50-458: Sick Kids may refer to: Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh , Scotland Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow , Scotland The Hospital for Sick Children , Toronto, Canada See also [ edit ] List of children's hospitals [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about hospitals or medical centers which are associated with
100-948: A concert of 640 voices on 30 April 1972 at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts New York under Robert Shaw . During the US tour, the choir also performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and at a White House reception with the First Lady, Pat Nixon , on the eve of the breaking of the Watergate scandal . In the United Kingdom, the Festival Choir performed at Westminster Abbey and at Kings College, Cambridge in
150-520: A hospital was carried out by the architect David Macgibbon. In 1890 an outbreak of typhoid forced a temporary removal to Plewlands House, Morningside , and Meadowside House was subsequently sold. The site of the Trades Maiden Hospital (established by Mary Erskine ) at Rillbank was bought in the early 1890s, and plans for a new hospital were put in hand to designs by George Washington Browne . The Sciennes Road building, which cost £50,000,
200-727: A joint concert with King's College Choir with Sir David Willcocks . They were met by composer Benjamin Britten and tenor Peter Pears for the choir's recital at the Snape Maltings and the choir won praise for its performances in the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and Singapore. In 1998, there was a CD re-release of its LP, recorded straight after the world tour. Lauded as the "best choir New Zealand has produced", Godfrey's Festival Choir continued to hold decennial reunions until his death in 2017. In 1974, Williams founded and until 1978
250-654: A long-standing association with Caroline O'Connor as arranger for her show End of the Rainbow at the Sydney Opera House and for her album A Tribute to Garland recorded at the Opera House, and launched in an outdoor big band concert in Sydney's Taronga Park with Williams as keyboardist. Williams was also commissioned as arranger for her debut performance at Kander and Ebb – The Night of 1000 Voices on 6 May 2007 at
300-591: A member of the International Association of Wagner Societies (RWVI) and at the 2024 Assembly of Delegates at Deutsche Oper Berlin , was elected to serve a 5-year term on the RWVI Presidium . Williams was awarded a doctorate by the University of Edinburgh under Nigel Osborne and Peter Nelson for composition of his eponymous opera Wilde , and he is a Fellow of Trinity College London . Williams
350-612: A rival application to Sibelius. Williams ended the campaign in February 2013, after Steinberg announced they had hired the majority of the former Sibelius development team to develop Dorico , under the stewardship of former Sibelius product manager, Daniel Spreadbury. After having worked with New Zealand Labour Party MP Fran Wilde in support of her Homosexual Law Reform Act 1986 , from 1990 Williams became involved with LGBT rights in New South Wales Australia, initially as
400-692: A witness for a discrimination case brought by Redjoy Pty Ltd (trading as 'Gai Expectations') against Sydney City Council Employees Credit Union, interviewed on Nine Network 's A Current Affair by Eric Campbell . In 1991, amid a spate of murders of gay men by school-age youths, Williams co-founded and was six times re-elected co-convenor of the Gay & Lesbian Teachers & Students Association (GaLTaS), established to publicise widespread problems of anti-gay bullying and violence in Australian schools, and to provide support to its victims. In March 1993, GaLTaS
450-559: Is a civil rights activist known for his 'Save Sibelius' campaign in the United Kingdom (2012–2013). Since 2007, he has taught Composition and Orchestration at the Edinburgh University Reid School of Music . Williams first came to public notice in 1974, when he founded the New Zealand School of Music through which he established the first non-university tertiary level qualification for conductors of music in
500-651: The ABC miniseries Come in Spinner for record producer Martin Armiger, which won the ARIA Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album . He was producer, arranger and conductor for Frank Bennett's EMI Music album Cash Landing , nominated at ARIA Music Awards of 1999 for Best Adult Contemporary Album . He was composer for Ruaridh M. Turner's The Beast in the Storm , which won Order of Merit in
