Alexander Campkin
British contemporary classical composer
Alexander Campkin (born 26 June 1984) is an English contemporary classical music composer and conductor.
Biography
Alexander Campkin's music is published by Edition Peters. He is Composer-in-Residence of Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Resound. His piece commissioned by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra 'Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying' was performed at the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall in 2018.
Campkin was born in London. He attended Westminster School, and studied viola at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He studied music at Oxford University, where he was Choral Scholar at St Catherine's College, Assistant Organ Scholar at Trinity College, conductor of the Oxford Chamber Choir and The Arcadian Singers of Oxford University. He then attended the Royal Academy of Music where he received a master's degree in composition, and the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna where he completed a postgraduate diploma in composition.
Campkin is conductor of The Oxbridge Singers and minimaLIST ENsemble and Illumination Chamber Choir
Composition
Alexander Campkin was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music for Services to Composition in 2014. He has received sixty professional commissions and his work has been performed and broadcast in over thirty countries.
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