Background
Poole was born in Surrey, England, the son of Joseph W. Poole and Esme B. Mounsey/Poole, but he grew up, as the youngest of five children, at Coventry, where his father was Precentor of Coventry Cathedral.
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
Quentin Poole
Edit Profileconductor music educator oboist teacher
Education
Corpus Christi College. Royal Academy of Music.
Career
He learned piano from the age of seven and trained under Sir David Willcocks at King"s College, where he joined the choir aged nine. He also took up the flute there. He studied at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and then at the Royal Academy of Music under Janet Craxton.
He was also principal oboe for the City of London Sinfonia and other orchestras and chamber groups.
He was Director of Music of the Purcell School from 2001, from which he was made redundant in 2013. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in 2004.
He appeared as a "castaway" on the British Broadcasting Corporation Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 26 December 1970. He was 13 at the time.
The programme"s youngest guest.
His picture was published in a contemporary issue of the Radio Times.
Achievements
Membership
He subsequently sang in the choir of The King"s School, Canterbury, and was a member of the National Youth Orchestra.
-
Born
-
Nationality
United Kingdom