From 1994-2001 he was Director of Choral Activities at the University of Kansas, building the graduate conducting programs and taking the Chamber Choir to the ACDA National Convention in 2001, and on tour around the world. From 2001-2003 he held a similar position at the New England Conservatory where he brought the program national recognition and was selected by the students for the Krasner Teaching Excellence award.
Prior to coming to the USA, Professor Carrington was a creative force for 25 years with the King's Singers, which he co-founded while at Cambridge University. He gave 3,000 performances at many of the world's most prestigious festivals and concert halls, made more than 70 recordings, and appeared on countless television and radio programs including nine appearances with the late Johnny Carson! He now maintains an active schedule worldwide as a freelance conductor and choral clinician, leading workshops and masterclasses all over the world, including the Florilège Vocal de Tours, the Marktoberdorf Chamber Choir Competition, the World Symposium on Choral Music in Rotterdam, the International Choral Convention in Singapore, and the Franz Liszt Conservatory of Music in Budapest. Most recently he has conducted youth choirs in the Monteverdi Vespers in Barcelona; the Fauré Requiem in Orchestra Hall, Chicago, and Dornoch Cathedral in Scotland; and the Texas All State Choir; in 2005-06 he will conduct at the Monteverdi Choir Festival in Budapest, lead workshops at the Chamber Choir Festival in Sarteano (Italy), give the keynote address at the Association of Canadian Choral Conductors conference, and conduct at the 11th Tokyo Cantat in Japan.
For all the latest on Simon go to: www.simoncarrington.com
With the King's Singers:
- 10th Anniversary Concert, Vol. 1
- 10th Anniversary Concert, Vol. 2
- 20th Anniversary Celebration Sampler
- Aber Heidschi Bumbeidschi; Annchen von Tharau
- A capella
- A capella, too
- A la francaise
- A Little Christmas Music
- All At Once Well Met
- America
- An der schönen blauen Donau
- Annie Laurie
- Atlantic Bridge
- Beatles Collection
- Beatles Connection
- Believe In Music
- Best Collection
- Blackbird; Back In the USSR
- Both Sides of the King's Singers
- By Appointment
- By Request
- Capella
- Capella (2003)
- Capella, Vol. 1
- Capella, Vol. 2
- Captain Noah and His Floating Zoo; Holy Moses
- Chanson d'amour
- Christmas With the King's Singers
- Colouring Book
- Concert Collection
- Contemporary Collection
- Continental Collection
- Deck The Hall: Songs For Christmas
- De Janequin aux Beatles
- Deutsche und spanische Lieder der Renaissance
- Die King's Singers singen deutsche Volkslieder
- Die King's Singers singen deutsche Volkslieder, folge 2
- Die schönsten deutschen Volkslieder
- Don't Get Around Much Anymore; One Of Those Songs
- A French Collection
- Get Happy!
- Good Vibrations
- Grandes Exitos
- Greatest Hits
- Here's a Howdy Do!
- History of Scottish Music, Vol. 1
- How Excellent Is Thy Name: Sacred Music of Lassus
- In Perfect Harmony
- The Jimmy Brown Song; It's A Great Little World
- Keep On Changing
- Kids Stuff
- King's Singers (1972)
- King's Singers (1972 – tape)
- King's Singers (1976)
- King's Singers Collection (1972)
- The King's Singers' Favourites
- King's Singers: Original Debut Recording
- The King's Singers sing Flanders & Swann and Noel Coward
- The King's Singers Sing of Courtly Pleasures
- La Dolce Vita
- Let's Begin Again; Let's Go Over the Top
- Life On Mars; Down By the Stream
- Live at the Royal Festival Hall
- Lollipops
- Love Is the Answer
- Lullaby of Birdland
- Madrigal Collection
- Madrigal History Tour
- Madrigal History Tour, Vol. 1
- Madrigal History Tour, Vol. 2
- Magic Castle
- Mary had a baby; Patapan; Deck the Hall
- Merry Christmas
- Money Money Money
- Money Money Money – Summer Nights; What's In A Tune
- My Spirit Sang All Day
- New Day
- Out Of The Blue
- Peanut Vendor; Shenandoah
- A Portrait of the King's Singers
- Renaissance
- Renaissance Anglaise, Francaise, et Espagnole
- Rose Rose I Love You
- Sensual Voice
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