99 – May.’02

RIVERDANCE [MD]
Wolf Trap, Va; Lansing, Michigan; Chicago. Sept.’02 - Oct.’02

CATS UK Tour [MD] Jan.’03 - Jul.’04

THE PRODUCERS [Assistant MD] Aug. '04 - Dec. '05

MISS SAIGON UK Tour [MD] Dec.'05 - Jun. '06

CHICAGO UK Tour [MD] Aug.'06 - Jun. '07

JOSEPH.... DREAMCOAT [Associate MD ] Jun. '07 - May. '09

CATS Arts Educational School [MD] Nov. '09 - Jan. '10

THE SECRET GARDEN [Associate MD] Nov. ’09 - Jan. ‘11
Shows conducted in presence of the composer:
Joseph...Dreamcoat, and Cats for Andrew Lloyd Webber
Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre for Claude-Michel Shoenberg
The Producers for Mel Brooks
For the Really Useful Group, conducted the archive recording of
Sunset Boulevard (with Betty Buckley and John Barrowman) and
Joseph ... Dreamcoat 2008 orchestral recording
Artistic Director/Musical Supervisor for The Showbiz Pops Orchestra:

SOMETHING WONDERFUL (Rodgers and Hammerstein) concerts,
London 2008

THE MUSIC OF ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER series
Milton Keynes, Southampton, Manchester, Leicester, Birmingham, Brighton, Norwich, Cardiff, 2009 (www.showbizbizpops.co.uk)


Arrangements, Orchestrations and Compositions* commissioned by:
Sir Thomas Allen
The Amadeus Choir, Toronto
The Bach Choir, London
BBC Television*
Cape Breton Chorale, Nova Scotia, Canada
Channel 4 TV
Cyberstrings, London
The Gothenburg Opera Orchestra, Sweden
Dame Hilda Brackett*
Elmer Iseler Singers, Toronto*
The National Arts Centre Orchestra, Ottawa
The Menhuin School Orchestra, London
The Toronto Children’s Chorus
Trio Fuego
Catherine Wyn Rogers
Sir David Willcocks
Andy Williams