CONDUCTING
CONDUCTING
EDWARD GOATER is a choral & orchestral conductor, tenor and teacher living in Somerset. He has a degree in Environmental Science, is a Fellow of the Royal Schools of Music, and also a Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts. He studied conducting with Paul Brough and Roland Melia and for many years was a member of the BBC Singers.
Edward is former Director of Somerset Choral Society and former Associate Conductor of Berkshire Youth Choir. Currently he is Musical Director of the Military Wives Choir Foundation, Taunton, and Director of Taunton Choral Society. In 2024 he was Visiting Conductor of Yeovil Chamber Choir.
Edward has worked with some of the very best musicians in the world including Pierre Boulez, Sir Bryn Terfel, Dame Judith Weir, Sir Simon Rattle, and Bob Chilcott, and has appeared on TV and Radio on numerous occasions. His expertise in voice and choral training has seen him conduct many groups including The Chelsea Consort, The Wesley Singers, various Military Wives Choirs across the country, Wells Cathedral & Newcastle Cathedral Choirs, and many other ensembles.
He has conducted various orchestral ensembles including the Lochrian Ensemble, The Central Band of The Royal British Legion and many others. As Chorus Master he has worked with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
Edward’s educational work takes him all over the world. He has given workshops in singing and conducting at many events - highlights include the Royal Irish Academy of Music, Marlborough College, Malaysia, and the BBC Ten Pieces Project. Edward’s experience as a performer and conductor make him a valued adjudicator in competitions and guest speaker for many institutions, and he has written for publications like Choir & Organ and the BBC.
Some Prominent Repertoire Examples (other repertoire on request)
Bach ~ St. John Passion, various Cantatas, D maj Magnificat, Christmas Oratorio
Beethoven ~ Choral Fantasia, Symphony No.1
Brahms ~ Ein Deutsches Requiem, Geistliches Lied, Liebeslieder Waltzes Op. 52
Britten ~ St Nicholas op.42, Sacred & Profane, Choral Dances (Gloriana)
Byrd ~ Mass for 4 Voices, various Motets
Corelli ~ Concerto Grosso in G minor
Duruflé ~ Requiem, Quatre Motets (Gregoriens)
Elgar ~ The Snow, Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands, Serenade for Strings in E minor Op.20
Finzi ~ In Terra Pax, Eclogue for Strings and Piano Op.10 (soloist/conductor)
Fauré ~ Requiem, Cantique de Jean Racine
Goodall ~ Eternal Light: A Requiem
Holst ~ Mars, Jupiter, Turn Back oh Man, Home They Brought the Warrior Dead
Handel ~ Messiah, Foundling Hospital Anthems, Zadok the Priest, Theodora, Judas Maccabeus, Coronation Anthems
Haydn, F J ~ Mass No. 6 in G major, Hob. XXII/6, Insanae et Vanae Curae, Creation, Mass in D minor (Nelson Mass)
Haydn, J M ~ Te Deum in C major, Requiem in C minor
Howells ~ Hymn to St Cecilia, St Paul's Evening Service
Mendelssohn ~ Elijah, Luda Sion, Hear My Prayer
Mozart ~ Requiem in D minor, Marriage of Figaro K492 Overture, Regina Coeli K127, Vesperae solennes de confessore, K.339, Coronation Mass K317
Parry ~ I was Glad, Songs of Farewell, Jerusalem
Purcell ~ Ode for Queen Mary’s Birthday Z332, Funeral Marches
Rachmaninov ~ All Night Vigil, Symphony No.2
Rossini ~ Petite Messe Solennelle, Stabat Mater
Rutter ~ Sprig of Thyme, Magnificat
Shearing ~ Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare
Spohr ~ Grand Nonet
Stanford ~ Songs of the Fleet, Te Deum Op.10 (with orchestra), For Lo I Raise Up (with orchestra)
Stravinsky ~ Symphony of Psalms
Tippet ~ Little Music for String Orchestra, Five Negro Spirituals (from Child of Our Time)
Vaughan-Williams ~ Four Songs for Four Seasons, Fantasia on Christmas Carols, Five Mystical Songs, The Lark Ascending
Vivaldi ~ Gloria RV 589, Nulla in Mundo Pax Sincera RV 630
Wagner ~ Wesendonk Lieder