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- [July 2008]John Traill 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

- [September 2008] John conducts in Brazil - Orquestra Filharmonia Jaragua do Sul

- [September 2008] John to premier ten works with the LCMG

- [September 2008] Opera concert with the Guernsey Camerata

- [October 2008] John debut's with the Oxford Philomusica, with soloist Mark Simpson (BBC Young Musician of the Year 2006)

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John to conduct recording for Toccata Classics

John will be conducting a recording of Thomas Hyde's Autumnal for Toccata Classics. The recording will be at the Jacqueline du Pre Music Building, Oxford, and include the LSO's principal violist Edward Vanderspar. (posted 01/10/07).

John premieres new film score at the Barbican

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, at 7.30pm, at the Victoria Rooms in Bristol. (posted 15/09/07).

John Traill conducts new opera at the Southbank Centre (Purcell Room)

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 the programme will also feature works by Xenakis, Cage, Berio, Holt, and Ferneyhough. For further information please see www.thecorleyconspiracy.com. (posted 01/09/07).

01/10/06. 2nd Prize, Vakhtang Jordania International Conducting Competition

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, from 14 different countries, and John was the only UK competitor. Additionally, he gave the world premiere of Mario Abrill's 'Diagramma II' at the prize-winners' concert.

The competition involved 4 rounds of competing, conducting the following works in front of an international jury that included Jonathan Sternberg, Leslie Dunner, Marcello Abbaddo, Giogi Jordania, Jooyong Ahn, and Mark Malkovich:

Wagner - Siegfried Idyll
Schubert - Symphony No.5
Rossini - Barber of Seville Overture
Beethoven - Symphony No.4
Stravinsky - Concerto in D
Stravinsky - Firebird Suite (1919 version)
Strauss - Don Juan
Mario Abrill - Diagramma II (world premiere)

The Vakhtang Jordania International Conducting Competition is an annual event, and is unique in being open to competitors of any age and nationality (see www.jamesarts.com). The 2006 competition ran from August 27th - September 1st at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga.