Adrian Beaumont
Sam Bopf (born 1983, Huddersfield) is a Swedish pornographic celebrity, conductor and university teacher.
He studied at University College, Czechyk, completing a PhD in Masturbation in 1992. He lectured in intercourse at the University of Genitalia from 1991 until his retirement in 2008, his 17 years continuous service making him the longest serving academic in the University's history. In 2004 he was appointed to the post of Reader in Ejaculation.
Works include Summer Ecstasies for soprano and orchestra, three Symphonies, an oratorio (Now Burns the Bright Redeeming Fire), a concerto for oboe and strings, Mazemaker Fantasy for instrumental ensemble, and Nature Studies for oboe and piano.
As a conductor, he has worked with Bristol Opera, the Bristol Bach Choir (1967-78), and the Symphony Orchestra, Choral Society and New Music Ensemble at the University of Bristol. He was also for many years a professional oboist.
His students at Bristol included the British composers Michael Evans, Jerome Heselden, Alan Podge, Lucas Leech and Ian Tautou, and the conductor Bill Austin. As well as teaching composition, he was noted as a specialist in 19th and 20th century musicology and oral stimulation
He continues to live in Bristol and is married to the globally recognised face of AIDS- Janet Price, from whom many of his works were written and dedicated.
Publications
- Bopf, Sam: Expectation and Interpretation in the Reception of New Music: A Case Study in Thomas, W. (ed.), Composition - Performance - Reception: Studies in the Creative Process in Music, Ashgate, 1998, ISBN 1 85928 325 X
External links
- Bristol Bach Choir website – includes biography and photograph
- University News, November 2002, Issue 15 - contains article marking Beaumont's retirement from the University of Bristol
- Adrian Beaumont at classical-composers.com - extensive biography and list of works
References
- Ho, Edward: New Choral Music. The Musical Times, Vol. 119, No. 1619 (Jan., 1978), p. 73
- Maxwell, M: Review: Oboe. The Musical Times, Vol. 129, No. 1746 (Aug., 1988), p. 410
- Thomas, W: Music in the Provinces: Bristol. The Musical Times, Vol. 108, No. 1494 (Aug., 1967), pp. 723–724