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Archives - Pictures
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A selection of photos of Conductors and Musical Directors
This page includes both our 'regular' conductors and those who conducted 'one-off' concerts.
Sir Henry Coward
Sir Henry Coward
Musical Director from 1919-1931
Vaughan Williams
Vaughan Williams
conducted DCU in his
A Sea Symphony,
on 7th April 1926
John James
John James
Musical Director from 1932-1933
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Arthur Burrows
Musical Director in 1934
Harold Gray
Harold Gray
Musical Director from 1935-1944
and 1948-1963
Sir Thomas Beecham
Sir Thomas Beecham
conducted the DCU at the Drill Hall sometime in the 1930s
Sir John Pritchard
Sir John Pritchard

Musical Director from 1945-1948
Ray Thorpe
1991: Raymond Thorpe's tribute to the choir on the 125th. anniversary.
Musical Director from 1963-1991
Sir Adrian Boult
Sir Adrian Boult
conducted DCU in a performance of Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius in Southwell Minster in 1966
David Fisher
David Fisher
Musical Director from 1992-2003
Karl Jenkins
Karl Jenkins
Conducted our joint concert in Spring 2005 in the De Montfort Hall, Leicester
Hilary Davan Wetton
Hilary Davan Wetton
Conducted our joint concert in Autumn 2007 in the De Montfort Hall, Leicester
Richard Dacey
Richard Dacey
Musical Director from 2003
 
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