Biographies
Director : JanJoost van Elburg
JanJoost van Elburg (1962) finished his studies in
choral conducting in 1991. He studied with Barend Schuurman - one
of the leading conducting teachers in Holland - at the Conservatory of
Rotterdam. Besides that he studied singing with Jelle Drayer (of
the Dutch Chamber Choir), Margaret Honig and Luciënne
Bouwman, and with Ghislaine Morgan in England.
He is conductor of the professional ensemble Descant for early music, the Bartholomew Consort in Oxford, The Reading Bach Choir (www.readingbachchoir.org.uk) , The Lelikoor (www.lelikoor.nl) in Amsterdam and The Renaissance Singers (www.renaissancesingers.com) in London.. He is a teacher of ensemble technique and training, singing, theory and choral conducting, and teaches on a regular basis at the Dutch School of Arts (Hogeschool der Kunsten).
As a singer he has performed with a wide variety of ensembles, including The Tallis Scholars, The Dutch Broadcast Choir, Capella Carolina, Capella Coloniënsis in Cologne, and his own ensemble Descant on several tours.
He gives workshops and lectures at home and abroad on invitation (i.e. Summer school of Lacock in England, Spain, Italy and Cyprus); OISS Oakham International Summer School with Peter Phillips and The Tallis Scholars since 2000; Music Camp at High Wycombe; on such subjects as Renaissance & Baroque Music, Madrigals, Flemish polyphony, Tudor Music, and Choral conducting.
He is the initiator of the highly successful annual DESCANT International Choral Conductors' Course (Amsterdam, since 2002).
The Bartholomew Consort
Members of the Bartholomew Consort come from
all over the British Isles, brought together by a mutual love of
singing; some members have been singing together for more
than 15 years.
Whilst Renaissance music forms the core of their repertoire, they also greatly enjoy singing music from other periods.
Members of the consort represent a wide range of professions, from interior design, medicine, IT consultancy, organ building and fund management, to teaching, psychotherapy and professional musicianship. They are all inspired by the conducting of JanJoost van Elburg.