Ivor McGregor was born in Leamington Spa where he began composing and playing the violin at the age of 8. He studied at the Royal College of Music in London with Alan Ridout and later at Huddersfield University with Richard Steinitz and John Casken for a Masters Degree. He has had numerous performances of his music to date, by such artists as Peter Thomas (Violin), Virginia Shaw (Oboe), Lucy Wakeford (Harp), Ensemble Firebird, The Birmingham Ensemble, and Queens Park Sinfonia.
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Ivor McGregor was born in Leamington Spa where he began composing and playing the violin at the age of 8. He studied at the Royal College of Music in London with Alan Ridout and later at Huddersfield University with Richard Steinitz and John Casken for a Masters Degree. He has had numerous performances of his music to date, by such artists as Peter Thomas (Violin), Virginia Shaw (Oboe), Lucy Wakeford (Harp), Ensemble Firebird, The Birmingham Ensemble, and Queens Park Sinfonia. In 2002, his ‘Canticle of the Cross’ was performed twice at Coventry Cathedral as part of the Cathedral’s 40th anniversary. Currently living in Birmingham, where he composes and freelances as an orchestral violinist and proofreads for Faber Music, he continues his composition studies privately with John Joubert.
