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), Margreet Honig, and with Ghislaine Morgan in England.
He is conductor of The Renaissance Singers (London, UK), The Bartholomew Consort (Oxford, UK), The Reading Bach Choir (Reading, UK), and The Lelikoor (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), and vocal coach for COQU (Utrecht, The Netherlands).
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 Pratensis, Capella Coloniënsis in Cologne, and his own ensembles on several tours (i.e. France 2001).
He gives workshops and lectures at home and abroad on invitation i.e. Summer school of Lacock (England, Spain, Italy, Schotland and Cyprus); Tallis Scholars Summer School (TSSS) with Peter Phillips and The Tallis Scholars from 2000-2003; Music Camp at High Wycombe; Bulgaria European Music Festival 2003) on such subjects as Renaissance & Baroque Music, Madrigals, Flemish polyphony, Tudor Music, and Choral conducting.
In 2004 presided at the jury at the Dutch National Choral Contest.
He is the initiator, and principal tutor, of the highly successful annual DESCANT International Choral Conductors' Course (Amsterdam, since 2002)
He can be reached by e-mail: jjvanelburg@tiscali.nl Or telephone:
+3120 4220924/ +31641780061/ +44 7906 126490.
Links:
The Reading Bach Choir
