Experience

Guildhall School of Music & Drama

• United Kingdom
• Performing Arts
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Resident Conductor, Junior Department

  • Sep 2013 - Present



Various

• Worldwide

• Freelance Orchestral Conductor

  • 1980 - Present

  Guest engagements include: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, The Orchestra of Scottish Opera, London Festival Ballet, Classics Concert Orchestra, Scottish Philharmonic Orchestra, Surrey Sinfonietta, Oxford Sinfonia, Limburgs Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonie Hrádec Králové, Magyar Radio and Television Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Cairo Symphony Orchestra, KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra Variously Musical Director of: Chetham's Symphony Orchestra, Chetham's Chamber Orchestra, City of Sheffield Youth Orchestra, Wakefield Youth Orchestra, Derbyshire County Youth Orchestra, Lancashire Students Symphony Orchestra, West of England Students Symphony Orchestra, Grampian Youth Orchestra, University of St Andrews Guest Conductor: National Children's Orchestra of Great Britain, National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, National Children's Orchestra of Scotland, Camerata Scotland, NYOS Strings, Aberdeen International Youth Festival, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Junior Department, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra (USA), Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra (USA), Stockport Symphony Orchestra, Aberdeen Sinfonietta, University of Glasgow Symphony Orchestra, University of Aberdeen Chamber Orchestra, Murray Youth Orchestra, West of Scotland Independent Schools Symphony Orchestra, Opera Department of Royal Northern College of Music, Opera Departments of the Royal Academy/Royal College Combined Opera Departments, UNISA (The University of South Africa) Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra Seasons with Opera-on-a-Shoestring and Civit Hills Opera Show less



National Youth Orchestras of Scotland

• United Kingdom
• Musicians
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive and Artistic Director

  • Sep 2007 - Jan 2012



University of St Andrews

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Principal Teacher then Director of Music

  • Sep 1996 - Aug 2007



Chetham's School of Music

• United Kingdom
• Music
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Strings and Orchestral Studies

  • Sep 1982 - Aug 1996



Opera North

• United Kingdom
• Performing Arts
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Violinist

  • Jan 1980 - Aug 1986