Richard Cock
Richard Cock (born 27 July 1949) is a South African musician and conductor currently based in Johannesburg.
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Cock was born in Port Elizabeth in 1949 and was educated at Woodridge College in the Eastern Cape, and Diocesan College and the South African College of Music in Cape Town. He was awarded a scholarship to the Royal School of Church Music in 1972.[1]
Career
[edit | edit source]United Kingdom
[edit | edit source]He was an alto lay vicar at Chichester Cathedral before becoming Assistant Organist in 1978.[2] As was customary for the cathedral's assistant organist, he was also Director of Music at Prebendal School, the cathedral choir school. He also established the Chichester Cathedral Choristers' Association (CCCA).[3]
South Africa
[edit | edit source]Cock returned to South Africa in 1980. Since then he has been a producer working for the South African Broadcasting Corporation, Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra of South Africa (1991-1999), Director of Music of St Mary's Cathedral, Johannesburg and the current Artistic Director of the Johannesburg Festival Orchestra[4][5] He is also acclaimed as South Africa's 'first professional countertenor'.[6]
See also
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External links
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- South African organists
- Male classical organists
- Musicians from Gqeberha
- South African College of Music alumni
- Assistant Organists of Chichester Cathedral
- Living people
- South African radio producers
- 1949 births
- 21st-century organists
- 21st-century South African male musicians
- White South African people
- Alumni of Diocesan College, Cape Town