Musical Director
David Milne - Conductor
David Milne lives in Co Kilkenny and is Head of Music
at Kilkenny College. He has been the Musical Director of the Guinness Choir since February 1991 and is the former conductor
of the University of Dublin Choral Society and the Gaudete Singers.
A graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, where he was the first Organ Scholar and directed the Chapel Choir and the College Singers
as a student. David has enjoyed a long association with the choral repertoire particularly through his work with the Camerata
Singers and St. Bartholomew's Church Choir. He has also worked with the RTE Singers and Chorus, Musica Sacra, and was
founder-director of the West Dublin Youth Orchestra.
He has conducted notable performances of works by Machault (Messe De Notre Dame), Tallis (Spem in Alium), Bach (B minor Mass,
St Matthew Passion, St John Passion, Christmas Oratorio, motets and cantatas), Handel (Messiah, anthems), Hayden (Creation, masses),
Mozart (Requiem), Beethoven (Mass in C), Berlioz (Messe Solonnelle), Mendelssohn (St Paul, Elijah), Brahms (German Requiem), Verdi
(Requiem), Fauré (Requiem), Elgar (Dream of Gerontius), Howells (Requiem, Canticles), Britten (A Boy was Born, War Requiem,
Canticles, Noyes Fludde), Sweeney (Mass), Edmondson (A ein bhig, Cantus Colombae), Wilson (Christmas Cantata), Boydell (Under
no circumstances), Pärt (Passio).
David Milne is a regular broadcaster on radio and television, and is also in demand as an adjudicator at music festivals
throughout the country. He plays piano, harpsichord and organ, and appears regularly on the concert platform as soloist,
accompanist and continuo player.