David Wordsworth

After postgraduate studies at the City University and the Guildhall Hall School of Music & Drama and a period of teaching, David held senior positions with two major music publishers, Schott and OUP. Here he developed close working relationships with some of the most important composers of our time, including Tippett, Ligeti, Dutilleux, Penderecki, Shchedrin, Eben and Henze. After moving to OUP in 2008, David worked with John Rutter, Bob Chilcott, Gerald Barry, Michael Berkeley, Cecilia McDowall, Howard Skempton and Gabriel Jackson, whose music he has continued to champion as a performer. David was appointed Music Director of the Addison Singers in 1996 and conducted almost all the choirs London concerts until he stepped down at the end of 2022. Under David’s direction the choir also sang