by Max Barley | May 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
I have had a wonderful first year as Director of Music at Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square. As well as directing the excellent professional quartet and four choral scholars for Sunday morning mass and feast days, the church and I have worked to increase the...
by Max Barley | Jun 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
It was a great thrill to direct the Rundfunkchor Berlin, for a week of rehearsals, and then to be joined by hundreds of schoolchildren from Berlin schools, for two concerts in the Berlin Philharmonie, the culmination of the Rundfunkchor’s education programme for...
by Max Barley | Jan 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
I greatly enjoyed working as chorus master on Schnittke’s Faust Cantata, as well as excerpts of Berlioz and Penderecki, with conductor Sian Edwards and the London Schools Symphony Orchestra, at the Barbican. Inspirational Artistic Director of the LSSO, Peter...
by Max Barley | Nov 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
I am enjoying directing the men’s voices at London’s premier Catholic cathedral on Wednesdays this year. It is super to be part of such a splendid and historic musical tradition, and to be within Westminster Cathedral Choir’s unique and full-bodied...
by Max Barley | Nov 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
I spent a very enjoyable few days in Hannover, visiting the wonderful choral festival, chor.com, and taking part in a choral conducting masterclass with Simon Halsey and the excellent Junges Vokalensemble Hannover, alongside other international conducting students. I...
