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The Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra.
The orchestra was founded in 1975 by the late Edwin Raymond and continues to support his main aims – to provide an opportunity, two or three times a year, for experienced local musicians to study challenging and less familiar repertory, often works for large orchestral forces. The orchestra has performed major works by Bartok, Bruckner, Elgar, Hindemith, Humperdinck, Mahler, Shostakovitch and Vaughan-Williams. |
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Chris Haigh - Leader.
Chris studied music at the University of Exeter where he was the leader of the University Symphony Orchestra and String Quartet. Whilst there, he studied the violin with Colin Sauer, leader of the Dartington String Quartet. After taking a PGCE at the University of Reading he moved to Teesside in 1981, initially to work for the Cleveland Music Service. After thirteen years working as a primary teacher and deputy headteacher in schools in Middlesbrough he has recently returned to work as a peripatetic violin teacher for the Tees Valley Music Service.
Over the last twenty six years he has played with most of the orchestras and choral societies in the area including the Teesside Symphony Orchestra and Cleveland Chamber Orchestra, both of which he has led.
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David Greed - Our Principal Conductor.
David Greed studied at the Royal College of Music in London. In 1978 he was appointed Leader of the newly formed Orchestra of Opera North becoming the youngest leader in the country. He has appeared regularly as a soloist, both with the Opera North Orchestra and with other orchestras throughout the region. David's repertoire is extensive, including the concertos of Brahms, Elgar, Sibelius, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Bruch, Barber, Mozart, Bach and Vivaldi, as well as other smaller works. He has performed the Sibelius, Elgar, Bruch, Mendelssohn and Barber concertos with the Orchestra of O.N. He has appeared as guest Leader with many orchestras – The Philharmonia, City of Birmingham, National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Philharmonic, Halle, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Northern Sinfonia, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Royal Opera House, Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Irish Chamber, Guildford Philharmonic, Manchester Camerata, Northern Chamber Orchestra and English National Ballet. He led the Orchestra of the Royal Opera on a concert tour of the U.S.A. He has recorded 'The Lark Ascending' (Vaughan-Williams) for Naxos with David Lloyd-Jones and the Orchestra of Opera North. He has also recorded the Elgar Concerto with Hertfordshire Youth Orchestra. In his position of Music Director of the Sinfonia of Leeds David has completed recordings of the piano concertos of Bartok, Lutoslawski Chopin and Rachmaninov’s 3rd concerto. David also holds the position of Principal Conductor of the Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra (Middlesbrough) and has conducted the Helix Ensemble (Loughborough), the City of Leeds Youth Orchestra, and at the Royal Northern College and Chetham's School, Manchester. David has also made visits to the State of Kasakhstan and has held the position of Principal Guest Conductor with its National Symphony Orchestra. He coaches violin and holds masterclass sessions for the National Youth Orchestra violin sections. He plays on a violin by Giacomo Zanoli of Verona made in c.1740. |
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Chris Griffiths - Guest Conductor Spring 2009.
Chris Griffiths has been playing French Horn with Northern Sinfonia for fifteen years, during which time he has proved incredibly active in The Sage Gateshead's Learning and Participation programme, notably in the field of community music.
Chris has conducted many youth orchestras and held the post of Conductor, Perth Symphony Orchestra, Scotland for six years. He has conducted many events in the concert calendar of Northern Sinfonia's associated amateur Orchestra - the "Cobwebs" - of which he was co-founder. Works performed include Mahler 1, Bruckner 7, Shostakovitch 5, Sibelius 2, Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet, Beethoven Symphonies and Berlioz' "Harold in Italy". The past two years, Chris has been appointed Music Director of Darlington and the Dales Youth Orchestra. The development of this enterprise has benefited from resources that Chris also uses in School Workshops, where a large collection of Belleplates (a new type of hand bell), twenty mini djembes and his own French horn provide a unique formula! Chris Griffiths has conducted many youth orchestras and held the post of Conductor, Perth Symphony Orchestra, Scotland for six years. He has conducted many events in the concert calendar of Northern Sinfonia's associated amateur Orchestra - the "Cobwebs" - of which he was co-founder. Works performed include Mahler 1, Bruckner 7, Shostakovitch 5, Sibelius 2, Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet, Beethoven Symphonies and Berlioz' "Harold in Italy". The past two years, Chris has been appointed Music Director of Darlington and the Dales Youth Orchestra. The development of this enterprise has benefited from resources that Chris also uses in School Workshops, where a large collection of Belleplates (a new type of hand bell), twenty mini djembes and his own French horn provide a unique formula! (Source: The Northern Sinfonia) |
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