John is working on a joint collaboration with Deborah Pritchard, creating a new orchestration of Brahms German Requiem, for the Manchester Camerata. Ben Gernon will conduct the first performance, with the Manchester Camerata, at the Lichfield Festival, on 1st July 2016.
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New Work: Four Cornish Songs
Commissioned by David and Lelia Sadlier, John’s Four Cornish Songs will be showcased by students of the Cornish American Song Institute during their UK tour in June 2016 (Oxford and Cornwall). David and Lelia will subsequently perform the songs in Europe andRead more…
The Arts Council/Artswork commission, organised by the Oxfordshire County Music Service, has involved John writing two concertos, both involving outreach in Oxfordshire schools. John’s Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra will be premiered by Simon Desbruslais and the Oxfordshire County Youth Orchestra atRead more…
John will conduct the Oxford Philharmonic in the final of the Oxfordshire Concerto Competition, on Thursday 10 March 2016 in the Sheldonian Theatre at 7.30pm. The programme features Strauss Horn Concerto No.1 (Myrddin Rees Davies, St Hilda’s), Mozart Clarinet Concerto (David Mears, Royal Academy of Music), and Prokofiev ViolinRead more…
Commencing on 12th March 2016, John will lead a one-week residency with the Dutch group Joint Venture Percussion Duo (Laurent Warnier & Rachel Xi Zhang), culminating in the premier of his Double Concerto for Vibraphone and Marimba at the Sheldonian TheatreRead more…
*1-Day Course*: ‘Conductors Working in Education’, Saturday 21st February 2015, 10.00-5.00pm Sheldonian Theatre and Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre, St. Anne’s College, 56 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6HS Description: Come and watch John Traill conduct the Oxford Philomusica in a 2hr workshopRead more…
John will be a featured conductor and composer with both the Ronen Ensemble and at the University of Indianapolis, USA, between Saturday Sunday 19th-Wednesday 22nd October 2014. His residency includes the premier of Memento, a work commissioned to commemorate theRead more…
At St. Anne’s College, University of Oxford The Oxford Conducting Institute, directed by Dr John Traill (Professional conductor, Director and Lecturer of Music at St Anne’s College), provide a series of workshops and short courses for conductors. Events range in focus,Read more…
The St Anne’s Camerata is a unique string orchestra (a hybrid of the traditional Oxbridge college choirs), comprised of professionals, student scholars, and youth exhibitioners. The group perform regularly at college events, and at venues and festivals fartherRead more…
Oxfordshire County Youth Orchestra, 2014 Germany Tour Strauss – Der Rosenkavalier Suite, Respighi – Pines of Rome, Shostakovich – Symphony No.5 21st July 2014, Festhalle, Bad Schiedeberg, Germany, 7.30pm 22nd July 2014, St Pauli Ruine, Dresden, 7pm 23rd July 2014,Read more…
Since founding Ensemble ISIS in 2002, John and Ensemble ISIS have worked with many leading national and international composers, and last night was very special, honouring Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s honorary doctorate at Oxford. “It was a pleasure to work withRead more…
John Traill, Simon Desbruslais, and the St. Anne’s Camerata – Residency in Brasilia, Brazil, April 2014. From 8th-13th April 2014, the St. Anne’s Camerata, conducted by John Traill (Director of Music, St. Anne’s College), will provide a residency at theRead more…
Thursday 3rd April 2014 saw John recording 11 new works by RWCMD composers. Ranging from full symphony orchestra to string orchestra, the recordings took place in the stunning Dora Stoutzker Hall in Cardiff. Works featured included James Golborn – BabaRead more…
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Collaborating again with Juliette Roos
On Saturday 29th March 2014, John performed the Bruch Violin Concerto with Juliette Roos (BBC Young Musician of the Year, String Finalist 2012). This was the second time they have collaborated, the first being last March with the City ofRead more…
Premiere of two new compositions, Lightbobs, by John Traill, at Symphony Hall, Birmingham, Saturday 15th March 2014, 7.00pm. Commissioned by the Oxfordshire County Music Service, Lightbobs is comprised of two versions, for 200 beginner instrumentalists, and 200 children’s voices. BothRead more…
