Choir director adamant on giving working class people a chance has died

'He was a boy from a working-class background and he was very keen on giving working-class young people a chance'

David Williams worked with choirs at Holy Trinity Church in Southport as well as at Southport Bach Choir, both while teaching at Merchant Taylors' School in Crosby.

"He wasn't outgoing, he was quite quiet but nevertheless a brilliant musician and teacher. He ended up living in Southport after leaving Oxford. He taught at KGV before moving on to Merchant Taylors'." "He benefited himself through similar help and he really wanted to make a difference to those who were interested in music. I can think of several people who have gone on to have a career in music thanks to David."

"David liked to challenge himself as well as the choir, and Southport audiences were treated to rarely performed works like Vaughan Williams’ A Vision of Aeroplanes and Dyson’s Canterbury Pilgrims, as well as Monteverdi Vesper, - this with an orchestra of original instruments -Brahms, Mozart, Vivaldi, Rutter, Handel....

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