Eric Watson
Guest Conductor, "All That
Jazz"
23 Jun 2002, Singapore Conference Hall
Born
in the United Kingdom, Eric graduated from Trinity College of Music majoring in
Piano, Composition and Conducting for which he won the Ricordi prize. He entered
professional life as a repetiteur in ballet, opera and light music and then
became a musical director and conductor of some 25 hit musicals in the UK such
as the Rocky Horror Show, The Sound of Music, West Side Story and Jesus Christ
Superstar. He has written many scores for the stage and screen including
musicals, A River in Time and A Land of a Thousand Dreams produced in Singapore.
His many compositions also include works for piano, voice, various instrumental
ensembles and orchestras.
In 2001, Watson was invited to be the Music Director of the Singapore National
Day Parade 2001. His direction included writing, conducting and recording the
overture; orchestrating a new song, My Dream, based on a theme by the late
Singaporean composer, Tsau Chieh; and re-arranging and re-recording the national
song medley. Watson is also Head of the School of Music at LASALLE-SIA College
of the Arts where he set up and established the electronic music studio.
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