Andrew
Macmillan
repetiteur
Andrew Macmillan
was born in Adelaide and grew up in New Zealand. His musical life began
as a chorister at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Auckland, where he first conducted
aged 14. He was appointed Organ Scholar and then Assistant Director of
Music at Wellington Cathedral, during which time he studied organ and
harpsichord at Victoria University and appeared regularly as a continuo
player with groups such as the NZ Symphony Orchestra and in the NZ International
Arts Festival.
Andrew
was awarded the Dame Gillian Weir Fellowship (Link Foundation) to continue
his studies in Cambridge, where he was organ scholar of St Catharine’s
College. Under his direction, the chapel choir toured Finland, Slovenia,
Estonia and Russia and released a recording of Rachmaninoff’s Vespers.
As
a repetiteur, Andrew trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama,
taking piano studies with Gordon Back. He was assistant conductor there
for recent productions of Le Nozze di Figaro and The Rape
of Lucretia and also appeared in this role on the historic first
production of Lucretia in 2003 at the Barn Theatre, Dartington,
the venue for which Britten originally conceived the work. Andrew has
conducted productions of Rinaldo and Dido and Aeneas
with his own company and studied conducting with David Parry, Peter Stark
(at Trinity College, London) and in masterclasses with Sir Charles Mackerras.
Andrew
is the grateful recipient of an MBF Award for Repetiteurs, and his studies
at the NOS are supported by a Jean Dunlop Bursary, a Nelly Goner Award
and the Friends of Covent Garden. |
