User:Ian Wright

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Contributor since: 2021-02-07

Works with editions by this editor: 1 (see list)

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e-mail: mail  ianwright.online

Background

Ian Wright is a Cumbrian-based (UK) conductor, teacher, violinist, tenor and composer/arranger. He was brought up in Wales, and his first musical experiences were through the church choir which he sang with from the age of 4. He took up the violin when he was 9, and went on to receive a classical training at the Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, the Guildhall School of Music in London and City University, where he studied for a BSc (Hons) degree in Music. He also has a degree in Theology from Oxford University. After 13 years as a Minister in the Church of England, he decided to work full time on his musical activities and teaching. He has sung with many choirs including in Cumbria the Wordsworth Singers and Ensemble Buxtehude. He has appeared as soloist at both Carlisle and Lanercost festivals, and with several Cumbrian choirs. He was Chorus Director of Cumbria Rural Choirs from 2016-2020. He plays violin with the Folk duo Fain and ceilidh band Thrice Brewed, and teaches Violin and Voice in schools in north and west Cumbria for Cumbria Music Service. As well as composing and arranging music for choirs, he also currently directs Wigton Choral Society and Cockermouth Harmonic Society.