Department of Postgraduate Conducting Studies
The Team
Conductor in Residence
David Jones BA MBA
David Jones was born in Ireland and studied at Trinity College,
Dublin, the Royal Northern College of Music, and with Seiji Ozawa
and Leonard Bernstein at the Tanglewood Music Centre. An
experienced opera conductor, he has appeared with Welsh National
Opera, Opera North, Scottish Opera, English National Opera, Luzerne
Opera, Lyric Opera, Dublin and Opera Ireland. He has also conducted
many leading orchestras including BBC Philharmonic, BBC Scottish
Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Ulster
Orchestra, Hannover Radio, Netherlands Radio, Scottish Chamber
Orchestra and Irish Chamber Orchestra. David is a regular guest
conductor at the Edinburgh Festival and has conducted at many major
European Festivals.
Jane Hodge Foundation International Chair in
Choral Directing
Operatic
- Anthony Negus
- Gareth Jones
Study Area Leader: Choral Conducting
- Adrian Partington MA (Cantab) FRCO (choral)
Choral
- Adrian Partington MA (Cantab) FRCO (choral)
- Neil Ferris
- Lucy Griffiths
Score Reading
- Andrew Wilson-Dickson MA (Cantab) MusB (Cantab) DPhil(York)
LRAM ARCO
Masterclasses and Visiting Artists
- Christopher Adey
- Michael Brewer
- Sian Edwards
- Christian Gansch