ENGAGEMENTS - Conducting in bold, Chorus Mastering in 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)

‘Lighthouse Carols’ with the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Lighthouse, Poole, 23rd December 2023

with Dougie Scarfe (presenter)

Philharmonia Chorus: “Christmas Classics’ with Philharmonia Orchestra/M England, RFH, 15-17.12.23

Bournemouth Symphony Chorus: Handel ‘Messiah’ with BSO/R Howarth, Lighthouse, Pool, 11.12.23

‘Across the vast, eternal sky’: Bath Minerva Choir, St Swithin’s, Bath, Saturday 25th November

Choral gems and songs by Ola Gjeilo, Paul Mealor, Paul and Gavin Carr, Elgar and Sibelius.

With Florian Störtz - baritone; Mark Rogers - piano; Steve Hollas - piano and organ

Philharmonia Chorus: Tchaikovsky ‘Iolanta’ with RPO/V Petrenko, RAH, 08.11.23

World-premiere Blackford and Rutter’s ‘Requiem’ : Christchurch Priory, Dorset, Sunday 22nd October 2023

Anthems by Bainton, Parry, Wood, John Rutter’s Requiem, and the world-premiere of Richard Blackford’s ‘Three Rosetti Songs’

Isabelle Atkinson - Soprano; Stephen Gadd - Baritone; Jesper Svedberg - cello; Sam Hanson - organ

Philharmonia Chorus: ‘The Lord of the Rings” The Two Towers’ with RPO/L Wicki, RAH, 22-23.09.23

Philharmonia Chorus: Verdi “Requiem’ with Philharmonia Orch./S-M Rouvali, RFH, 21.9.23

Philharmonia Chorus: Handel ‘Samson’ with Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/ L Cummings, BBC Proms RAH, 23.08.23

Haydn ‘Nelson Mass’ and Blackford ‘Pietà’: Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Salisbury Cathedral 22nd July 2023

A collaboration with the Pacific Chorale under Rob Istad (Haydn), with Jess Tandy - mezzo; Stephen Gadd - baritone; Amy Dickson - saxophone

Philharmonia Chorus: Holst ‘The Planets’ with Philharmonia Orch./ E Hoving, Bold Tendencies, Peckham, 03.06.23

Bournemouth Symphony Chorus: ‘Pink Floyd Classics’ with the BSO/P Stark, Lighthouse, Poole, 13.05.23

Philharmonia Chorus: Rachmaninov ‘The Bells’ and Scriabin ‘Prometheus: the Poem of Fire’ with Philharmonia Orch./S Kochanovsky, RFH, 11.05.23

Philharmonia Chorus: Mahler 3 with RPO/ V Petrenko, RAH, 27.04.23

Philharmonia Chorus: Dvorak Stabat Mater with BBC Concert Orch/D Hyde, King’s College, Cambridge, 07.04.23

Bach ‘St John Passion’: Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Bournemouth Chamber Orchestra, Lighthouse, Poole, 2nd April 2023

James Oxley - Evangelist; Stephen Gadd - Christus

Haydn ‘The Seasons’ : Bath Minerva Choir, Bath Philharmonia, Bath Abbey, 25th March 2023

Eleanor-Rose Sanderson-Nash - soprano; Will Searle - tenor; Johannes Moore - baritone

Bournemouth Symphony Chorus; Fauré ‘Requiem’ and Balfour-Gardiner ‘Evening Hymn’ with BSO/D Hill, 22.03.23

Philharmonia Chorus: Mahler 2 with RPO/V Petrenko, RAH, 30.03.23

Bournemouth Symphony Chorus: Taneyev ‘St John of Damascus’ with BSO/K Karabits, Lighthouse, Poole, 08.02.23

Bournemouth Symphony Chorus: Handel ‘Messiah’ with BSO/L Cummings, Lighthouse, Poole, 14.12.22

Vaughan Williams ‘Mass in G minor’ : Hawkwood College, Stroud, 12-14th August 2022

A weekend workshop on some of Vaughan William’s most beautiful choral music

Paul Carr Four New Seasons and Vivaldi Four Seasons : Lighthouse, Poole, 26th July 2022

Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Orchestra

Mozart Overture to ‘Don Giovanni’, Clarinet Concerto, and ‘Requiem’ : Westminster Central Hall, London, 23rd July 2022

The Really Big Chorus and Orchestra https://www.trbc.co.uk/events/mozart-requiem-2022/

Janáček ‘Glagolitic Mass’ : Masterclass-Workshop with Bath Minerva Choir, Monkton Combe School Music Centre, 9-10th July 2022

Bath Minerva Choir’s unique masterclass-workshop format, exploring in-depth the more challenging pieces of the large-scale choral-symphonic repertoire.

English and Spanish Renaissance Masterpieces : Cathedral of La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, 7th May 2022

Music by Byrd, Gibbons, Morales and Victoria

Chorus Angelorum tour to Barcelona

Blackford ‘Pietá’ and Fauré ‘Requiem’ : Winchester Cathedral, 29th April 2022

Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Youth Chorus, Leeds Festival Chorus, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Gavin Carr and Simon Wright - conductors

Bach ‘St Matthew Passion’ (in English) : Lighthouse, Poole, 10th April 2022

Mark Wilde - Evangelist; Darren Jeffery - Christus; Bournemouth Chamber Orchestra

https://www.bschorus.co.uk/article/st-matthew-passion-2020

 ‘Mr Handel’s Jubilee Celebration’ - Coronation Anthems and operatic arias by Handel : Bath Abbey, 2nd April 2022

Hilary Cronin - soprano; Bernadette Johns - mezzo-soprano; Bath Minerva Choir; Bristol Baroque Ensemble