Composer Mark-Anthony Turnage (left) and choral conductor Simon Halsey are among those to receive a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) title in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2015.
The prolific Turnage, whose work combines both classical and jazz traditions, received his CBE for services to British music.
He has composed under residencies and associations with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, English National Opera, BBC Symphony Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and has collaborated widely across many musical genres.
Halsey has been chorus director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Choruses since 1983. In 2012 he was appointed choral director of the London Symphony Orchestra and London Symphony Chorus. He’s also artistic director of the Berliner Philharmoniker’s Youth Choral Programme, and director of the BBC Proms Youth Choir.
Elsewhere, Christopher Charles Maxim Hole, chairman and chief executive of Universal Music Group, and Jonathan Kent, opera and musical director, also received CBEs for their services to British music.
The prolific Turnage, whose work combines both classical and jazz traditions, received his CBE for services to British music.
He has composed under residencies and associations with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, English National Opera, BBC Symphony Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and has collaborated widely across many musical genres.
Halsey has been chorus director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Choruses since 1983. In 2012 he was appointed choral director of the London Symphony Orchestra and London Symphony Chorus. He’s also artistic director of the Berliner Philharmoniker’s Youth Choral Programme, and director of the BBC Proms Youth Choir.
Elsewhere, Christopher Charles Maxim Hole, chairman and chief executive of Universal Music Group, and Jonathan Kent, opera and musical director, also received CBEs for their services to British music.
