Musical Director
The Damon Singers recently welcomed David Cooke as their new MD:
DAVID COOKE BA (hons), BMus (hons), ALCM
David studied music at Liverpool and Oxford Universities. He specialised first in the early 16th Century keyboard repertoire, and then in the music of the later Middle Ages, working particularly on problems of its interpretation and performance.
As an instrumentalist, David studied the trombone, piano and harpsichord. He appears as an accompanist, and as a continuo player in baroque music. He has also performed widely as a player of several early wind instruments.
In the last few years, David has increasingly been invited to work with singers. He has conducted productions of several operas including The Magic Flute, La Bohème, Amahl and the Night Visitors, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and Handel’s Semele. He is presently also Musical Director of the Wycombe Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, and of the Chess Valley Male Voice Choir.
Whichever group he is working with, David is keen to explore lesser known but good quality music of several periods, as well as the more familiar repertoire. David is looking forward to working with the Damons on the riches to be found in music for chamber choir.
