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Ronald Corp
Ronald Geoffrey Corp, OBE, SSC (4 January 1951 – 7 May 2025) was a British composer, conductor and Anglican priest. He was founder and artistic director of the New London Orchestra (NLO) and the New London Children's Choir. Corp was musical director of the London Chorus, a position he took up in 1994, and was also musical director of the Highgate Choral Society.
Corp was born and grew up in Wells, Somerset, later studying music at Oxford University. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to music. Corp died in Bath on 7 May 2025, at the age of 74.
Corp attended the Southern Theological Education and Training Scheme to prepare for the priesthood. He was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1998 and a priest in 1999. From 1998 to 2002, he served as a non-stipendiary minister (NSM) of St Mary's Church, Kilburn, London. From 2002 to 2007, he served as a NSM at St Mary's Church, Hendon. From 2007, he served as a NSM at the Church of St Alban the Martyr, Holborn. All three parishes in which he served are in the Anglo-Catholic tradition. He belonged to the Society of the Holy Cross (SSC).
See also New London Orchestra
When Ronald Corp founded the New London Orchestra in 1988, his conducting career was launched: engagements have included concerts and recordings with many orchestras including the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra and Royal Scottish National Orchestra, as well as appearing at the BBC Proms.
Through his role as conductor and artistic director, Corp programmed and aimed to bring to life repertoire written in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries that was rarely heard in concert. His introductions from the stage were a key part of his mission to make music more accessible. Together with the New London Orchestra, his championing of neglected music resulted in some 20 recordings with Hyperion Records which feature composers such as Milhaud, Satie, Elinor Remick Warren, Virgil Thomson, John Foulds and the Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz; and a series of Light Music Classics, four of them of British, and one each of American Light Music Classics and European Light Music Classics.
The issue in late 2010 by Corp and the NLO of the first digital recording of Rutland Boughton's opera The Queen of Cornwall was designated 'Disc of The Month' in Opera magazine, March 2011 and 'Editor's Choice' in Gramophone, September 2011.
The New London Children's Choir was launched by Ronald Corp in 1991 with the aim of introducing children to the challenges and fun of singing and performing all types of music. The Choir was one of the busiest and most successful children's ensembles in the country. It commissioned dozens of new pieces and premiered numerous other works by composers including its patrons Louis Andriessen and Michael Nyman as well as many by Corp himself. The choir performed frequently at the Proms, made a number of film soundtrack and TV recordings, including the soundtrack to Star Wars Episode 1, 'The Phantom Menace' and 'Cinderella', and was engaged for concerts and recordings with major London orchestras and opera companies. Choir members appeared on stage at the Coliseum and the Royal Opera House, and toured with artists including Lou Reed and Nick Cave.
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Ronald Corp
Ronald Geoffrey Corp, OBE, SSC (4 January 1951 – 7 May 2025) was a British composer, conductor and Anglican priest. He was founder and artistic director of the New London Orchestra (NLO) and the New London Children's Choir. Corp was musical director of the London Chorus, a position he took up in 1994, and was also musical director of the Highgate Choral Society.
Corp was born and grew up in Wells, Somerset, later studying music at Oxford University. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to music. Corp died in Bath on 7 May 2025, at the age of 74.
Corp attended the Southern Theological Education and Training Scheme to prepare for the priesthood. He was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1998 and a priest in 1999. From 1998 to 2002, he served as a non-stipendiary minister (NSM) of St Mary's Church, Kilburn, London. From 2002 to 2007, he served as a NSM at St Mary's Church, Hendon. From 2007, he served as a NSM at the Church of St Alban the Martyr, Holborn. All three parishes in which he served are in the Anglo-Catholic tradition. He belonged to the Society of the Holy Cross (SSC).
See also New London Orchestra
When Ronald Corp founded the New London Orchestra in 1988, his conducting career was launched: engagements have included concerts and recordings with many orchestras including the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra and Royal Scottish National Orchestra, as well as appearing at the BBC Proms.
Through his role as conductor and artistic director, Corp programmed and aimed to bring to life repertoire written in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries that was rarely heard in concert. His introductions from the stage were a key part of his mission to make music more accessible. Together with the New London Orchestra, his championing of neglected music resulted in some 20 recordings with Hyperion Records which feature composers such as Milhaud, Satie, Elinor Remick Warren, Virgil Thomson, John Foulds and the Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz; and a series of Light Music Classics, four of them of British, and one each of American Light Music Classics and European Light Music Classics.
The issue in late 2010 by Corp and the NLO of the first digital recording of Rutland Boughton's opera The Queen of Cornwall was designated 'Disc of The Month' in Opera magazine, March 2011 and 'Editor's Choice' in Gramophone, September 2011.
The New London Children's Choir was launched by Ronald Corp in 1991 with the aim of introducing children to the challenges and fun of singing and performing all types of music. The Choir was one of the busiest and most successful children's ensembles in the country. It commissioned dozens of new pieces and premiered numerous other works by composers including its patrons Louis Andriessen and Michael Nyman as well as many by Corp himself. The choir performed frequently at the Proms, made a number of film soundtrack and TV recordings, including the soundtrack to Star Wars Episode 1, 'The Phantom Menace' and 'Cinderella', and was engaged for concerts and recordings with major London orchestras and opera companies. Choir members appeared on stage at the Coliseum and the Royal Opera House, and toured with artists including Lou Reed and Nick Cave.