Knowledge

Peter Mooney (conductor)

Source 📝

63: 165: 22: 334:, in addition to the Festival's highest award, the Ailie Cullen Memorial Trophy, being won by Ian McGregor, a former pupil of Hamilton Academy. Under Peter Mooney's baton, Hamilton Academy's (mixed) Choir issued recordings and appeared on British radio and television programmes and performed internationally. In 1968 Peter Mooney and the Academy's choir undertook a tour of North America that included performances at the 311:. Mooney was to serve as the conductor of the Glasgow Phoenix Choir until his death 28 years later. Under Peter Mooney's leadership the Glasgow Phoenix Choir "toured the United States and Europe, winning friends and prestigious awards on its travels", and since 1960 has engaged in many tours in Europe and North America and appeared at prestigious venues and events, including the 430: 350:, New York. Dubbed "the ambassadors of song" the choir and Mr. Mooney appeared on American television and were granted honorary citizenship by Washington State. 500: 326:, Mooney conducted the school's choirs. In December 1961 Hamilton Academy's mixed choir joined the Glasgow Phoenix Choir for a choral concert at 189:
of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be
510: 419:
The Gramophone magazine, archive - February 1963 issue. Review of 'Song of Praise' album recorded by the Hamilton Academy Youth Choir
354: 241: 127: 80: 35: 505: 495: 213: 99: 353:
Following his death at Hamilton in 1983, the Glasgow Phoenix Choir established in his memory the Peter Mooney Scholarship in the
220: 106: 490: 299:
Born in 1915, Peter Mooney was to follow a career as a teacher of music and was to become the last principal of Music at
227: 113: 445: 296:(18 September 1915 – 19 September 1983) was a Scottish educator and conductor of the renowned Glasgow Phoenix Choir. 278: 260: 146: 49: 347: 209: 95: 373: 303:. In 1955 Mooney was appointed conductor of the Glasgow Phoenix Choir founded in 1951 by members of the former 84: 330:(joining them again in a concert in 1967). In 1962 the school's mixed choir achieved the highest mark in the 186: 41: 175: 182: 343: 198: 234: 120: 418: 73: 331: 304: 485: 480: 8: 327: 194: 316: 190: 323: 308: 300: 449: 474: 443:
Glasgow Phoenix Choir – Peter Mooney Scholarship – support for young singers
385: 442: 335: 339: 312: 62: 374:
The Herald, Scotland, article 8 July 1989, ‘’Venturesome Phoenix’’
181:
Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing
465: 87:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. 472: 386:Phoenix Choir, ‘’The Orpheus Years 1901-1951 50:Learn how and when to remove these messages 355:Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama 279:Learn how and when to remove this message 261:Learn how and when to remove this message 147:Learn how and when to remove this message 431:Hamilton Advertiser article 26 June 2008 501:20th-century British conductors (music) 473: 511:20th-century Scottish male musicians 158: 85:adding citations to reliable sources 56: 15: 13: 409:The Hamilton Academy magazine 1962 14: 522: 459: 31:This article has multiple issues. 