David Mahoney (conductor)

Mahoney with Kerry Ellis and Ben Forster

David Joseph Mahoney (born 5 October 1987) is a British conductor, producer and creative director.

Birth name David Joseph Mahoney
Born 5 October 1987 (age 30)
Occupation(s) Conductor, producer, performer, creative director
Years active 2009–present
Associated acts The Novello Orchestra
Website www.thenovelloorchestra.com

Performance groups

A graduate of Oxford University, Mahoney is the founder and musical director of The Novello Orchestra, who have performed with artists including Kerry Ellis, Ruthie Henshall, The von Trapps, Lee Mead, Matt Cardle, and American group Pink Martini.[1]

He is a member of Classical Brit Award winning group Only Men Aloud.

Productions

For television, Mahoney has worked as a producer for Jonathan and Charlotte (ITV1) and three episodes of Songs of Praise (BBC1), whilst development work includes projects involving Dame Shirley Bassey and Sir Tom Jones.

Mahoney founded the Cardiff Music Festival[2][3][4] in 2011 and is a visiting director at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.

He was the show producer of the 2015, 2016 and 2017 BAFTA Cymru Awards[5][6] (hosted by BBC Radio DJ Huw Stephens).[7] Other productions include the 'Life in Song' series at London's Royal Festival Hall (for Senbla / BBC) featuring Pete Waterman, Tony Hatch, Tim Rice and Burt Bacharach.

As a creative director and producer, his shows include Broadway to the Bay[8][9] as part of the Wales Millennium Centre's[10] 10th Anniversary celebrations,[11][12] The Golden Age of Dance (starring Joanne Clifton and Anton du Beke), the Opening Concert of the 2016 National Eisteddfod, and Music Supervisor for the Roald Dahl Centenary Celebrations 'City of the Unexpected'.

Mahoney is patron of Performing Arts Academy Wales,[13] the South Glamorgan Festival for Young Musicians, and is a regular columnist for Cardiff Life Magazine. He was a judge for the 2015 Cardiff Life Awards[14] and has appeared twice in Wales Online's Sexiest Men in Wales Top 50, appearing at number 12 in 2011.[15]

In 2017, he conducted the UK premiere of Disney's The Jungle Book in Concert at London's Royal Festival Hall, the UK and Ireland Tour of Oscar winning film score La La Land Live in Concert (UK premiere) and acted as Music Supervisor / Musical Director for the new production 'Tiger Bay the Musical', with performances in Artscape Theatre Cape Town and Wales Millennium Centre.

Productions in 2018 include the UK and Ireland Tour of Disney's Beauty and the Beast film with live orchestra (conductor), the UK and Ireland Arena Tour of Star Wars: A New Hope film with live orchestra (conductor) and the Raise Your Voice Gala at New York's Lincoln Center (creative director), starring Julie Andrews, Keith Urban, Roger Daltrey and Sam Smith.

References

  1. ↑ "Pink Martini with special guests The Novello Orchestra & The von Trapps, – Wales Online". walesonline.co.uk. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "David Mahoney outlines his plans for the first Cardiff Music Festival". walesonline. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Cardiff Music Festival 2011 – News and latest information on Theatre Dance and Performance in Wales – news, reviews, commentary, features and discussion". theatre-wales.co.uk. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "X Factor's Lucie Jones hunts for new talent at Cardiff Music Festival". walesonline. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Bafta Cymru 2015: James Dean Bradfield and Gruff Rhys among those attending". walesonline. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Cymru Award Nominees Party 2015". bafta.org. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "Awards". bafta.org. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Review: Broadway To The Bay, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff". walesonline. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "Broadway to the Bay | Cast and Creatives". whatsonstage. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru \ Wales Millennium Centre". wmc.org.uk. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "Q & A with David Mahoney | WMC10". wmc10.org.uk. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "The Wales Millennium Centre should be a venue where new masterpieces are born". walesonline. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "Patron – Performing Arts Academy Wales". Performing Arts Academy Wales. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  14. ↑ "Cardiff Life Awards 2016". cardifflifeawards.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  15. ↑ "The Sexiest Men in Wales 2011".
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