Conductor meets our patron!

As part of his 'day job', our Musical Director and Conductor, Dr David Baxter, took his school chamber choir to central Scotland where they sang in Edinburgh Castle, Dunblane Cathedral and other selected venues. On Monday 2nd July, the final day of the tour, the choir stopped in Glasgow where they were given a guided tour of the  The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and a 'meet and greet' with the Conservatoire's principal, Professor John Wallace, who is of course one of the band's two patrons!

The choir couldn't believe how friendly and accommodating he was, making sure they were ok and being looked after and chatted and spoke to all as though he had known them for years!  "It was a real privilege to meet Professor Wallace", said former band member Rory Jones (tenor), "to think that he was the same person who played at the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana all those years ago.  Lauren Coulter (soprano), was equally enchanted by meeting one of the glitterati of the world's trumpet players. "He was just so amazingly friendly and so modest, especially as they were so busy getting ready for their graduation ceremony the next day!", she added.

John Wallace also inquired about the band, wanting to how it was going and what we were playing.  He was also interested to learn how the various sections were getting on and David enjoyed telling him a few stories and anecdotes about some of the members!

Here is a link (audio) to John Wallace (trumpet) and Dame Kiri te Kanawa (soprano) performing 'Let the bright seraphim' (Handel) at the Royal Wedding of Prince Charles and the late Lady Diana Spencer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuB1wTjySM0