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A Note from the Chairman – December 2022 We don’t normally associate Stanford with Christmas music. His students Ralph Vaughn Williams and Gustav Holst both wrote a large number of Christmas carols, but who has heard of any Christmas Carols written by Stanford ? I was reminded o

Stanford the Conductor The area of Stanford’s career that has probably received the least attention is his work as a conductor. This started during his time with the Cambridge University Musical Society and continued with the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, the Bach Choir in Lond

The Stanford Festival 2024 As 2024 is the centenary of Stanford’s death, we will be hosting the Stanford Festival in Dublin. The preliminary dates are 11 – 13 October 2024, so make sure you put it in your diary! We will begin to upload more information as we progress with

A Note from the Chairman – October 2022 There are several mysteries associated with Sir Charles Villiers Stanford.  I have spoken in this letter before about a number of works that he composed which were not published and where the original scores have disappeared. These include