348:Cathedral of St. John the Divine 163: 61: 20: 506:20th-century Scottish musicians 496:British male conductors (music) 72:needs additional citations for 39:or discuss these issues on the 436: 424: 412: 403: 391: 379: 367: 176:notability guideline for music 1: 360: 210:"Peter Mooney" conductor 96:"Peter Mooney" conductor 7: 491:Scottish conductors (music) 10: 527: 338:, Washington, U.S.A., the 183:reliable secondary sources 172:The topic of this article 344:Brooklyn Academy of Music 322:As Principal of Music at 307:, established in 1901 by 174:may not meet Knowledge's 376:Retrieved 27 August 2011 448:15 January 2011 at the 332:Glasgow Music Festival 467:Glasgow Phoenix Choir 305:Glasgow Orpheus Choir 452:Retrieved 2011-08-27 433:Retrieved 2011-08-27 421:Retrieved 2011-08-27 388:Retrieved 2011-08-27 81:improve this article 400:, 21 September 1983 340:Seattle Opera House 328:Hamilton Town Hall 178: 317:Royal Albert Hall 309:Sir Hugh Roberton 289: 288: 281: 271: 270: 263: 245: 173: 157: 156: 149: 131: 54: 518: 453: 440: 434: 428: 422: 416: 410: 407: 401: 395: 389: 383: 377: 371: 324:Hamilton Academy 301:Hamilton Academy 284: 277: 266: 259: 255: 252: 246: 244: 203: 167: 166: 159: 152: 145: 141: 138: 132: 130: 89: 65: 57: 46: 24: 23: 16: 526: 525: 521: 520: 519: 517: 516: 515: 471: 470: 462: 457: 456: 450:Wayback Machine 441: 437: 429: 425: 417: 413: 408: 404: 396: 392: 384: 380: 372: 368: 363: 285: 274: 273: 272: 267: 256: 250: 247: 204: 202: 180: 168: 164: 153: 142: 136: 133: 90: 88: 78: 66: 25: 21: 12: 11: 5: 524: 514: 513: 508: 503: 498: 493: 488: 483: 469: 468: 461: 460:External links 458: 455: 454: 435: 423: 411: 402: 398:Glasgow Herald 390: 378: 365: 364: 362: 359: 287: 286: 269: 268: 251:September 2011 171: 169: 162: 155: 154: 137:September 2011 69: 67: 60: 55: 29: 28: 26: 19: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 523: 512: 509: 507: 504: 502: 499: 497: 494: 492: 489: 487: 484: 482: 479: 478: 476: 466: 464: 463: 451: 447: 444: 439: 432: 427: 420: 415: 406: 399: 394: 387: 382: 375: 370: 366: 358: 356: 351: 349: 345: 341: 337: 333: 329: 325: 320: 318: 314: 310: 306: 302: 297: 295: 291: 283: 280: 265: 262: 254: 243: 240: 236: 233: 229: 226: 222: 219: 215: 212: –  211: 207: 206:Find sources: 200: 196: 192: 188: 184: 177: 170: 161: 160: 151: 148: 140: 129: 126: 122: 119: 115: 112: 108: 105: 101: 98: –  97: 93: 92:Find sources: 86: 82: 76: 75: 70:This article 68: 64: 59: 58: 53: 51: 44: 43: 38: 37: 32: 27: 18: 17: 438: 426: 414: 405: 397: 393: 381: 369: 352: 321: 298: 294:Peter Mooney 293: 292: 290: 275: 257: 248: 238: 231: 224: 217: 205: 143: 134: 124: 117: 110: 103: 91: 79:Please help 74:verification 71: 47: 40: 34: 33:Please help 30: 486:1983 deaths 481:1915 births 336:White House 187:independent 475:Categories 361:References 319:, London. 221:newspapers 195:redirected 107:newspapers 36:improve it 313:BBC Proms 185:that are 42:talk page 446:Archived 346:and the 315:at the 235:scholar 199:deleted 121:scholar 237:  230:  223:  216:  208:  191:merged 123:  116:  109:  102:  94:  242:JSTOR 228:books 197:, or 128:JSTOR 114:books 214:news 100:news 83:by 477:: 357:. 342:, 193:, 45:. 282:) 276:( 264:) 258:( 253:) 249:( 239:· 232:· 225:· 218:· 201:. 179:. 150:) 144:( 139:) 135:( 125:· 118:· 111:· 104:· 77:. 52:) 48:(

Index

improve it
talk page
Learn how and when to remove these messages

verification
improve this article
adding citations to reliable sources
"Peter Mooney" conductor
news
newspapers
books
scholar
JSTOR
Learn how and when to remove this message
notability guideline for music
reliable secondary sources
independent
merged
redirected
deleted
"Peter Mooney" conductor
news
newspapers
books
scholar
JSTOR
Learn how and when to remove this message
Learn how and when to remove this message
Hamilton Academy
Glasgow Orpheus Choir

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.