Ralph Allwood

Ralph Allwood MBE (born 30 April 1950) is a British choral conductor, composer and teacher, who currently holds the appointment of Fellow Commoner advising in Music at Queens' College, Cambridge.

He also conducts the Rodolfus Choir, a critically acclaimed group of singers aged 16–25, drawn principally from these Choral Courses.

Set up in 2011, the choir brings together great singers from a group of London state schools to sing music from across the genre boundaries under the direction of Allwood.

He conducted a series of ABBA songs in his own arrangements, led a project entitled "All Things Bright and Virtual" comprising eight hymns, rehearsed and recorded to the accompaniment of the organs of eight cathedrals or major churches,[11][12] and conducted his own new arrangement of "God Save the Queen" to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II.

[13] He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours "for services to Choral Music".