Edward Wickham

Edward Wickham is certainly a choral conductor and trainer who specializes in the music from the Renaissance. Wickham 1st found prominence when he founded the vocal ensemble the Clerks’ Group in 1992, producing some recordings for Gaudeamus/ASV which have loved substantial acclaim; he as well as the Clerks’ Group also have documented for Naxos, Nimbus, and Signum in the U.K. While Josquin, Ockeghem, and Tallis possess remained major issues for Wickham, he in addition has devoted whole discs to even more obscure figures such as for example Barbireau and Johannes Tinctoris. The Clerks’ Group possess toured very broadly, appearing throughout European countries and in the us. Wickham also prospects the Orlando Chamber Choir of London (never to become confused using the Orlando Consort) as well as the Renaissance Performers of London. Since 2003, Wickham provides served as movie director of music at St. Catherine’s University in Cambridge.