Adrian Beaumont
Adrian Beaumont (born 1937, Huddersfield) is a British composer, conductor and university teacher. He studied at University College, Cardiff, completing a PhD in composition in 1972. He lectured in music at the University of Bristol from 1961 until his retirement in 2002, his 41 years continuous service making him the longest-serving academic in the university's history.
Adrian Beaumont
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Adrian Beaumont (born 1937, Huddersfield) is a British composer, conductor and university teacher. He studied at University College, Cardiff, completing a PhD in composition in 1972. He lectured in music at the University of Bristol from 1961 until his retirement in 2002, his 41 years continuous service making him the longest-serving academic in the university's history.
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In 1994 he was appointed to the post of Reader in Composition. Works include Summer Ecstasies for soprano and orchestra, three Symphonies, an oratorio (Now Burns the Bright Redeeming Fire), a concerto for oboe and strings, Mazemaker Fantasy for instrumental ensemble, and Nature Studies for oboe and piano. He was also for many years a professional oboist. His students at Bristol included the British composers Michael Edwards, Alan Charlton, Owen Leech and Ian Stephens, and the conductor Christopher Austin. He continues to live in Bristol and is married to the soprano Janet Price, for whom many of his works were written and dedicated.
• Beaumont, Adrian: Expectation and Interpretation in the Reception of New Music: A Case Study in Thomas, W. (ed.), Composition - Performance - Reception: Studies in the Creative Process in Music, Ashgate, 1998,
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