Oh no...Edward Higginbottom retiring

[DracoM]

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There's been scarcely veiled disapproval of RQ* for taking a job and then applying for another one so soon afterwards - but if anyone's to blame, it's New College for making him an offer he couldn't refuse.

jean,

Perhaps New College or any other college/cathedral should pay compensation when they entice away another establishment's choir manager, in the same way as football clubs do, before the individual could be expected to leave?!!

VCC

Woa, hold on, VCC, a bit OTT, isn't it?
Freedom of movement? If the guy decides to go, even if he is 'invited to apply' elsewhere, presumably he'd speak to the Dean and Chapter etc etc........

[Vile Consort]

We aren't in a 1960s public school (at least most of us aren't) so why all these initials and acronyms?! His name is Robert Quinney.

I'm sure we are all very grateful for you pointing that out to us, Headmaster.

[Gabriel Jackson]

I'm sure we are all very grateful for you pointing that out to us, Headmaster.

Vile by (assumed) name, vile by....

[light_calibre_baritone]

[QUOTE=Magnificat;381872]

Perhaps New College or any other college/cathedral should pay compensation when they entice away another establishment's choir manager, in the same way as football clubs do, before the individual could be expected to leave?!!

VCC

Give over with that nonsense. No one will have broken any employment rules; he's just performed a decent 'upgrade' in a very short space of time. He'll do well at New College. Don't forget the job also requires the balance of DoM with teaching - bit more than your usual Director job; thank God you get Sundays off!

[jean]

Give over with that nonsense...

lcb, could I ask you to edit your post so it doesn't look as if I wrote that particular piece of 'nonsense'?

[DracoM]

I do hope we can keep as cool as possible.

[mopsus]

Mr Quinney is one of many former KCC organ scholars to have gone on to distinguish themselves. He's entitled to look out for the best job he can get, and while he could have worked out a few years ago that New College would come up soon, he couldn't be sure of being offered it. I wish him well. I realise some others have expressed similar views, and at times like this I wish we had 'like' buttons for agreeing with particular posts.

[DracoM]

Agreed in all respects.

[Vox Humana]

It seems to me this was first and foremost an academic appointment with the add on that they were looking for someone who could also probably do a reasonably good job with the choir.VCC

http://www.newcollegechoir.com/1/post/2014/03/passing-the-baton.html

[bach736]

I hope the New College organ is already tuned to A440 Hz.

[DracoM]

[Miles Coverdale]

What will be fascinating is whether / how he changes the idiosyncratic sound of the NCO trebles.

I suspect that will depend to a fairly large extent on whether he retains the services of Bronwyn Mills, their singing teacher.

[Magnificat]

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Give over with that nonsense. No one will have broken any employment rules; he's just performed a decent 'upgrade' in a very short space of time. He'll do well at New College. Don't forget the job also requires the balance of DoM with teaching - bit more than your usual Director job; thank God you get Sundays off!

lcb/Draco

Oh dear, I should have thought that it was obvious that my comment was made with my tongue very much in my cheek.

VCC

[Magnificat]

http://www.newcollegechoir.com/1/pos...the-baton.html

VH

With this ringing endorsement from Edward Higginbottom I am even more disappointed than I was at the time that we didn't hear the Peterborough boys in the recent broadcast from the cathedral.

VCC

[Magnificat]

I suspect that will depend to a fairly large extent on whether he retains the services of Bronwyn Mills, their singing teacher.

MC

Following someone as successful and charismatic as Edward Higginbottom it is vital that he should be his own man and do things his way. He won't make a success of the choir otherwise.

VCC.