UPCOMING CONCERTS

Conducting (bold): Chorus Mastering (italics)

‘Lighthouse Carols’ with the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Lighthouse, Poole, 23rd December 2024

with Dougie Scarfe (presenter)

Bournemouth Symphony Chorus: Handel ‘Messiah’ with BSO/N McGegan, Lighthouse, Poole, 11.12.24

Bournemouth Symphony Chorus: Vaughan Williams ‘Dona nobis pacem’ with BSO/D Hill, Lighthouse, Poole, 23.10.24

Brahms ‘Ein Deutsche Requiem’ with the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Magna Sinfonia, Lighthouse, Poole, 10th November 2024

Blackford’s ‘Babel’ and Vaughan Williams’ ‘Serenade to Music’ with Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Christchurch Priory, 14th September 2024

with Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Mark Le Brocq (tenor), Steve Gadd (baritone), Chris Dowie and Sam Hanson (piano), David Bednall (organ)

Hawkwood Choral Weekend : Hawkwood College, Stroud, 16th-18th August 2024

Featuring music by female composers - Rebecca Clarke, Florence Price, Morfydd Owen, Valborg Aulin, Lili Boulanger, Celia McDowell, Ruth Karn et al

Dartington ChoralFest : Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon, 3rd-11th August 2024

Course Director for this new choral offering at the famed Dartington. Rachmaninov’s ‘All-Night Vigil’ (Vespers)

Philharmonia Chorus: Puccini ‘La Bohème’ with Orch.Nationale de Lille/A Bloch, Lille Auditorium, 5-6.07.24

‘Whitacre Weekend’ - a workshop with Bath Minerva Choir and guests, King Edward’s School, Bath, 13-14th June 2024

Exploring the music of Eric Whitacre, including When David Heard, Three Flower Songs, Sleep, and I thank you god for most this amazing day

Paul Carr’s ‘Awakening’ world-premiere : Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Lighthouse, Poole, 9th June

A major new oratorio (50’) to a libretto by Stephen Feltham, on the subject of the monoliths of Salisbury Plain;

with Sam Furness (tenor). Recording 20th-21st July.

Bath Minerva Choir Tour to Sweden, 12th-16th June : Katarina Kryka, Stockholm, 15th June 2024

Music by Valborg Aulin, Sibelius, Ola Gjeilo, Paul and Gavin Carr; with Steven Hollas (organ, piano)

Bournemouth Symphony Chorus: Kancheli ‘Styx’ with BSO/K Karabits, Lighthouse, Poole, 01.05.24

Verdi ‘Requiem’ : Shaldon Festival Singers Choral Workshop, Shaldon, Devon, 27th April 2024

Open to guest singers, with a public performance in the evening

Philharmonia Chorus: Verdi ‘Requiem’ with RPO/V Petrenko, RAH, 23.04.24

Philharmonia Chorus: Rachmaninov ‘The Bells’ with RPO/V Petrenko, RFH, 11.04.24

J S Bach ‘Easter Oratorio’ and selections from the ‘B Minor Mass’ : Poole Lighthouse, 27th March 2024

Eleanor Pennell-Briggs (soprano), Bethany Thomas (mezzo-soprano), Daniel Bell (tenor), Thomas Humphreys (baritone);

Bournemouth Chamber Orchestra

J S Bach ‘St John Passion’ : Bath Minerva Choir, Bath Abbey, 16th March 2024

WIth James Gilchrist (Evangelist), Thomas Humphreys (Christus), Rebecca Ramsay (Soprano), Ruby Bak (mezzo-soprano), Johannes Moore (Baritone);

Bristol Baroque Ensemble

Bournemouth Symphony Chorus: Verdi ‘Requiem’ with BSO/D Hill, Lighthouse, Poole, 28.02.24

Rising Voices Big Sing - ABBA! : Talbot Heath School, Poole, 11th February 2024

For cancer sufferers and their carers, with Chris Dowie (Piano)

THE BIG SING : Poole Lighthouse, 21st January 2024

“Les Musicals!'“ - music from Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera, Mamma Mia and West Side Story. 660 singers from across the UK.

WIth Sam Hanson (Piano)

Richard Blackford 70th Birthday Concert: Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, St Swithin’s, Bath, 13th January 2024

Handel Zadok the Priest; Blackford Three Rosetti Songs; Blackford Tango; Parry Blest Pair of Sirens; Blackford Babel

with Elizabeth Watts (Soprano), Mark Le Brocq (Tenor), Stephen Gadd (Baritone), Sam Hanson & Chris Dowie (piano), David Bednall (Organ), Jeremy Little & Catherine Ring (percussion), Jesper Svedberg (Cello), Arena Jakubcová (violin) and David Maraček (piano)