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John Perkins (below receiving top national award from Princess Alexandra - more info..)
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John retired from the Royal Marines in November
2000 having served 35 years, the last 20 of which have
been as a conductor and Director of Music of three major bands.
He has combined this work with a parallel career as a violinist
and record producer and is currently the MD of Clovelly Recordings
Ltd (www.clovellyrecordings.com), Conductor of the Kent Concert Orchestra and Leader of The Becker
Ensemble (www.beckerensemble.com) .
He began studying the violin aged 14 years with
Harry Lipman (himself a pupil of Brodsky) and, at the age
of seventeen, he was appointed Leader of the Orchestra in
HM Yacht Britannia, a position he held for the next 8 years.
During this time he continued his violin studies with Molly
Mack at the Royal Academy of Music, and Mr KoeKoe in Arnhem,
Holland. In 1977, John gained the professional qualifications
of the Royal Academy of Music (LRAM), the Royal College of
Music (ARCM) and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (LGSM).
In 1980, he undertook the Advanced Conductors Course at the
Royal Academy of Music with Maurice Miles and Malcolm McDonald,
where his joint first study of composition resulted in composer
membership of the PRS/MCPS and numerous recordings of his
music.
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Throughout this second period at the RAM he studied
the violin with Jack McDougal. John is a former Leader of the Kent
Concert Orchestra and St Cecilia Strings and has been Leader of
the 'Becker Ensemble' since its formation in 1988. In 1997 John
was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM) and
in 1998 he completed his Master of Music Degree (MMus). He appeared
as a solo violinist at the Royal Albert Hall in 1999, 2000 and 2001
with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. His popular recording of
the 'Ashokan Farewell' (now released as a 'single' CD) was voted
the highest new entry in the ClassicFM Hall of Fame 2000, 13th in
the 2002 chart and 6th in the 2003 chart.
John has been producing recordings since the mid-eighties
working with military bands, brass bands, choirs, shanty groups,
Big Bands, pop groups and enthusiasts! He has produced many recordings
at Abbey Road studios and Sony Studios London as well as regular
location recordings in concert halls, churches and cathedrals around
the country
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