550-776: The Bootleg Beatles concerts It Was Fifty Years Ago Today , with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall and Echo Arena Liverpool . In 2013, Williams' one act opera Medea received its world premiere at the Edinburgh Jazz Bar during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and was repeated at Edinburgh University's Reid Concert Hall . In 2015, Williams was arranger, conductor and composed additional music for
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#1733086023185600-684: The Founders Theatre . Aloha received favourable reviews, with the New Zealand Herald reporting, "Derek Williams' orchestra helps to make the evening a success," and a cast recording produced by Carl Doy was made of the show at Mandrill Studios . The world premiere was followed in 1985 by a Michael Edgley revival production at His Majesty's Theatre, Auckland, directed by Joe Layton , also starring Metzger and Hollywood actress Patricia Morison , with Williams continuing as production arranger and musical director. From 1985, Williams
650-702: The Glenfiddich 21 Year Old Whisky ad campaign featuring Calma Carmona performing the Franz Ferdinand song Love Illumination with the orchestra of the Scottish Opera arranged and conducted by Williams, which gained 1.7 million hits on YouTube. In 2018, the Hindemith Trio commissioned and performed the world premiere of Williams' The Traveller for the Fondazione Giorgio e Aurora Giovannini at
700-765: The Military Cross for his Report on the Military Geography of the North-Western Desert of Egypt (War Office Handbook), used by the Long Range Desert Group in the Tobruk campaign against Rommel . In 2010, the Royal Geographical Society co-opted Williams as family representative for its publication of Claud's autobiographical memoir, Light Car Patrols 1916–19 , and he was guest speaker at
750-590: The Mosaic notation program and OMS , it was feared that the Sibelius application would likewise ultimately cease development, thereby leaving its users without updates to ensure the application would remain compatible with future operating system upgrades. To raise public awareness among the half million Sibelius users, the group launched a Facebook campaign, duplicated on Google Plus . Within its first week, 485,000 Facebook hits were generated, with 12,000 followers joining
800-533: The New South Wales Teachers Federation , New South Wales Anti-discrimination Board and NSW Police concerning ongoing issues of school homophobia. During GaLTaS' active period, Williams frequently appeared in press and television coverage of LGBT issues, including the Today Show , The 7.30 Report , Australian Broadcasting Corporation Attitude program Nine Network 's 60 Minutes and
850-767: The Parma Conservatory , Italy. Williams was elected Chair of the Wagner Society of Scotland in 2017, and has presented lectures on The Third Reich , Wahnfried , Siegfried Wagner and the Christianity of Richard Wagner . He represents the Society at the Bayreuth Festival and at the annual RWVI Congress, and since June 2024 has served on the RWVI Presidium. On 19 July 2012, the 'Save Sibelius' activist group
900-502: The Royal Albert Hall , produced by Hugh Wooldridge with John Kander present, subsequently for her Garrick Theatre season of The Showgirl Within , and for the opening of Hamer Hall, Melbourne . Williams was répétiteur and assistant conductor for Edinburgh Grand Opera 's production of Faust , and was musical director for the Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group 's production of Salad Days for
950-620: The Sciennes area of Edinburgh's South Side and was managed by NHS Lothian . It moved in 2021 to the new Royal Hospital for Children and Young People in Little France . The hospital, which opened at 7 Lauriston Lane in 1860, was the first dedicated children's hospital in Scotland. It received a royal charter in 1863, when it moved to the Meadowside House. The conversion of the house into
1000-578: The 2007 Edinburgh Festival Fringe . He was also Funding Manager for Edinburgh Studio Opera and the Edinburgh Contemporary Music Ensemble . In 2008, Williams joined with Professor Nigel Osborne in his Balkans Music Therapy camps in Mostar and Rakovica for Bosnian War orphans, on behalf of Edinburgh University . He was also commissioned by Osborne to create Vienna Symphonic Library transcriptions of his orchestral arrangements for
