DAVID FLIGG

 

Composer, Conductor and Academic 

d.fligg@lcm.ac.uk

 Principal Lecturer in Classical Music at Leeds College of Music, David Fligg has the rare ability to offer a sidewards and humorous glance at music and musicians, as well as academic lectures covering analysis, composition and history, together with choral workshops

David has given talks to many of the UK's largest music societies and organisations, including:

  • The Elgar Society
  • The National Recorded Music Society
  • The European Piano Teachers' Association (EPTA)

Lectures can be tailor-made for specific groups and organisations

David has also been visiting Lecturer for De Montfort University's extra-mural courses, and gives pre-concert talks for the Leeds International Concert Season and for many major orchestras. Recent talks have included those for:

  • The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
  • The Halle Orchestra with Radu Lupu
  • The Philharmonia Orchestra
  • The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

He is also the permanent pre-concert presenter to the Airedale Symphony Orchestra.

David has guest-lectured at:

  • Cambridge's Fitzwilliam College
  • York's historic St. William's College
  • York University

As a programme note and sleeve note writer, he has written for concerts given by major orchestras and artists, including:

  • the Royal Philharmonic
  • the BBC Philharmonia
  • the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
  • Sir Simon Rattle
  • Melvyn Tan
  • George Malcolm

David has written CD sleeve notes for Chandos Records, including recordings featuring Gennady Rozhdestevensky, Victoria Postnikova and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic.

His book, 'A Concise Guide to Orchestral Music' is soon to be published by Mel Bay Publications.

David holds a PhD from the University of Leeds , where he was also an undergraduate, and an M.Mus from the University of London . He also holds a Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy, and is a Subject Specialist Reviewer and Institutional Auditor for the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education.

Compositions include Concerto for Harpsichord (written for Julian Cima and the LCM New Music Ensemble), Concerto for Two Guitars and Orchestra (written for the Arthurs & McGurk Duo), Four French Songs,  Symphony, and a chamber opera, 
'Esau & Jacob', in collaboration with librettist Pamela Melnikoff.

Conducting activities have recently included running  workshops 'Finding our voices' in Leeds, financed through Lottery funding.

For details, fees and availability, please contact:

Dr. David Fligg
Leeds College of Music
3 Quarry Hill
Leeds LS2 7PD

Telephone: 0113 222 3423

d.fligg@lcm.ac.uk

Links to other locations with information about David Fligg:

http://www.cadenza.org/musicians/

http://www.musicweb.force9.co.uk/music/frms/pagefour.htm

 

 

David Fligg is a Member of the
Incorporated Society of Musicians

 

 

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