I'm a Yorkshire born and based orchestral conductor and composer with 25 years experience working in the music industry. I love collaboration with other art forms, be it ballet, film or computer games, and I’m inspired by a firm belief that music can tell stories as eloquently as any art that humankind has created.
I've held a BBC Music Fellowship and have worked with orchestras throughout the UK and Europe, conducting such performers as Lesley Garrett, Tasmin Little, Jennifer Pike, Sir Willard White, Peter Donahoe, Raphael Wallfisch, Aled Jones and Dame Emma Kirkby. I'm into getting as many people as possible to see my work and engage with the music so as Artistic Director of Skipton Camerata I've put on performances in pubs, shopping centres and train stations as well as more traditional venues.
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As a composer I aim to create music that contributes to the cultural wealth of the north of England; I want to tell the story of our landscape, our history and our people in a way that helps to make sense of who we are today. To achieve this I have written operas about Luddites and Witch Trials, collaborated with the poet Ian McMillan on an hour long work looking at 20 northerners from Caedmon in 657ad to Olympic boxer Nicola Adams and been the artistic lead for an art installation piece celebrating the Yorkshire Dales. My works have been performed at the Royal Academy of Music, the Royal Northern College of music, the Bridgewater Hall and at festivals throughout the UK. In addition to music for the concert hall I composed the orchestral score for the opening ceremony of Bradford City of Culture 2025, music for Louisa Rose Mack's film Habituation and numerous adverts and podcast jingles.
I'm the conducting tutor at the University of Huddersfield and the University of Leeds, a staff conductor at the Leeds Conservatoire, I have written for BBC Music Magazine, Opera Now and Early Music Today, translated 3 operas and have been a guest contributor for BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4.
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Outside of music I'm into climbing, caving, fell running, rugby league and being a dad who ropes his son into the aforementioned activities.
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Conducting
Composing
Gallery Work
Media work
