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I have had a wonderful first year as Director of Music at Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square. As well as directing the excellent professional quartet and four choral scholars for Sunday morning mass and feast days, the church and I have worked to increase the...

It was a great thrill to direct the Rundfunkchor Berlin, for a week of rehearsals, and then to be joined by hundreds of schoolchildren from Berlin schools, for two concerts in the Berlin Philharmonie, the culmination of the Rundfunkchor's education programme for...

I greatly enjoyed working as chorus master on Schnittke's Faust Cantata, as well as excerpts of Berlioz and Penderecki, with conductor Sian Edwards and the London Schools Symphony Orchestra, at the Barbican. Inspirational Artistic Director of the LSSO, Peter Ash,...

I am enjoying directing the men's voices at London's premier Catholic cathedral on Wednesdays this year. It is super to be part of such a splendid and historic musical tradition, and to be within Westminster Cathedral Choir's unique and full-bodied sound world.

I spent a very enjoyable few days in Hannover, visiting the wonderful choral festival, chor.com, and taking part in a choral conducting masterclass with Simon Halsey and the excellent Junges Vokalensemble Hannover, alongside other international conducting students. I...

I am very much enjoying being a student again, studying choral conducting at the Royal Academy of Music under Patrick Russill, as well as organ with David Titterington. This year we have had great masterclasses with Neil Ferris, David Hill, Eamonn Dougan, Mats Nilsson...

I am delighted to be taking up the post of Principal Conductor of Guildford Chamber Choir, succeeding Stephen Grahl, who has moved to Oxford as Organist of Christ Church, Cathedral and Conductor of the Schola Cantorum. GCC. GCC are an excellent, auditioned, project...

What a thrill to direct the massed forces of West Barnes Singers, Eltham Choral Society and Wimbledon Youth Choir, in a sell-out performance of Verdi's Requiem in Southwark Cathedral. Soloists were soprano Philippa Boyle, mezzo soprano Alison Wells, tenor Andrew...

I am delighted to have been appointed Artistic Director and Conductor of the Choir of the 21st Century (CC21) from January 2018. It is an honour to be succeeding the distinguished choral and orchestral conductor, Howard Williams, who founded CC21 and has conducted the...

I am greatly looking forward to conducting the excellent chamber choir, the Choir of the 21st Century (who do not restrict themselves to 21st century repertoire, but were founded in the year 2000!) in a programme of glorious 15th to 17th Century repertoire, including...