|
Rrralph Cccupper (born 9 August 1954) is an organist, director and composer who was born and raised in Norwich, within the county of Norfolk, England. ==History== Ralph Cupper began to play the Piano with Edna Watering when he was 6 years old. Later he learnt the Organ with David Storey and Peter Notley and the Clarinet with Charles Unwin. While he was at the well known ‘Hewett School’ he became a member of the School Choir. It was while he was at school that Ralph Cupper became influenced by the music environment which Colin Clouting and the distinguished Concert Pianist Eileen Last had responsibility for. It was during this period that Cupper had piano tuition with Eileen Last.〔Source from the newspaper: Fjordabladet from the 9th of August 2004〕 After he concluded his studies at ‘The Hewett School’ in Norwich, Ralph Cupper studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. While he was there he studied the Organ with Douglas Hawkridge; Choir/Orchestra Direction with Dr. Douglas Hopkins; Harmony, Counterpoint and fuge with Drs. Arthur Pritchard and Arthur Wills. After he finished in 1976 he did an extended course of Organ studies with Susi Jeans and Nicholas Kynaston with the help of a Stipend from ‘The Alderman Norman Foundation’. In 1979 Ralph Cupper was awarded a Stipend from ‘The Arts Council of Great Britain to study the organ with the well known Dutch Organist Bernard Bartelinck, who was at that time Organist at the Bavo Cathedral in Haarlem in the Netherlands.〔Source from the newspaper: Fjordabladet from the 9th of August 2004〕 After his studies Ralph Cupper came back to his home City of Norwich, to begin his career as an organist and music teacher within Norfolk County Council’s Adult Education Department. He has also been Organist/Choir Master in many Parishes in the County of Norfolk. Wymondham Abbey and Christ Church New Catton, Norwich were two of the last places where he was Organist and Choir Master. At that time he also studied Theology and Androgogy in Cambridge.〔Source from the newspaper: Fjordabladet from the 9th of August 2004〕 In 1988 Ralph Cupper became a registered member of the ‘Norsk Kantor og Organist-forbund’ and was there upon successfully appointed to the position of Cantor in the State Lutheran Church in Nordfjordeid, on the western coast of Norway. Ralph Cupper still resides in Nordfjordeid. He is married to the locally known Author, Karin Cupper. They have 2 children, Matthew and Mark, and a dog called Monty.〔Source from the newspaper: Fjordabladet from the 9th of August 2004〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ralph Cupper」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|