Ed Whitehead

Location:

London
United Kingdom N7

Additional Info:

Experienced Repetiteur, Accompanist and continuo player, specialising in opera.

Training:

2011-14: BA Hons in Music (First Class), Hertford College, Oxford University
2014-15: MMus in Opera Repetiteurship, The Guildhall School of Music & Drama
2016-17: Young Artist Repetiteur, The National Opera Studio

Positions Held:

2016-present: Conductor, the Central London Orchestra
2015-16: Assistant Conductor Fellow, Guildhall School
2014-16: Choir Director & Organist, All Saints', Woodford Wells
2013-2014: Musical Director, The Arcadian Singers
2012-2014: Principal Conductor, Oxford University Sinfonietta
2011-2014: Senior Organ Scholar and Musical Director, Hertford College Chapel Choir
2012-2014: Senior Repetiteur and Opera Studio Director, New Chamber Opera
2013-2014: Conducting Scholar, Schola Cantorum of Oxford
2012-2013: Assistant Conductor, Opera Studio Oxford
2011-2012: Principal Conductor, Hertford College Orchestra

Repetiteur credits:

Scenes with York Trust Coastal Opera
Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel (Opera Studio Oxford, 2012)
Mozart, Il Re Pastore (New Chamber Opera, 2013)
Glass, Galileo Galilei (New Chamber Opera, 2013)
Scarlatti, La Giuditta (New Chamber Opera, 2013 – also Musical Director)
Handel, Tamerlano (New Chamber Opera, 2013)
Kander, Chicago (Fools & Kings, 2013 - also Musical Director)
Cavalli, La Calisto (New Chamber Opera, 2014 – also Musical Director)
Bach, Easter Oratorio (New Chamber Opera, 2014)
Haydn, L'infideltá delusa (New Chamber Opera, 2014)
Dvorak, The Cunning Peasant (Guildhall School of Music & Drama, 2014)
Henze, Phaedra (Guildhall School of Music & Drama, 2015)
Puccini, La Boheme (Opera24, 2015)
Vahan Salorian, Boys of Paradase (WORKSHopera, 2015 - Musical Director)
Pergolesi, Adriano in Siria (Opera Settecento, 2015)

Languages:

English (Native Speaker)
Russian (Fluent)
Spanish (Advanced)

Fees

£ 50.00 Pounds Per Hour

Instruments

Piano, Organ, Harpsichord

Specialisms

Early Music, Contemporary Music, Vocal Accompaniment, Vocal Repetiteur, Musical Theatre, Musical Direction

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