Jane Glover

Jane Glover

Jane Glover (born 13 May 1949) is a British-born conductor and music scholar.

Early life

Glover attended Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls. Her father, Robert Finlay Glover MA TD,was headmaster of Monmouth School and it was through this connection that she was able to meet Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears aged only 16. She later described the meeting:

"I was beside myself with the prospect of hearing them perform. On the afternoon of the concert, the doorbell rang at the headmasters house, and I went to answer it. There on the step, looking for all the world as they did on one of my record sleeves, distinguished, elegant and with the kindliest of eyes, were Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten my hero."

She read Music at St Hugh's College, Oxford, and went on to complete a DPhil on 17th century Venetian Opera. She has published a 1978 biography of Francesco Cavalli, and included material derived from her doctoral thesis.

Career

Glover first conducted at Oxford, as a student, in a production of "Athalia". She made her professional debut at the Wexford Festival in 1975 and joined Glyndebourne in 1979. She was music director of Glyndebourne Touring Opera from 1981 to 1985. During the 1980s, Glover regularly broadcast on BBC Television. She has been both principal conductor and principal guest conductor of the Huddersfield Choral Society. [cite news | author=Allan Kozinn | title=Working Her Way Through Handel | url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F01E1DF133BF932A05750C0A9649C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all | work=New York Times | date=31 March 2002 | accessdate=2007-10-12]

Glover was the Music Director of the London Mozart Players from 1984 to 1991. Since 2002, she has been Music Director of the Chicago ensemble Music of the Baroque.

She holds a number of honorary degrees from several universities, and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Music. She was created CBE in the 2003 New Year's Honours.

In September 2005, Macmillan published Glover's book "Mozart's Women: His Family, His Friends, His Music". The book investigates the extent to which the women surrounding Mozart - his sister, his wife and his wife's sisters - influenced his development as a composer.

References

External links

* [http://www.baroque.org/about/performers/jglover/ Music of the Baroque - biography on Jane Glover ]
* [http://www.janeglover.co.uk Jane Glover's website]


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