1050-638: The 2013 book launch. World tour as a chorister with the 40-voice Auckland University Festival Choir , conducted by Professor Peter Godfrey , a Kings College, Cambridge alumnus and founder of the New Zealand Choral Federation and the Symphonia of Auckland . During the 3rd International University Choral Festival , at the United Nations, the choir participated in a massed chorus of 16 international choirs conducted by Willi Gohl, followed by
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#17330860231851100-673: The Desert . He was the orchestrator and conductor for Martin Armiger's music for The Crossing , starring Russell Crowe , and was orchestrator for the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra for Antony Partos' music for Crush that was winner of Best Film Score at New Zealand Film and TV Awards and Best Sound Track. Williams was arranger and conductor for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation multi-platinum album Vince Jones & Grace Knight – Come in Spinner from
1150-505: The Dragon , Come in Spinner , The Crossing , Crush , Frauds , The Other Side of Paradise , Ring of Scorpio , Thank God He Met Lizzie , Visionaries , and for Frank Bennett , Glenfiddich , Sir Robert Helpmann , Grace Knight , Debbie Newsome , Caroline O'Connor , and Torvill and Dean . He is currently serving his 7th term as Chair of the Wagner Society of Scotland ,
1200-738: The Indie Fest and Best Action/Thriller/SciFi – Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards . In 2021 he was conductor of the Linlithgow String Orchestra and Abbotsford String Orchestra. Born 1952 of Agnes ('Nancy') Williams (née Anderson) of Bathgate , Scotland (office clerk) and New Zealander Edward ('Ted') Williams (farmer). Early childhood in Gisborne, New Zealand and Rotorua , studied at Rosmini College (Auckland) 1964–1970. Studied Music 1971–74 at University of Auckland under Charles Nalden , Douglas Mews and Peter Godfrey , winning
1250-597: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the United Nations and at Westminster Abbey and King's College Chapel, Cambridge. Williams was the orchestrator and conductor of the Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra for Guy Gross's music for Stephan Elliott 's Frauds , starring Phil Collins , Hugo Weaving and Josephine Byrnes , and was choral and instrumental arranger of Gross's music for Elliott's Oscar winning film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of
1300-1134: The Justice James Roland Wood Royal Commission into the New South Wales Police Service . In 1998, GaLTaS was absorbed into the New South Wales Teachers Federation as a Special Interest Group, with Williams as a founding member. Since 2008, Williams has been active in LGBT+ politics in Scotland and in 2018, was co-opted as Meetings Secretary of the Edinburgh University Staff Pride Network . Commissioning composers: Martin Armiger , Guy Gross , Antony Partos , Roy Hubermann, David Kimber Commissioning organisations: Royal Hospital for Sick Children , Edinburgh, Australian Broadcasting Corporation , Nine Network , EMI Music Australia , Festival Mushroom Records , Picture This Music, John Singleton Ltd Derek Williams credited as Arranger, Orchestrator , Composer, Associate Composer , Conductor or Musician in
1350-550: The Professor Hollinrake Memorial Scholarship and Senior Scholarship Award as BMus graduate. Studied piano with Mary Nathan, Milford . Admitted Fellow of Trinity College, London in 1977. Descended from Henry Williams , a missionary, and Marianne Coldham , an educator, Williams' grandfather, Claud Williams, was a noted explorer of the Libyan Egyptian desert during World War 1 who was awarded
1400-591: The Royal Albert Hall, Garrick Theatre and Kings Place (London), at the Sydney Opera House and Hamer Hall, Melbourne, Australia, and at the Montreux Jazz Festival. As a chorister, he performed in the 640 voice Third International Choral Festival at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts under Robert Shaw with Peter Godfrey's Auckland University Festival Choir , as well as at The White House,
1450-526: The Southern Hemisphere. As arranger, orchestrator, conductor and musician commissioned by international artists Caroline O'Connor , Sir Robert Helpmann , Torvill and Dean , Grace Knight , Frank Bennett , Debbie Newsome , Sir Howard Morrison , and prominent Australian screen composers Martin Armiger , Guy Gross , and Antony Partos , Williams is also known for his reorchestrations of tracks from hit records. His commissions have been performed in
