James Burton was appointed Conductor of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, and to the newly created position of BSO Choral Director, in February 2017.
Born in London, James Burton holds a master’s degree in orchestral conducting from the Peabody Conservatory. He began his training at the Choir of Westminster Abbey, where he became head chorister, and was a choral scholar at St. John’s College, Cambridge.
James will be at Tanglewood next week leading the Tanglewood Festival Chorus in a prelude concert at Ozawa Hall featuring works by Panufnik, Thompson, and Tippett and featuring mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges and tenor Stephone Costello.
Then, in The Shed on August 20, the Tanglewood Festival Chorus will be on a program with The Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra featuring Tippett’s Five Spirituals from “A Child of Our Time” and Beethoven’s 9th Symphony.
