John Byron

Assistant Director of Music: John Byron

John read music at Cambridge University and is
active as pianist, composer and teacher. He has
been repetiteur of the Danesborough Chorus since
1989. He studied piano with John Bigg and Renée
Reznek and has recently continued his studies with
Philip Fowke.

In 1980 he was invited to participate in the Park Lane
group series of concerts on the South Bank in
London. His concerto repertoire is substantial,
including composers as diverse as Rachmaninov,
Greig, Poulenc, Schumann, Gershwin, Beethoven,
Mozart and Bartòk and last year he performed the
Rachmaninov Second Piano Concerto with the Milton
Keynes Sinfonia in the Milton Keynes Theatre.

John has written a series of pieces for chorus and
orchestra, which have been performed by the Royal
Scottish Junior Chorus, the Milton Keynes Chorale,
the Danesborough Chorus and the Open University
Choir. His composition for four performers at two
pianos, Different Worlds, was premièred by Piano 40
in the Purcell Room in London and is shortly to be
performed by them in the Royal Festival Hall. He is
currently researching into recent French music, and
was recently awarded his Ph.D.

John joined the Chorus as Assistant Music Director in
January of 2007.