MARK LAWRENCE
COMPOSER MUSIC DIRECTOR RESEARCHER
Voce Chamber Choir
Upcoming performances
2024
Tell me, Smiling Child (Emily Bronte)
Voce Chamber Choir cond. Suzi Digby
Saturday 31 August, Bath Abbey 1pm;
St Mary's Church, Timsbury, Somerset, 7pm
Past Performances
2023
Good Day, Sir Christemas! Voce Chamber Choir, St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge
The Hall on the Hill
Community opera marking the bicentenary of St George's Bristol
Music by Mark Lawrence, words by Claire Williamson
Music Box Children's Opera Group, Gurt Lush choir,
with Samir Savant (tenor)
2022
' Brundibar' Children's opera (1938) by Hans Krasa
Music Box Children's Opera Group, conducted by Mark Lawrence
St George's Bristol
Awards
Mark was awarded the 2018 Lady Groves Prize for his 'outstanding contribution to music in the community'
Tony Kushner, playwright, The Illusion at Bristol Old Vic Studio
photography by Graham Burke and Paul Blakemore
Diverse sources .. dovetailed beautifully to create a structure that is clear but unforced
Edward Wickham, conductor and critic, Song for Celia, for choir and organ.
Home by Christmas showed that music can indeed speak for the whole community to say something significant about life, love, hope, separation, danger, death and even politics
Raymond Warren, Emeritus Professor of Music, University of Bristol
I don't think I've been quite so moved by an event in years. I absolutely loved Home by Christmas it was so powerful on so many levels . .
Catherine Freda, Head of Education, St George's Bristol