Brian Priestman (born February 10, 1927 in Birmingham, England) is a British conductor and music educator. February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... See also Birmingham, USA, and other places called Birmingham. ... Look up conductor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Priestman studied at the University of Birmingham and the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles, Belgium. The University of Birmingham is an English university in the city of Birmingham. ...

He founded and was principal conductor of the Opera da Camera and the Orchestra da Camera in Birmingham, and Music Director of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon (1960-1963). He was Music Director of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (1964-1968), Resident Conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (1968-1969), Music Director of the Denver Symphony Orchestra (1970-1978), Principal Conductor of the New Zealand National Orchestra (1973-1976), Music Director of the Florida Philharmonic (1977-1980), Principal Conductor of the Cape Town Symphony (1980-1986), and Principal Guest Conductor of the Malmû Symphony Orchestra (1988-1990). His final performances as conductor took place in Edmonton in October 2003 . As a guest conductor he has appeared with all the major British orchestras, including more than 300 concerts for the BBC, with orchestras in Australia, Hong Kong, Southern Africa, and all the major orchestras of Scandinavia, Belgium etc. etc. He founded the New York Handel Opera Society and appeared frequently at the Mostly Mozart concerts there as well as for seven years at the Aspen Music Festival and seven at the Grant Park, Chicago, Festival. He recorded for RCA and Westminster Records, making the first complete Handel operas for the latter. The Royal Shakespeare Theatre is a large theatre dedicated to British playwright William Shakespeare in his birthplace of Stratford-upon-Avon. ... Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon is a town in Warwickshire, England. ... As the professional orchestra of Alberta’s creative capital city, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra presents over 80 concerts a year of symphonic music in all genres, from classical to country. ... The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is an American orchestra based in Baltimore, Maryland. ... The Colorado Symphony Orchestra (CSO) is the principal symphony orchestra for the Denver Metropolitan Area. ... More than one place has the name Edmonton. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC, sometimes also known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, founded in 1922. ... Scandinavia is a region in Northern Europe named after the Scandinavian Peninsula. ... At least two major cities have a Grant Park: Grant Park in Chicago Grant Park in Atlanta This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... For other uses, see RCA (disambiguation). ... HANDEL was the code-name for the UKs National Attack Warning System in the Cold War. ...

As an academic he was Dean of the Facuty of Music and Professor at the University of Cape Town (1980-1986) and Artist-in-residence at the University of Kansas (1992-2002) and for three years was Music Director of Canada's National Youth Orchestra (1967-1969). The University of Cape Town is a major tertiary education institution in Cape Town, South Africa, located on the Rhodes Estate on the slopes of Devils Peak. ... The University of Kansas (often referred to as just KU or Kansas) is an institution of higher learning located in Lawrence, Kansas. ...

Priestman has written articles in music periodicals and encyclopedias including the New Grove Encyclopedia, Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, Encyclopedia Britannica, and Music and Letters. He resides in France. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is a dictionary of music and musicians, generally considered to be one of the best general reference sources on the subject. ... Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart or short MGG is a comprehensive German Encyclopedia about music, and is one of the largest in the world. ... 1913 advertisement for the 11th edition, with the slogan When in doubt — look it up in the Encyclopædia Britannica The Encyclopædia Britannica (properly spelled with æ, the ae-ligature) was first published in 1768–1771 as The Britannica was an important early English-language general encyclopedia and is still...

He has been awarded honorary doctorates from Regis University, Denver, and the University of Colorado. He was awarded the Golden Lyre by the American Institute of High Fidelity for services to music in the United States. Regis University is a private, co-educational Roman Catholic university in the United States. ... This article refers to the state capital of Colorado. ... The University of Colorado (CU) System consists of five campuses: University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Colorado Springs University of Colorado at Denver University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Fitzsimons campus of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, scheduled to open in 2007 in Aurora, Colorado...

As the professional orchestra of Alberta’s creative capital city, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra presents over 80 concerts a year of symphonic music in all genres, from classical to country. ...

External links

• Brian Priestman web page on the Bach Cantatas website