Ernest Read CBE (22 February 1879 – 9 October 1965)[1] was an English conductor, organist, and music educator.
From 1896 to 1906 he studied at the Royal Academy of Music under Tobias Matthay[1] and Henry Joseph Wood.
For some years (running until the late 1990s) the related organisation ERMA (Ernest Read Music Association) ran summer schools[5] for talented musical students and keen adult amateur musicians.
These primarily featured orchestras playing the large-scale symphonic orchestral repertoire, but also with associated choral, conducting,[6] percussion and listeners' courses.
Read was a keen exponent of Dalcroze Eurhythmics, a holistic approach to music through bodily movement, developed by Swiss musician Émile Jaques-Dalcroze.