DIRECTOR ¦ CONDUCTOR
DIRECTOR ¦ CONDUCTOR
EDWARD GOATER is a choral & orchestral conductor, tenor and teacher living in Somerset. He has a degree in Environmental Science & Ecology, 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 in the Military Wives Choir Foundation, and is currently Director of Taunton Choral Society, he also guest conducts for many other instrumental and vocal ensembles.
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 voice & choral expertise has seen him conduct countless vocal ensembles including former Director of Somerset Choral Society, The Wesley Singers, Wells Cathedral and Newcastle Cathedral Choir, as well as Military Wives Choirs across the country, to name but a few!
As an orchestral/ensemble conductor he has directed Taunton Sinfonietta, The Lochrian Ensemble, The Central Band of The Royal British Legion, Glastonbury Competition Band, and many others. He has also worked with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra as Chorus Master.
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, the BBC, as well as online.
Some Prominent Repertoire Examples (other repertoire on request)
Bach ~ St. John Passion, various Cantatas, D maj Magnificat, Christmas Oratorio, Brandenburg Concerto No.3, No.5
Beethoven ~ Choral Fantasia, Symphony No.1, No.5
Bizet ~ Te Deum
Brahms ~ Ein Deutsches Requiem, Geistliches Lied, Liebeslieder Waltzes Op. 52
Britten ~ St Nicholas op.42, Sacred & Profane, Choral Dances (Gloriana)
Bruchner~ Mass in E minor, Motets, Aequali
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, Dream of Gerontius
Finzi ~ In Terra Pax, Eclogue for Strings and Piano Op.10 (soloist/conductor)
Fauré ~ Requiem, Cantique de Jean Racine
Glass ~ Three Songs for Chorus
Goodall ~ Eternal Light: A Requiem
Holst ~ The Planets (Mars, Jupiter without score), Turn Back oh Man, Home They Brought the Warrior Dead (Edward's reconstruction from autograph score), A Moorside Suite
Handel ~ Messiah, Foundling Hospital Anthems, Zadok the Priest, Theodora, Judas Maccabeus, Coronation Anthems, Concerto Grosso G maj Op.6
Haydn, F J ~ Mass No. 6 in G major, Hob. XXII/6, Insanae et Vanae Curae, Creation, Mass in D minor (Nelson Mass), Missa Sancti Nicolai
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 (orchestral), 'Lobgesang' Symphony-Cantata
Mozart ~ Requiem in D minor, Marriage of Figaro K492 Overture, Regina Coeli K127, Vesperae solennes de confessore, K.339, Coronation Mass K317, Symphony No.40, No.29
Parry ~ I was Glad, Songs of Farewell, Jerusalem,
Poulenc ~ Gloria, Quatre motets
Purcell ~ Ode for Queen Mary’s Birthday Z332, Funeral Marches, Abdelazer Z.570
Rachmaninov ~ All Night Vigil, Symphony No.2, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Reineke ~ Sedona
Rheinberger ~ Cantus Missae,
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 (orchestral), For Lo I Raise Up (orchestral)
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, Mass in G, Dona Nobis Pacem, Towards the Unknown Region
Vivaldi ~ Gloria RV 589, Nulla in Mundo Pax Sincera RV 630
Wagner ~ Wesendonk Lieder (orchestral)
Walton ~ Belshazzar's Feast