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Birth Name:

James Wood (musician)

Male

Birth Date:

Wed, May 27, 1953

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Barton on Sea, England, United Kingdom

Age:

71

Zodiac Sign:

Gemini

Astrology Data:

Sun

5°

Gem

51'

About James Wood (musician)

James Wood (born 27 May 1953 in Barton-on-Sea, England) is a British conductor, composer of contemporary classical music and former percussionist. Wood studied composition with Nadia Boulanger in Paris from 1971 to 1972 before going on to study music at Cambridge University, where he was organ scholar of Sidney Sussex College from 1972 until 1975. After graduating from Cambridge he went on to study percussion and conducting at the Royal Academy of Music, London, from 1975 until 1976. After a further year studying percussion privately with Nicholas Cole, Wood embarked on a triple career as percussionist, composer and conductor.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Official James Wood website

• Interview with James Wood by Juan Carlos Pérez Davila about the opera Hildegard for Oro Molido magazine. Oro Molido no. 16, January 2006

• Performance of Rogosanti by Victor Caccese on the Vic Firth website

• Interview with James Wood by John Palmer, published by CE Books, Vision Edition 2015

• Tenso Network Artistic Council

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for James Wood (musician): Sun 5 Gemini, Moon 20 Scorpio, Mercury 9 Gemini, Venus 23 Aries, Mars 18 Gemini, Jupiter 4 Gemini, Saturn 21 Libra, Uranus 16 Cancer, Neptune 21 Libra, Pluto 20 Leo, Sun Conjunct Jupiter, Sun Conjunct Mercury, Mercury Conjunct Jupiter, Sun Semi Square Venus, Sun Sesquiquadrate Saturn, Sun Sesquiquadrate Neptune, Mercury Semi Square Venus, Mercury Sesquiquadrate Neptune, Venus Opposition Saturn, Venus Opposition Neptune, Venus Trine Pluto, Mars Trine Saturn, Mars Semi Sextile Uranus, Mars Trine Neptune, Mars Sextile Pluto, Jupiter Sesquiquadrate Saturn, Jupiter Semi Square Uranus, Jupiter Sesquiquadrate Neptune, Saturn Square Uranus, Saturn Conjunct Neptune, Saturn Sextile Pluto, Neptune Sextile Pluto

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