1500-681: The TV series Sex episode "Homosexuality", and was interviewed by Quentin Dempster , Eric Campbell and Sophie Lee . In 1997 Williams addressed the Parliament of Australia forum on youth suicide convened by then Prime Minister, John Howard , working with PFLAG who also attended. In the same year, he was a GaLTaS witness in submissions on behalf of LGBT+ teachers and students to the Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission under Chris Sidoti and
1550-479: The buildings that make up the hospital at the Sciennes Road site have listed building status designated by Historic Environment Scotland . Derek Williams (musician) Derek Leslie Williams (born 20 September 1952) is a New Zealand-born Scottish composer, record producer, conductor and orchestrator known for his scores for The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert , Bodysurfer , Children of
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1600-543: The campaign on You and Yours with composer Paul Mealor on 24 August 2012 indicating that Sibelius users were not convinced. In October 2012, after attempts by the Finn brothers and other investors approached by the group to buy back the application from Avid proved unsuccessful, Williams launched a Change.org petition called "chris-gahagan-senior-vice-president-of-products-sell-sibelius" to try to persuade Avid Tech to divest itself of Sibelius. After reaching 11,590 signatures,
1650-513: The closing of the Sciennes site. In December 2016 the existing site was offered for sale as a development opportunity with the expectation of significant interest. In September 2017 NHS Lothian decided to sell the site to the Downing Group, a Liverpool-based property developer. The Royal Hospital for Sick Children closed on 23 March 2021. The Downing Group started work on the redevelopment of
1700-673: The longest running show in Australian history, and for its 1994 revival by the Really Useful Group at Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney . Following the success of ABC 's Come in Spinner TV miniseries and platinum spin-off album Vince & Grace , Williams continued as musical director and arranger for the CD launch and Grace Knight 's promotional tour for Kevin Jacobsen , as well as for tours with Perfect Match star, Debbie Newsome . Williams
1750-404: The new Sibelius product manager. Central to the Save Sibelius campaign were the issues of orphaned technology , abandonware , planned obsolescence , asset stripping , and the perceived impact of Avid Tech's actions on employees, shareholders and consumers. The firing of the Sibelius development team led directly to their engagement by the Yamaha Corporation subsidiary Steinberg to develop
1800-436: The page, alongside growing music industry media interest. The Avid board of directors, who had been targeted by a letter writing campaign initiated from the Save Sibelius website, began issuing public reassurances on their own blog websites and social media that they intended to keep Sibelius alive. After Williams' 6 August 2012 Podcast interview with The Audio Podcast , there followed a BBC Radio 4 radio interview about
1850-452: The petition was presented by Williams in person to Sibelius Software executives from Avid invited to an extraordinary meeting held by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) at its London offices on 3 October. Amid subsequent collapsing share performance that involved Avid's delisting by NASDAQ , Avid Tech CEO Gary Greenfield stepped down, while Bobby Lombardi was replaced by long-time Sibelius employee Sam Butler as
1900-533: The same title. If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sick_Kids&oldid=912465832 " Category : Hospital disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh The Royal Hospital for Sick Children
1950-425: The site in June 2021. In 2011, 6-year old Jack Henderson started an initiative to raise money for the hospital that cared for his brother, by selling drawings he had created. He originally planned to raise £100, but quickly raised £10,000. A book, Jack Draws Anything , was published in October 2011. After 3 years the fundraising total exceeded £64,000 and the project was brought to an end in June 2014. Some of
2000-416: Was a hospital in Sciennes , Edinburgh , Scotland, specialising in paediatric healthcare. Locally, it was commonly referred to simply as the "Sick Kids". The hospital provided emergency care for children from birth to their 13th birthday, including a specialist Accident and Emergency facility. Some in-patient specialties saw children up to their 16th birthday. The hospital was located on Sciennes Road in
