David Lyle

Biography taken from 2005 (Yeomen) programme:

David Lyle was born and educated in Edinburgh and is prominent in the musical life of the city, being well-known as a conductor, accompanist, arranger and orchestral timpanist. His services are constantly in demand and this year will be his twenty-ninth as Musical Director to the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Edinburgh. He has led them in concerts in and outwith Scotland, including gala evenings with the Band of HM Royal Marines in Edinburgh’s Usher Hall, and invitation concerts at the Buxton, Stranraer and Dunkeld  Festivals.

His specialist field is the music of Sullivan and he has now conducted on commercial recordings of all the composer’s non-Gilbert works, including the first-ever of  Sullivan’s only grand opera, Ivanhoe. His performance, in Edinburgh, of Sullivan’s cantata, The Golden Legend, won first prize in the Choral Music for the Millennium competition, organized by the British Music Association. There are still a few Sullivan works he hasn’t conducted, and he plans to rectify that in future concerts.

Production Credits:

Year	Position	Show
2008	Musical Director	The Gondoliers
2007	Musical Director	The Pirates of Penzance
2006	Musical Director	The Grand Duke
2005	Musical Director	The Yeomen of the Guard
2004	Musical Director	Iolanthe / Orpheus
2003	Musical Director	Ruddygore
2002	Musical Director	Princess Ida
2001	Musical Director	The Mikado
2000	Musical Director	H.M.S. Pinafore
1999	Musical Director	Ivanhoe
1998	Musical Director	The Sorcerer
1997	Musical Director	The Gondoliers
1996	Musical Director	Iolanthe
1995	Musical Director	Patience / Trial by Jury
1994	Musical Director	The Pirates of Penzance
1993	Musical Director	Utopia Limited
1992	Musical Director	The Mikado
1991	Musical Director	The Grand Duke
1990	Musical Director	The Yeomen of the Guard
1989	Musical Director	Ruddigore
1988	Musical Director	Cox and Box / H.M.S. Pinafore
1987	Musical Director	Princess Ida
1986	Musical Director	The Gondoliers