Bob Chilcott

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Full Name	Bob Chilcott
Occupation	Composer
Date Of Birth	Apr 9, 1955(1955-04-09)
Age	69
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Plymouth
Horoscope	Aries

Bob Chilcott Biography

Bob Chilcott is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on April 9, 1955 in Plymouth, United Kingdom. Robert “Bob” Chilcott (born 9 April 1955) is a British conductor, composer of choral music and performer, who is based within Oxfordshire, England. He was a part of the King’s Singers from 1985 to 1997, and sang Tenor. He has been composing since 1997.

Chilcott’s Requiem was first performed on the 13th of March, in 2010 at Sheldonian located in Oxford with The Oxford Bach Choir and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Nicholas Cleobury. Chilcott was the conductor for the premiere of his work On Christmas Night on 12 December 2010 at the University Christian Church of Austin, Texas. On Christmas Night was the UK debut of On Christmas Night was given on the 28th of November, 2011 at Rugby School by the Arnold Singers led by Richard Dunster-Sigtermans. Christmas Night received its Scottish debut on the 14th of December in the Usher Hall in Edinburgh performed by the Dollar Academy Combined School Choirs.

In 2016, his piece “Ophelia, Caliban, and Miranda” premiered at picfest in Eugene, Oregon. Chilcott conducted the festival choir and the accompanying instrumentalists the Yellowjackets.

Chilcott is well known for his compositions for children’s choirs, including Can You Hear Me?, which he has conducted in the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, Estonia, Latvia, Germany, and the Czech Republic. He is associated with the New Orleans Children’s Chorus and the Crescent City Festival in New Orleans, for which he wrote A Little Jazz Mass, Happy Land, This Day, Be Simple Little Children, and for the 2009 festival, I Lift My Eyes.

Chilcott composed This Day, a setting of five poems for the choral festival of 2006 held in New Orleans; however, the festival was cancelled following Hurricane Katrina. The work was then premiering on the 25th of June in St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, by 210 singers from across the United States.

Bob Chilcott Net Worth

Bob Chilcott is one of the richest Composer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Bob Chilcott 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Chilcott was born in Plymouth. Chilcott sang with the choir from King’s College, Cambridge, both as a child and also as a student at university in the time he was the conductor of the non-profit Choral Society, which included several singers from different colleges. He sang in the Pie Jesu of Faure’s Requiem on the 1967 King’s College recording.

The cantata he composed for choirs and drums the Making of the Drum has been performed by the BBC Singers, the New Zealand Youth Choir and The World Youth Choir (under his direction) as well as The Chamber Choir of Europe, and the Taipei Chamber Singers. Chilcott composed two more significant sacred works: Canticles of Light and Jubilate. The Addison singers presented Canticles of Light in London in 2004 and Jubilate in 2005 both in London and at Carnegie Hall. in 2008 Oxford University Press published his Aesop’s Fables for SATB and piano (“The Hare and the Tortoise”; “The Mountain in Labour”; “The Fox and the Grapes”; “North Wind and the Sun”; “The Goose and the Swan”).

His setting of St. John’s Passion is an hour-long work premiered by Wells Cathedral Choir in 2013. It follows the format established by Bach, with the story narrated in recitative by a tenor evangelist interspersed with interjections from the chorus (as the crowd) and from Pilate and Jesus, the whole being interleaved with chorales and meditations sung by the choir. Many of the chorales are new settings of popular hymns.

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Top Facts about Bob Chilcott

1. Bob Chilcott is an English choral conductor and composer.
2. He was a member of the King’s Singers for 12 years.
3. Chilcott has composed over 200 works for choirs.
4. His compositions are performed worldwide by amateur and professional choirs.
5. Chilcott has won numerous awards for his music, including two Grammy nominations.
6. He is known for his accessible and engaging choral music style.
7. Chilcott often sets texts from contemporary poets in his compositions.
8. He has collaborated with many renowned musicians and conductors throughout his career.
9. Chilcott is also a respected educator, having taught at several prestigious institutions.
10. His music has been featured in major events such as the Olympics and royal weddings.

Is Bob Chilcott alive?

Bob Chilcott
Born| 9 April 1955 Plymouth, England
Genres| Choral
Occupation(s)| Choral composer conductor singer (tenor)
Years active| 1967–present

Where is Bob Chilcott from?

Plymouth, United Kingdom