John Hosier
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Born | Music educator | 18 November 1928
John Hosier
Early life
John Hosier was born in the northwest London suburb of
Career
Hosier's career began in 1953 when he was appointed as a music producer for BBC Radio for schools, a position he held until 1959. Then from 1960 until 1973 he worked in BBC Television for schools. He was producer of the Schools Television programme Music Time.
From 1973 until 1976, he was the inspector for Inner London Education Authority and the director of the Centre for Young Musicians.
From 1978 until 1989, he was the principal of the
In 1986, Hosier worked with Leonard Bernstein for the Barbican Centre's Leonard Bernstein Festival. He became a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1984. In 1989 he was appointed Director of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, a position he held for five years until 1993. He was director of the Early Music Centre in London from 1994 until his death in 2000.[3]
He was married to Biddy Baxter, the editor of the BBC's children's television programme Blue Peter for nearly 25 years. In 2003, Baxter established the John Hosier Music Trust which offers scholarships to students to take up post-graduate studies.[4]
References
- ^ Turner, Janice (30 August 2008). "The Blue Peter Effect". The Times Magazine. London. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
- Independent.co.uk. Archived from the originalon 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ Obituary: John Hosier, The Guardian, 3 April 2000
- ^ "Former Blue Peter editor Biddy Baxter honoured by Bafta". Bbc.co.uk. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2017.