DoM @stwilfsmusic, MD @HfxChoralSoc, ADoM @HGateChoralSoc, Organist @DoLMusic. Conductor, Composer, Organist and Teacher, studied @CamUniMusic
Joined September 2011
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May 19
It costs more to build a train from London to Birmingham (£102.7 bn) than for NASA to return to the moon (£100 bn)
England is so broken.
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HS2 could cost up to £102.7bn and first services could take until 2039 to start, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander says bbc.in/4wtPPXU
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May 16
A great joy to play for Cantores Olicanae’s singing day with @bobchilcott today, back at @Ilkleygrammar 🎶
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A wonderful performance of Dvorak’s Stabat Mater by @HfxChoralSoc @HalifaxMinster conducted by @AnthonyGray96 An amazing start to Holy Week.
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Anthony Gray retweeted
Feb 4
Sad news about John Virgo this morning. I remember being hammered in the Piano Bar in La Manga, stood next to him and suggesting he request Snooker Loopy. As I recall, he told me to "Fuck Off"
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13 Dec 2025
Some post and pre show shots after last night’s Messiah, with Brittany King, Matthew Farrell, Matt Spillett, Andri Björn Róbertsson as well as @HfxChoralSoc’s wonderful chair Clive Lloyd and Patron @spiceyw 🎶
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Anthony Gray retweeted
13 Dec 2025
Wonderful to attend @HalifaxMinster to see @HfxChoralSoc perform Messiah. It was a superb performance and thanks go to artistic director @AnthonyGray96, @MattFarMus and the talented soloists. Great to see our patron @spiceyw
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Anthony Gray retweeted
30 Nov 2025
Wonderful concert of carols and brass by @HfxChoralSoc with conductor @AnthonyGray96 with @blackdykeband and @BradshawSchool it was a fantastic and festive evening, which was so well attended by an enthusiastic and appreciative audience.
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Anthony Gray retweeted
30 Nov 2025
🎺 TONIGHT 🎺
Capture the spirit of #Christmas this evening with the @HfxChoralSoc heartwarming concert, #Carols & #Brass ft. #Queensbury's @blackdykeband! 🎄
🎭 Doors open: 5:45pm | Show starts: 6:30pm
🎟️ Book at tinyurl.com/HalifaxChoral
#FestiveSeason
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Anthony Gray retweeted
26 Nov 2025
Our music list for December is now available via the link here. We're looking forward to an exciting variety of music!
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Anthony Gray retweeted
8 Nov 2025
Wonderful performance of Verdi’s requiem performed by @HfxChoralSoc Thank you to @AnthonyGray96 and to @SofiaLivotov @FionnOhAlmhain and to soloists and the choir for a fantastic evening which ended with a well deserved standing ovation.
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12 Sep 2025
Looking forward to tomorrow afternoon with Alan Horsey, Olivia Hunt, Lydia Palmer, @NikiZohdi and Charlie Murray. Music by @TaylorScDavis, @JohnRutterNews, Franck, Elgar, Haydn and more with Leeds Methodist Choir 🎶
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24 Jul 2025
Composers, get writing!
Delighted to have the potential for some wonderful new music alongside the assistance of Darius, @matt_coleridge and @NikiZohdi
24 Jul 2025
📣 ANNOUNCEMENT 📣
We’re delighted to announce the inaugural Paul Cairns Memorial Composition Competition! Alongside our friend at @SheffieldPhil, this competition is open to all, and is a chance to write for the world-class Black Dyke Band, working with Darius Battiwalla.
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2 Jul 2025
It’s an afternoon of dining table bongos here, as I’m prepping for a really exciting gig on Saturday with @HfxChoralSoc, Bradshaw Primary School, @HalifaxMinster Choir and the percussionists from @blackdykeband 🪘 (1/2)
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2 Jul 2025
With piano from the wonderful Philip Voldman and Tom Moore, and solos from @janeburnellsop, @NikiZohdi, Charlie Murray and @MilaTsoneva, it’s going to be a fun-filled evening! 🎶 (2/2)
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30 Jun 2025
A wonderful lunchtime concert today with @NikiZohdi, Charlie Murray and @MilaTsoneva - our choral scholars at @HfxChoralSoc. Music by Korngold, Handel and Purcell, great new pieces by Debra, and my ‘This Glimpse of Glory’, dedicated to the three of them.
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30 Jun 2025
Hear them again on Saturday as a drunken priest, roasting swan and innocent bystander (Carmina Burana and Circlesong). I’ll let you decide which is which…
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