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He is an English countertenor who began his musical
career as a boy soprano who was a treble soloist with the Choir of Christ
Church Cathedral at Oxford.
He has gone on to appear with several ensembles that
include Counterpoint, Mouth and Trousers, Oxford Camerata, The Sixteen,
Summertown Choral Ensemble, Vinum Bonum and Voces Sacrae.
Appearing on several recordings, he can be heard on O
For The Wings of a Dove and Hear, O Heav’ns with the Choir
of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Britten: Ceremony of Carols with
the Dublin Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Byrd: Masses for Four and
Five Voices and Tallis: Mass for Four Voices by Oxford Camerata,
Renaissance – Music for Inner Peace by The Sixteen, The
Good, The Bad and The Queen and Spring – A Collection of
Season Classics.
He is currently a Lay Clerk at St. Paul’s
Cathedral in London.
Sources:
- http://boysoprano.org/trebles/andrew-olleson/index.html
- http://www.cduniverse.com/classical.asp?performer=Andrew+Olleson
- http://www.discogs.com/artist/Andrew+Olleson
- http://www.ug-home.nottingham.ac.uk/~laywdw/Vinum_Bonum/musicians.htm
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good,_the_Bad_and_the_Queen_(album)
- http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=90530
- http://www.summertownchoral.org.uk/main/soloists.htm
- http://www.chameleon-arts.co.uk/Pages/Weddings/Classical/Choirs/MouthAndTrousers.html
- http://www.counterpoint.org.uk/singers.html
- http://www.classicsonline.com/catalogue/product.aspx?pid=2143
- http://www.naxosdirect.com/title/8.550574
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