Andrew Carter
b. 1930
Andrew Carter was born in 1939 into a Leicestershire family of tower and handbell ringers. Following a music degree at Leeds University, he joined York Minster choir as a bass songman, under the direction of the legendary Francis Jackson. For a decade he was also Director of Music at the nearby St. Marys Convent Grammer School where he achieved his first successes as a choir trainer.
In 1965 Andrew founded the Chapter House Choir at York Minster. During his seventeen-year conductorship, this mixed-voice concert group became nationally well-known for its various awards in the BBC Let the Peoples Sing competition. In 1984 Andrew and his family were invited to New Zealand, where he spent a year as Director of the Auckland Dorian Choir, University Chamber Choir and Youth Choir. On returning to York, his career as a freelance composer began to take shape.
Andrew Carters compositions have been published over a period of thirty years. His early carol and folk song arrangements were penned for his York choirs and published by Banks Music Publications. Much of Andrews music has been published by Oxford University Press, and recently by MorningStar Music Publishers.
Great is the Lord was published in 2002 by MorningStar and is a 5 movement choral work for choir, organ, and optional orchestra.
- Village VariationsSKU: 10-976
Organ
Carter, Andrew - Thou Art the VineSKU: 50-8504*
SATB, Descant, opt. Congregation, Keyboard, Handbells
Carter, Andrew - Great Is the LordSKU: 70-004A*
SATB, Soloists, Descants, opt. Unison Voices or Children's Choir, Congregation, Organ, Handbells, Harp, Chamber Ensemble or Full Orchestra
Carter, Andrew - Blest Are They Three Treble Anthems from MagnificatSKU: 50-9422*
Unison Voices, Keyboard (Organ or Piano), opt. Handbells or Full Orchestra
Carter, Andrew - MagnificatSKU: 70-007A*
SATB, Children's Choir, Organ, Chamber Orchestra and Handbells
Carter, Andrew - Concerto in C MajorSKU: 12-127A*
Solo Organ, Strings, Woodwinds, and Timpani
Carter, Andrew - Wandering KingsSKU: 50-2451
Unison Voices, Piano
Carter, Andrew - The Elephant is a Bonnie Bird from Three Nonsensical Songs (Choral Score)SKU: 50-9954
SA divisi and Piano
Carter, Andrew - They Went to Sea in a Sieve from Three Nonsensical Songs (Choral Score)SKU: 50-9955
SA divisi and Piano
Carter, Andrew - Beautiful Soup from Three Nonsensical Songs (Choral Score)SKU: 50-9953
SA divisi and Piano
Carter, Andrew - The Saints of GodSKU: 50-6802*
SATB divisi, Organ
Carter, Andrew - O Sing to the LordSKU: 50-5101
SATB divisi, Soprano Solo, Organ
Carter, Andrew