Drescher Director of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
The University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland has appointed Thomas Drescher as the new director of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis as of April 2016. He is already managing the school on an interim basis.
Thomas Drescher holds a doctorate in musicology and has been working at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis for 26 years, first as a member of the research department and since 1998 as deputy director. He has also worked for over twenty years as a freelance musician (ensemble singer/baroque violin/viola) in various early music ensembles and orchestras.
Founded in 1933, the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis is a training and research institute for early music. Since 2008, it has formed the FHNW University of Music together with the University of Music. It is therefore also part of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW).
