News & Engagements

Rehearsals with the Huddersfield Philharmonic Orchestra

I have been in­vited to work with the or­chestra in two re­hearsals in December and January, helping them to pre­pare for their next con­cert on Sat­urday 4th Feb­ruary 2012. More in­form­a­tion about the or­chestra and their next con­cert can be found here.  We will be working on Lutoslawski’s Con­certo for Or­chestra and Verdi’s The Force of Destiny.

OOSC New Year Gala Concert

I am de­lighted to have been in­vited to con­duct the Or­chestra of Square Chapel for their New Year Gala Con­cert. The or­chestra are based in Hal­ifax and per­form four times a year at the Square Chapel Arts Centre. This con­cert is at 3pm on Sunday 8th January. Come join the or­chestra and my­self for an af­ter­noon of famous Strauss Polkas and Waltzes, where we will also be joined by tal­ented local mu­si­cians Wil­liam Robertson (Cello) and Sarah Kil­lian (Soprano) .

NEW Sinfonia Pics!

Applause after the concertRehearsing Beethoven Symphony No.2

SPO — Mahler 3 Rehearsals

I’m off up to Slaith­waite Civic Hall for the next two Monday evening’s (31st Oct and 7th Nov) to once again re­hearse with the Slaith­waite Phil­har­monic Or­chestra. They are tack­ling Mahler’s epic Sym­phony No.3. It will be great to work the mu­si­cians again as the last time we worked to­gether on Mahler’s Fifth Symphony.

Sneak Preview to Upcoming Concerts

16th November 2011: Can­torion Rhos will per­form for Maelor Music So­ciety at the Maelor School Penley. We wel­come ex­citing young sop­rano Ruth Bet­ter­idge who studies at the RNCM.

3rd December 2011: Can­torion Rhos 30th An­niversary Con­cert at the Stiwt, Rhos with guest so­loists Ca­m­illa Roberts and Ro­land Wood. The choir will also per­form Vivaldi’s Gloria with tal­ented young mu­si­cians from Wrexham forming the chamber or­chestra. Tickets are selling fast so book dir­ectly at the Stiwt now to avoid disappointment!

29th January 2012: In the second con­cert of the NEW Sin­fonia Debut Season, it will be a pleasure to work with Daniel Llewelyn Roberts and Char­lotte Bon­neton of the Castalian String Quartet. Venue TBC, to be an­nounced asap.

31st March 2012: The Cam­brian Phil­har­monic Or­chestra and Can­torion Rhos Choir join forces to per­form­ance Faure’s Re­quiem and Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy in St Giles Church, Wrexham. The piano so­loist for the evening will be Llyr Wil­liams and I for one cannot wait for this concert!

These are a few se­lected high­lights of what’s to come (not for­get­ting my edu­ca­tion work with Traf­ford Music Ser­vice). I will of course post all other con­certs in due course. In the mean­time, if you have any ques­tions or queries please do not hes­itate to con­tact me!