Andrew Carter was born in Leicester on 13 December 1939.[1] He studied music at the University of Leeds before moving to York and joining the choir at York Minster as a bass. Whilst there, in 1965 he founded the Chapter House Choir, a mixed voice ensemble that achieved national renown under his direction of seventeen years. After spending a year conducting and adjudicating in New Zealand (1984), he returned to England to focus on composition.
Oxford University Press have published more than fifty of his compositions over a period of association spanning twenty-five years. The famous Nine Lessons and Carols service broadcast annually on the BBC by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, has included several of his carols, including A maiden most gentle and Mary's Magnificat.
A notable moment in Carter's musical career was a commission in 1997 to write a mass (Missa Sancti Pauli) for the tercentenary celebration of St Paul's Cathedral in London. In 2007, he composed a 22-variation Passacaglia for organ to mark the 90th birthday of the former York Minster organist Francis Jackson.
Three Nonsensical Songs for upper voices and orchestra
A Little Suite for Heather for Treble Recorder and Piano (Forsyth Publishing)
Referencesedit
^Greenall, Matthew (2001). "Carter, Andrew". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.48583. Retrieved 10 January 2023. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
External linksedit
Andrew Carter's homepage
Andrew Carter at Guild Music
Andrew Carter at OUP
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