On Thursday 6th March 2014, John conducted the final the of the Oxfordshire Concerto Competition 2014, at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford. The competition, a partnership between the Oxford Philomusica, the University of Oxford, and the Oxfordshire County Music Service, nowRead more…
John conducts Ensemble ISIS, as part of Judith Weir’s residency at the University of Oxford’s New Music Forum. The ensemble is the only faculty managed group and has some of the finest performers across the University. The programme will include the European premier of ‘Blue-GreenRead more…
OCYO at their best, performing Strauss Don Juan and Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March no.1 at the Royal Albert Hall, Tuesday 12th November 2013. A thoroughly deserved performance, and it is always a pleasure to conduct near 5,000Read more…
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CSO 2013-2014 Season launch
Fantastic effort by the City of Southampton Orchestra last night – an excellent start to the season, performing Shostakovich #8, Bourgeois Trombone Concerto, and Britten Pas de Six. Particular thanks to Mike Buchanan, soloist, whose performance formed part of hisRead more…
Looking forward to working with student conductors at the University of Oxford next week!
This Friday’s performance will feature circa 400 of Oxfordshire’s finest young musicians, participating in a massed performance of Benjamin Britten’s Friday Afternoons, on the 100th anniversary of his birth. This has been a very exciting year of Britten performances forRead more…
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Saxton Celebrations and Premiere
A fabulous concert celebrating the music of Robert Saxton. The programme included Simon Desbruslais performing both trumpet concertos, and the premiere of Rhapsodic Variations on Robert Saxton’s Little Prelude that I organised and wrote the final variation for (thank toRead more…
Following on from being awarded the Classic FM Special Achievement prize at the National Festival of Music for Youth, in Symphony Hall Birmingham (early July 2013), John and OCYO will close the NFMY ‘Proms’ at the Royal Albert Hall onRead more…
[Tribune, Friday 6th September 2013, Cary Gee] Oxford is a city full of music and the Oxford Proms (brainchild of violinist Edmund Jones) are a welcome addition to the summer scene. A series of chamber music is framed by orchestralRead more…
In 2013 – the 100th anniversary year of Benjamin Britten’s birth – John will perform a substantial portion of the composers orchestral repertoire, and direct large education projects to mark the occasion. He has also been commissioned by American tenor,Read more…
In 2013, John has continued to direct performances and workshops for the Faculty of Music, Oxford. These have included (for details of the Advanced Musicianship Programme John directs for St. Anne’s College/OCMS, please see separate Blog post): CHROMA composition workshopRead more…
Following the extremely successful launch of the Oxfordshire Concerto Competition in 2012, by the Oxford Philomusica in partnership with the Oxfordshire County Music Service, 2013 saw John return to conduct both the semi-final and final. A notable strength of thisRead more…
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John works with Valery Gergiev
On 1st April 2013, 2pm, John was mentored by maestro Valery Gergiev in a workshop run by the Oxford Philomusica. John conducted Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings and benefitted from Gergiev’s kind words and guidance. The workshop preceded a performance byRead more…
On 11th May 2013, John will perform Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, concluding a collaborative and educational project between the City of Southampton Orchestra, Winchester Symphony Orchestra, and young musicians from across the region. The three week project includes combined rehearsals,Read more…
John has been invited to conduct the Oxford Proms Orchestra for a third year running, performing two concerts in the Oxford Proms series, August 2013. This innovative summer orchestra, that has previously featured distinguished soloists that include Masayuki Kino, MamiRead more…
