Stephen bell conductor biography of abraham
Stephen Bell was born in Bury, Lancashire, and won a place to study conducting and French horn at the Royal College of Music.
The English conductor and French horn player, Stephen Bell, studied conducting at the Royal College of Music under the renowned conductor Norman.!
Belfast-born Stephen Bell has built a hugely diverse career in both commerce and music in and around Northamptonshire spanning over 35 years.
Stephen's association with Brass Bands stretches back to his time at Laganvale Brass Band, directed by Alan Murdock in Northern Ireland, firstly on Eb Bass and then (because he was too small!) on Timpani. Although it was Alan Murdock that introduced Stephen to conducting (at the age of 14) it was studying music at Southampton University and subsequently M.Mus (performance) at the University of Surrey that set Stephen on course to seriously develop as a conductor and musical director in a variety of genres, encouraged and championed by the composer Mike Sheppard and Professor Peter Evans.
Stephen has worked with choirs and other ensembles in and around Northampton since 1987.
Most notable was the performance with Northampton Chamber Choir in 2001, of Mozart Requiem in St Giles Church with the Guildhall Orchestra: an Orchestra which Stephen f