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Jeremy Jackman (born 22 April 1952) is a British choral director, composer and arranger, and a former counter-tenor of the King's Singers.
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Jeremy Jackman (born 22 April 1952) is a British choral director, composer and arranger, and a former counter-tenor of the King's Singers.
Jackman was a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral. He trained at the Royal College of Music and Hull University. [1]
In 1973 he began a short-lived teaching career at Morley Grammar School in Leeds.[ citation needed ]
He joined The King's Singers in 1980, [2] later returning to work as a choral conductor and director. He was chorus master to the Belfast Philharmonic Choir (1991–97), the London Philharmonic Choir (1992–94), and is currently the musical director of the English Baroque Choir [3] and the Cecilian Singers, [4] and the chorusmaster of OSJ Voices. [5] He also conducts on a freelance basis as well as providing masterclasses for choral groups.
His brother is Andrew Pryce Jackman (keyboardist and arranger with The Syn and Chris Squire).[ citation needed ]
While a member of the a cappella vocal group The King's Singers, Jeremy Jackman sang the counter-tenor part at the end of each episode of the second series of Blackadder. [6]
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