{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Ivor Setterfield''' is a British conductor and countertenor. Setterfield is currently musical director of London's largest choir, Barts Choir, and founder and artistic director of the Trafalgar Sinfonia.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.bartschoir.com/aboutus.html|publisher=Barts Choir|accessdate=3 March 2012|archive-date=25 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425115657/http://www.bartschoir.com/aboutus.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Education ==
After beginning his musical studies with the violin, then as a boy treble at St Albans Cathedral, Setterfield studied at the University of York, graduating with a BA (Hons) in Music. He continued his studies at the Royal Academy of Music, first on the opera course and then the conducting course. He followed the conducting course with an Opera Conducting Scholarship at the London Royal Schools’ Joint Vocal Faculty. He completed his studies with a broadcast master class with the great Russian pedagogues Ilya Musin and Valery Gergiev, in Sienna.
== Recordings ==
Setterfield has recorded a number of albums including Vivaldi Gloria,<ref>{{cite web|title=Vivaldi Gloria|url=http://www.newlondonsingers.org.uk/cdvivaldigloria.html|publisher=New London Singers|access-date=28 October 2011|archive-date=22 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222045049/http://www.newlondonsingers.org.uk/cdvivaldigloria.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Requiem,<ref>{{cite web|title=Requiem|url=http://www.newlondonsingers.org.uk/cdfaurerequiem.html|publisher=New London Singers|access-date=28 October 2011|archive-date=22 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222045002/http://www.newlondonsingers.org.uk/cdfaurerequiem.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Martin & Pizzetti,<ref>{{cite web|title=Martin & Pizzetti|url=http://www.newlondonsingers.org.uk/cdmartinmass.html|publisher=New London Singers|access-date=28 October 2011|archive-date=22 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222045006/http://www.newlondonsingers.org.uk/cdmartinmass.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Sweet was the Song: a collection of English music for Christmas,<ref>{{cite web|title=Sweet was the Song|url=http://www.newlondonsingers.org.uk/cdsweet_wasthe_song.html|publisher=New London Singers|access-date=28 October 2011|archive-date=22 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222045016/http://www.newlondonsingers.org.uk/cdsweet_wasthe_song.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Rachmaninov's Vespers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rachmaninov Vespers|url=http://www.newlondonsingers.org.uk/cdrachvespers.html|publisher=New London Singers|access-date=28 October 2011|archive-date=22 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222045011/http://www.newlondonsingers.org.uk/cdrachvespers.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Television ==
Setterfield has appeared in a number of TV shows. His documentary The Singing Estate, shown on the UK's Channel 5, was nominated for the Rose d’Or award. On the BBC show Maestro, he mentored the DJ Goldie, who achieved second place, despite having come out on top in the judges ratings.<ref>{{cite web|title=Profile: Ivor Setterfield|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/musictv/maestro/whos-who/the-mentors/ivor-setterfield/|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2 March 2012}}</ref> The BBC brought the pair together again for Classic Goldie. Setterfield again mentored Goldie, this time in the composition of a piece for the Family Prom. Setterfield also appeared on a number of other TV shows, including Richard and Judy, The Wright show and The One Show as well as 10 Best Choral Masterpieces for BBC4.
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==External links== *[http://www.ivorsetterfield.com/ Official site]
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