June 2008
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Alexander
Chaplin Musical
Director
Alexander Chaplin was a chorister at Canterbury Cathedral and
held the organ scholarships at Lincoln Cathedral and Lincoln College,
Oxford, where he read Music. Alexander studied conducting and organ at the
Royal College of Music under Neil Thomson, Edwin Roxburgh and Nicholas
Danby; he participated in masterclasses with George Hurst, Paul Goodwin
and Sir Peter Maxwell-Davies.
He graduated from the RCM with distinction and as a major prize-winner.
Alexander is in huge demand as a conductor and accompanist; in addition to
his work with Wokingham Choral Society he is currently Musical Director of
Vision Opera and of Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Hospitals Music Society;
he is a lecturer at Morley College, London, accompanist for Concordia
Voices and for Epworth Choir, Woking.
He recently conducted a rare production of Scott Joplin's opera
Treemonisha at Sadlers Wells and this is planned to tour to the Edinburgh
Festival in 2008. In addition to his busy schedule as a musician Alexander
has recently completed a Masters degree in theology from London
University.
In February 2008 Alexander was invited to participate in a competitive
masterclass in St Petersburg with Alexander Polishchuk, from which he
emerged as one of the prizewinning conductors. Future plans include
performances of Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana with Vision Opera this
summer.
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