David Mahoney | |
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 Mahoney with Kerry Ellis and Ben Forster | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | David Joseph Mahoney |
| Born | October 5, 1987 |
| Occupation(s) | Conductor, producer, creative director |
| Years active | 2009–present |
David Joseph Mahoney (born 5 October 1987) is a British conductor, producer and creative director.
Mahoney is a graduate of St Peter's College, Oxford and was a Choral Scholar at the university. He attended Marlborough College as a Music Scholar, where he was a contemporary of Jack Whitehall and Princess Eugenie.
He is the founder and musical director of The Novello Orchestra, who have performed with artists including Kerry Ellis, Ruthie Henshall, The von Trapps, Lee Mead, Matt Cardle, and American group Pink Martini. [1]
He was a member of Classical Brit Award winning group Only Men Aloud.
Mahoney is the Principal Conductor of The Novello Orchestra and has appeared as a Guest Conductor with orchestras including the Cape Town Philharmonic, RTE National Symphony Orchestra, Taiwan's Evergreen Symphony Orchestra, Flanders Philharmonic Orchestra, Manchester Concert Orchestra, Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra National de Lille and London Concert Orchestra.
Mahoney is one of the world's leading conductors of Film with Live Orchestra and the leading Disney conductor for the UK, having appeared at major concert halls internationally with performances and tours including Beauty and the Beast,StarWars,Pixar inConcert, La La Land, Grease, Toy Story, The Muppet Christmas Carol (World Premiere), Joker (also acting as Music Supervisor), The Holiday (World Premiere and also acting as Music Supervisor), Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse (also acting as Music Supervisor), Black Panther (Asia Premiere), Encanto, The Jungle Book (UK Premiere), Avatar: The Last Airbender (World Premiere) and Disney's The Sound of Magic.
He regularly appears at UK Festivals as conductor of the popular Ministry of Sound Classical.
As a creative director and producer, his shows include Broadway to the Bay [2] [3] as part of the Wales Millennium Centre's [4] 10th Anniversary celebrations, [5] [6] The Golden Age of Dance (starring Joanne Clifton and Anton du Beke), the Opening Concert of the 2016 National Eisteddfod, and Music Supervisor for the Roald Dahl Centenary Celebrations 'City of the Unexpected'.
Mahoney is patron of Performing Arts Academy Wales, [7] the South Glamorgan Festival for Young Musicians, and is a regular columnist for Cardiff Life Magazine[ citation needed ]. He was a judge for the 2015 Cardiff Life Awards [8] and has appeared twice in Wales Online's Sexiest Men in Wales Top 50, appearing at number 12 in 2011. [9]
He was Musical Director and Music Supervisor for Tiger Bay the Musical, with performances in Artscape Theatre Cape Town and Wales Millennium Centre.
For television, Mahoney has worked as a producer for Jonathan and Charlotte (ITV1) and three episodes of Songs of Praise (BBC1), whilst development work includes projects involving Dame Shirley Bassey and Sir Tom Jones.[ citation needed ] In 2023, he served as Music Producer for the BBC network drama Lost Boys and Fairies.
Mahoney founded the Cardiff Music Festival [10] [11] [12] in 2011 and is a visiting director at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.
He was the show producer of the 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 BAFTA Cymru Awards [13] [14] (hosted by BBC Radio DJ Huw Stephens). [15] Other productions include the 'Life in Song' series at London's Royal Festival Hall (for Senbla / BBC) featuring Pete Waterman, Tony Hatch, Tim Rice and Burt Bacharach.[ citation needed ]
Further productions include the UEFA Champion’s League Final (creative consultant) and the Raise Your Voice Gala at New York's Lincoln Center (creative director), starring Julie Andrews, Keith Urban, Roger Daltrey and Sam Smith.
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