2050-403: Was also orchestrator and conductor for leading screen composers Guy Gross and Antony Partos . In 1989, Williams and Armiger were called as expert witnesses in the Federal Court of Australia supporting a copyright infringement case brought by Guy Gross against CBS Records Australia Limited and Collette Roberts , with the court finding in the defendants' favour. Also in 1989, Williams
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2100-553: Was also keyboards player for Sir Howard Morrison . In 1984, Williams was seconded from teaching to work as a computer programmer of educational applications for New Zealand schools on the Poly-1 that allowed New Zealand educators to design and deliver curricula on class computer networks. In 1981 Williams was orchestrator and musical director for the world première and cast album of Eaton Magoon Jr and Sir Robert Helpmann 's Hawaiian musical Aloha , starring Derek Metzger and directed by Robert Young for Hamilton Operatic Society at
2150-417: Was an early adopter and exponent of digital music technology , using two Kurzweil K250 ROM sample instruments in his orchestrations for the ill-fated Australian Bicentenary musical Manning Clark's History of Australia - The Musical , one of whose composers was record producer and film composer Martin Armiger . Williams thereafter began working with Armiger in various roles for 15 film and TV scores and
2200-623: Was awarded a Federal National Youth Grant of $ 30,000 (=c.$ 68,300 equivalent in 2023) by the Australian Government to assess the scale of school-based homophobia. From May 1993, Williams began to call on the parliament to remove private schools' LGBT+ related exemptions from the New South Wales Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 . In the course of his GaLTaS co-convenorship, while teaching at Randwick Boys High School, Williams worked with New South Wales Education Minister Virginia Chadwick , MP Clover Moore , Australian Medical Association President Kerryn Phelps , Parents and Citizens (P&C), PFLAG ,
2250-416: Was choral arranger and pianist for Torvill and Dean 's album Here We Stand , produced by Kevin Stanton , and recorded while Christopher Dean was laid up in Sydney, recuperating from a torn ligament. From 1995 to 1997, Williams was musical director and Conductor of the Orchestra and Choir of the Waverley-Randwick Philharmonic Society, while studying conducting with Myer Fredman . In 1998, Williams
2300-451: Was formed by Derek Williams to try to future-proof the Sibelius scorewriter application after Avid Tech fired all but three of the Sibelius development team and closed their London office to relocate jobs offshore to Ukraine and California. Williams co-opted Richie Vitale and a small team of other musicians to petition Avid to reverse their decision. Because of past experience with orphaned music technology and abandonware such as
2350-498: Was governing director of the New Zealand School of Music Ltd under the patronage of the Mayor of Auckland, Sir Dove-Myer Robinson and with the conductor of the Symphonia of Auckland , Maestro Juan Matteucci, he established the first non-university tertiary level qualification for conductors of music in the Southern Hemisphere, followed by a similar course for percussionists. During his tenure as teacher in charge of Music at Rotorua Boys' High School from 1979 to 1985, Williams
2400-423: Was musical director and keyboards player for productions at Australia's Wonderland , Phillip Street Theatre , Glen Street Theatre and Sydney Theatre Restaurants Ltd and from 1985 to 1988 he was orchestrator for the Australian Singing Competition , initially at the Sydney Opera House . He was also a keyboards player for over 400 performances of Cats for Cameron Mackintosh at the Theatre Royal, Sydney ,
2450-474: Was opened by Princess Beatrice on 31 October 1895. The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948. The First Minister , Nicola Sturgeon , visited it in November 2014. In February 2015 construction work began on the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People at Little France , which replaced the hospital in 2021. A video Mail Porter was commissioned in 2015 from filmmaker Sandie Jamieson, with music scored by Derek Williams to commemorate
2500-437: Was record producer, arranger and conductor for Frank Bennett 's album Cash Landing for EMI Music Australia , which was nominated for an ARIA Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album (1999) and from 1989 to 2006, he was a Higher School Certificate examiner and advisor in Music and Computing Studies for the New South Wales Board of Studies while teaching at Randwick Boys High School (1985–2006). In 2005, Williams began
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