John directs an exciting collaboration between the Oxfordshire County Music Service and St. Anne’s College, University of Oxford (where John is Director of Music), presenting the Advanced Musicianship Programme aimed at secondary schools across Oxfordshire, with a particular focus on preparing GCSE,Read more…
On 7th March 2013, John conducted the annual Oxford Philomusica Composition Workshop (part of the orchestras’ significant residency at the University of Oxford). Carefully selected composers, submitting for both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, benefited from hearing their works in theRead more…
On 21st February 2013, John will launch the new Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Contemporary Music Ensemble. In collaboration with John Hardy and the composers at the RWCMD, the project features repertoire studied in seminar groups that relatesRead more…
Guild Records release Autumnal – Chamber Music by Thomas Hyde (GMCD7389), featuring John Traill (Conductor), Edward Vanderspar (viola), Eliza Marshall (flute/alto flute), Catriona Scott (clarinet), Ruth Potter (harp), and Katherine Jenkinson (cello). Recorded 2011-2012, John was also a studio director forRead more…
On Sunday June 24th 2012, John performed with the Oxfordshire County Youth Orchestra and composer Howard Goodall, in a climactic close to a weekend of Jubilee concerts in Tom Quad, Christ Church College. This concluded a three day event that featuredRead more…
John, with the City of Southampton, provided several Titanic-themed projects as ambassadors to the 100th Anniversary of the great tragedy. In addition to running education projects linked to their annual family concert, the CSO gave a special performance of Ralph VaughanRead more…
Faculty of Music > News > Recent Articles (http://www.music.ox.ac.uk/news/recent-articles/john-traill-premiere-in-the-royal-albert-hall-this-week.html) A new work, by John Traill (Director of Music, St Anne’s College, and Lecturer at St Catherine’s College, Oxford) will be premiered at the Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday 9th NovemberRead more…
John premiered Andrew Gant’s opera Don’t Go Down The Elephant After Midnight, with soloist Patricia Rozario, at the Tete-a-Tete Opera Festival, Hammersmith, on 2nd and 3rd July 2008. Repeat performances at Oxford, again with New Chamber Opera, were warmly receivedRead more…
On Thursday 16th October 2008, John conducted the Oxford Philomusica at Merton College Chapel, Oxford. The programme included Robert Saxton’s Music to Celebrate the Resurrection, Weber’s Clarinet Concerto No.2 (with Mark Simpson, BBC Young Musician of the Year 2006), Wagner’sRead more…
John premiered ten new works by leading British composer with the London Contemporary Music Group. The concert celebrated the 100th birthday of Elliott Carter, and includes John’s Little Concertino for Six. Rian Evans, The Guardian, Tuesday 9 September 2008 AsRead more…
Oxford University website > News. 27 August 2008 (http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_releases_for_journalists/270808.html) An Oxford University conductor is embarking on what is believed to be the first ever podium exchange in the UK with an amateur orchestra – by swapping places with a maestroRead more…
Following John’s appearance on BBC Radio 3 CD Review, the BBC discussion board erupted into an elaborate debate about whether trailers should interrupt the programme. Comments about John were very complementary, however: BBC Radio 3 Discussion Board, 15 March 2008Read more…
On Sunday 21st October 2007, at 3pm, John will give the London premier of a new score by Jean Hasse for F.W.Murnau’s 1926 film, Faust, with the South West Ensemble. The premier will be given on Saturday 13th October, atRead more…
On Wednesday 19th, Thursday 20th, and Friday 21st September 2007, John will be premiering a new opera, ‘The Corley Conspiracy’ by Tim Benjamin, with exciting new music ensemble Radius (see www.radiusmusic.org). The opera is for actors and ensemble and theRead more…
On Friday 1st Sepember 2006 (8pm at the Tivoli Theatre, Chattanooga, Tennessee), John Traill was awarded the William L. Montague 2nd Prize at the prize-winners’ concert of the Vakthang Jordania International Conducting Competition 2006. The competition featured 24 finalists, fromRead more…