Rupert D’Cruze | Conductor

Rupert D’Cruze – Lilburn Drysdale Overture

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Rupert D’Cruze Photo One

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Rupert D’Cruze Photo Three

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Rupert D’Cruze Photo Two

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Rupert D’Cruze Photo Two

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Dalewool Appoints New MD

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Rupert D’Cruze began his musical career at the age of six as a chorister in the Temple Church Choir, London. He then progressed through organist and choirmaster to study trombone where he was Principal Trombone in both the London Schools’ Symphony Orchestra and the European Community Youth Orchestra. His professional work as a trombonist and teacher lead to conducting and further study. He was awarded the Philharmonia Conducting Prize at the Royal Academy of Music, London in 1987, was a finalist and prize-winner in the Tokyo International Conducting Competition 1991 and second prize winner in the Hungarian International Conducting Competition 1992.

In addition to his musical prowess Rupert is also a senior flight instructor and examiner. He moved to New Zealand in 2006 to continue the flying aspect of his career as well as to further pursue his musical career. Concerts with the Trust Waikato Symphony Orchestra in 2007 and 2008 led Rupert to be appointed musical director of TWSO from 2009. Rupert is a highly sought after conductor in New Zealand, having guest conducted Auckland groups; St Matthews Chamber Orchestra, Manukau City Symphony and Auckland Choral Society as well as Hamilton groups; Hamilton Civic Choir and Opus Orchestra. Additionally this year, Rupert has been employed by the University of Waikato Music Department as tutor to its brass students and brass chamber group.

Since the departure of the bands long serving MD, Nigel Weeks, in 2008, Dalewool Auckland Brass has been employing the services of various guest conductors to satisfy its concert and contest engagements, all the while continuing the quest to fill the position of permanent musical director. The band has been very lucky to have had a number of high calibre guest conductors willing to take the opportunity to conduct the band for specific projects. Notably when it has included the highly talented and charismatic Howard Taylor, musical director of the champion Australasian band, Brisbane Excelsior, and the New Zealand National Band, which journeyed to Kerkrade, Netherlands in 2009 to gain a creditable fourth place in the World Championships. Howard lead the Dalewool band to a very close second place at the 2009 New Zealand
Championships on a very tight rehearsal schedule. Dalewool’s clean sweep was trumped on the second day by an on-fire Woolston Brass performance of their Own Choice making the aggregate just one point in their favour.

Dalewool Auckland Brass wishes to publically thank Howard Taylor, a good friend of Dalewool Auckland Brass, as he has played a significant part in the development of the band through an unsettled past year.