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Van Morrison leads musical honours in Queen’s birthday list
By Chris Cooke | Published on Monday 15 June 2015
Van Morrison will become one of those knights of the British Empire following this weekend’s birthday honours list from Queen Liz II. So that’s a thing. Van led the music names on the latest list, while on the industry side the mighty Keith Harris – PPL man, MusicTank chair and artist manager extraordinaire – was awarded an OBE and Max Hole – CEO of Universal Music International – became a CBE.
In the classical domain, composers James MacMillan and Karl Jenkins both received knighthoods, fellow composer Mark-Anthony Turnage received a CBE, clarinettist and conductor Michael Collins was awarded an MBE, and Simon Halsey, Chorus Director of the City Of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, among other roles, became a CBE. Well done one and all. And hello your maj, I hope all is well with you. Did you listen to our new podcast yet?
