# Roy Goodman
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{{Short description|English conductor and violinist}}
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'''Roy Goodman''' (born 26 January 1951) is an English [conductor](/source/Conducting) and [violin](/source/violin)ist, specialising in the performance and direction of [early music](/source/early_music). He became internationally famous as the 12-year-old boy [treble](/source/Treble_voice) soloist in the March 1963 recording of [Allegri](/source/Gregorio_Allegri)'s ''[Miserere](/source/Miserere_(Allegri))'' with the [Choir of King's College, Cambridge](/source/Choir_of_King's_College%2C_Cambridge), under [David Willcocks](/source/David_Willcocks).
==Life and career==
Goodman was born in [Guildford](/source/Guildford), studied at the [Royal College of Music](/source/Royal_College_of_Music), and became a Fellow of the [Royal College of Organists](/source/Royal_College_of_Organists) and Associate of the Royal College of Music. He has also served as Director of Music at the [University of Kent](/source/University_of_Kent) in [Canterbury](/source/Canterbury) and Director of [Early music](/source/Early_music) Studies at the [Royal Academy of Music](/source/Royal_Academy_of_Music).
As a violinist and [concertmaster](/source/concertmaster), he played from 1975 to 1985 under the baton of [Iván Fischer](/source/Iv%C3%A1n_Fischer), [John Eliot Gardiner](/source/John_Eliot_Gardiner), [Charles Mackerras](/source/Charles_Mackerras), [Roger Norrington](/source/Roger_Norrington), and [Simon Rattle](/source/Simon_Rattle) (at [Glyndebourne Opera](/source/Glyndebourne_Festival_Opera)). He was [viola d'amore](/source/viola_d'amore) soloist with the [Academy of St Martin in the Fields](/source/Academy_of_St_Martin_in_the_Fields) under [Neville Marriner](/source/Neville_Marriner) and the [Philharmonia Orchestra](/source/Philharmonia_Orchestra) under [Vladimir Ashkenazy](/source/Vladimir_Ashkenazy). He has also played as soloist on [baroque violin](/source/baroque_violin) with [Frans Brüggen](/source/Frans_Br%C3%BCggen), [Philippe Herreweghe](/source/Philippe_Herreweghe), [Christopher Hogwood](/source/Christopher_Hogwood), [René Jacobs](/source/Ren%C3%A9_Jacobs), [Trevor Pinnock](/source/Trevor_Pinnock) and [Ton Koopman](/source/Ton_Koopman).
In July 1999 Goodman conducted the premiere of Jonas Forssell's ''Trädgården'' (The Garden) at the [Drottningholm](/source/Drottningholm) theatre in Stockholm, the first new opera to be premiered there in modern times.[Allison, John. Sweden: Down 'The Garden' path - Drottningholm. ''[Opera](/source/Opera_(British_magazine))'', November 1999, Vol.50 No.11, p1345-46.]
As a conductor, Roy Goodman is known for his special expertise with [early music](/source/early_music), which he often directed from the violin, [harpsichord](/source/harpsichord) or [organ](/source/Organ_(music)). He was conductor of [Reading Youth Orchestra](/source/Reading_Youth_Orchestra) (1974–1976),[{{cite book |last=Briggs |first=Stephen |title=Friday Nights at Seven Thirty |publisher=The Friends of Reading Youth Orchestra |year=1994 |chapter=1975-79 A time of change |pages=32–34 }}] founder and director of the Brandenburg Consort (1975–2001), co-director of the [Parley of Instruments](/source/Parley_of_Instruments) (1979–1986), Principal Conductor of the [Hanover Band](/source/Hanover_Band) (1986–1994) and Music Director of the [European Union Baroque Orchestra](/source/European_Union_Baroque_Orchestra) (1989–2004). He is Principal Guest Conductor of the [English Chamber Orchestra](/source/English_Chamber_Orchestra) and Director Emeritus of the European Union Baroque Orchestra. He has served as Guest Conductor with over 100 other orchestras, ensembles, and opera companies. In 2006 he made his debut with the [Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra](/source/Royal_Concertgebouw_Orchestra) in [Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam) and returned to [San Francisco Opera](/source/San_Francisco_Opera) to conduct a new production of [Mozart](/source/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart)’s ''[The Marriage of Figaro](/source/The_Marriage_of_Figaro)''.
As a conductor Goodman has made over 120 recordings ranging from [Monteverdi](/source/Claudio_Monteverdi) to [Copland](/source/Aaron_Copland).[[http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Namedrill?&name_id=15350&name_role=3 Roy Goodman | ArkivMusic]] Goodman has also directed more than forty world premières of contemporary music.
In 2003, Goodman pleaded guilty to operating his 24 foot trailer-sailer yacht Royana while under the [influence of alcohol](/source/Driving_under_the_influence).[{{cite news |last=Reynolds |first=Nigel |date=2004-02-07 |title=What shall we do with the drunken conductor? |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1453671/What-shall-we-do-with-the-drunken-conductor.html |newspaper=The Telegraph |access-date=2015-09-25 }}] Goodman ran this small yacht aground on [Calshot Spit](/source/Calshot_Spit), near Southampton.