{"id":12,"date":"2020-06-23T18:56:40","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T18:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ivormcgregorproofreading.robano-resources.com\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2025-08-02T15:47:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T15:47:24","slug":"a-homepage-section","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ivormcgregorproofreading.co.uk\/?page_id=12","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #003366; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">I run my own business as a music proofreader, editor and setter based in Moseley, Birmingham UK. Having worked for most of my life as a performing classical violinist, I started proofreading for Faber Music Ltd some 30 years ago as a freelancer. I also work for Stainer &amp; Bell. Click here to see a list of all the main compositions I have worked on: <a href=\"https:\/\/ivormcgregorproofreading.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Works-proofread-for-Faber.pdf\">Works proofread for Faber Music<\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #003366; font-size: 12pt;\">I can provide services as a composer, arranger, editor, proofreader or transcriber of music on to Sibelius Ultimate (or earlier versions if required).<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Music Proofreading and Editing\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3Ee7z3LhD4Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Training<\/span><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #003366;\">Goldsmiths, University of London<\/span><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #003366;\">\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <i>Dip. NCOS (National Centre for Orchestral Studies)<\/i><\/span><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #003366;\"><i>\u00a0<br \/><\/i><\/span><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #003366;\">Huddersfield University<\/span><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #003366;\">\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <i>MA in Musical Composition<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 20px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #003366;\">The Publishing Training Centre<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #003366;\"><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Essential Proofreading <\/em>(distinction)<em><br \/><\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #003366;\"><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Essential Grammar<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #003366; font-size: 12pt;\">Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;margin-top: -20px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #003366; font-size: 12pt;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Copyediting 1: Introduction<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;margin-top: -20px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #003366; font-size: 12pt;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Copyediting 2: Headway (merit)<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;margin-top: -20px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #003366; font-size: 12pt;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Copyediting 3: Progress (distinction)<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;margin-top: -20px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #003366; font-size: 12pt;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Word for Practical Editing<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;margin-top: -20px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #003366; font-size: 12pt;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Proofreading Theses and Dissertations<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;margin-top: -20px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #003366; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Proofreading mentor: Gale Winskill (2022)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #123577; padding: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><em><span style=\"color: #123577; font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\">I\u2019m deeply grateful to Ivor McGregor for his painstaking work, proofreading the score and parts for a new arrangement of Bach\u2019s Goldberg Variations. Thanks to a forensic eye for detail and his awareness of performers\u2019 needs we have a beautiful set of parts which are clear, accurate and easy to read. It was also enormously helpful and reassuring to have someone so knowledgeable editing the copy for the CD sleeve notes.<\/span><\/em> <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #123577; font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\"><span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 5px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>David Juritz &#8211; Violinist<\/span><\/span><\/div>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #123577; padding: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><em><span style=\"color: #123577; font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\">Ivor has just done an absolutely fabulous job at proofreading a Debussy work that I had arranged. He provided a clearly annotated and beautifully detailed score with excellent suggestions on how to get it ready for publication. And he delivered the score in only a couple of days! I am very impressed with his efficiency, his eye for detail and his thoughtful consideration of what I was trying to achieve in the arrangement. I would not hesitate to use his services again, and recommend him unreservedly. \u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> <span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 5px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #123577; font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\">Roger Benedict \u2013 Viola player and Conductor, Former Principal Viola, Philharmonia Orchestra and Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Currently Head of Viola and Chief Conductor at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music<\/span><\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I run my own business as a music proofreader, editor and setter based in Moseley, Birmingham UK. Having worked for most of my life as a performing classical violinist, I started proofreading for Faber Music Ltd some 30 years ago as a freelancer. I also work for Stainer &amp; Bell. 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