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DANIEL HYDE, MA (Cantab), FRCO
Daniel Hyde is Informator Choristarum, Organist and Tutorial Fellow
in Music at Magdalen College, Oxford; he is also a University lecturer
in the Faculty of Music. At Magdalen, he is responsible for training
the renowned Choir of men and boys which sings seven services a week
during term time and pursues a busy schedule of tours, concerts and
recordings.
Before moving to Oxford, Daniel enjoyed five enormously rewarding years as Director of Chapel Music at Jesus College, Cambridge. As a student, he graduated from King's College, Cambridge, with First Class honours in Music, having held the Organ Scholarship for three years. As an organist he won second prize and the audience prize in the RCO Performer of the Year 2002, playing the Guilmant Symphony for Organ and Orchestra with the BBC Philharmonic. Recent and forthcoming recitals have included Gloucester, Durham and Derby Cathedrals, Birmingham and Huddersfield Town Halls and Westminster Abbey. His recording of the Hindemith Concerto with the Britten Sinfonia has received widespread critical acclaim. As an accompanist he has appeared regularly with the BBC Singers on Radio 3 and at the Proms. As a conductor he has worked with the Britten Sinfonia and the City of London Sinfonia; last September he took up the position of Assistant Conductor and Accompanist to the Bach Choir.