Yorkshire Music: News and Updates

Yesterday's 'Come and Sing' with the Bradford Festival Choral Society went down a treat. Sally Egan was an extremely charismatic and professional conductor who demonstrated outstanding musicality throughout the day, both in her approach to the material and the manner in which she communicated with the choir. It must be said that her choral and vocal expertise was clearly demonstrated in the results of her efforts during the day: she managed to transform the group's early efforts with the Mozart Coronation Mass with wonderful results. The rehearsal sessions and the concert at the end of the afternoon were accompanied at the piano by BFCS's Musical Director, Tom Leech.

Sally Egan will be giving a soprano solo at the BFCS 'Mediaeval to Modern' concert at Bradford Cathedral on October 31st. She was born in Leeds and educated at Notre Dame High School. She read music at Cambridge University and studied singing in Paris with Maria-Grazia Dilluvio and in London with Lillian Watson. She has sung opera and oratorio all over the world under the baton of many leading conductors including Claudio Abbado, Daniel Harding, William Christie and Pierre Boulez. Sally also specialises in training treble voices. Prior to her appointment in Leeds, she worked as a vocal coach with the choristers of Westminster Cathedral and taught singing to the choristers of Westminster Abbey.