Person Open DS/UK/3550 Wetton; Hilary Davan (1943-); British conductor Wetton Hilary Davan 1943- British conductor Male

Hilary Davan Wetton was educated at Westminster School and Oxford University. Davan Wetton is Musical Director of four major choirs (the City of London Choir, the Leicester Philharmonic Choir, the Hastings Philharmonic Choir and the Surrey Festival Choir). He is Conductor Emeritus of the Milton Keynes City Orchestra (of which he was founding conductor) and of the Guildford Choral Society which he conducted from 1968 - 2008. He has made a number of acclaimed recordings with the Guildford Choral Society, the Holst Singers, the London Philharmonic and the Milton Keynes Orchestras. Hilary Davan Wetton has had a long career as a conductor and teacher. He was director of music at St Paul's Girls School and Tonbridge School, and has conducted some of the leading British youth orchestras. He also has a continuing association with the National Children's Orchestra. He has made a number of award-winning recordings[citation needed] with the RPO and the Philharmonia: his most recent disc, Vaughan Williams' Hodie, is on Naxos. He appears frequently as a guest conductor with choirs and orchestras both in Britain and overseas, and performs regularly on Radio 3. He has been awarded honorary degrees by the Open University (MA) and de Montfort University (DMus). International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHhbryony 1/2/2013 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 40a944b6-2676-4cc6-8694-7ab95d241b6a