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New Choral Prof lands Gramophone award

Edward Higginbottom, leader of New College’s Choir, has been appointed as Britain’s first ever Choral Professor.

It caps a triumphant week for Oxford’s new professor, who has just won a prestigious Gramophone award – often referred to as “the Oscars for classical music”.

Higginbottom, 61, became New College’s Director of Music at the age of 29. Under his leadership, the college Choir received the Gramophone award for its recording of a piece by the 16th century composer Nicholas Ludford.

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