Assistant Conductor Experience
I’m a very thorough assistant with an excellent ear and high attention to score detail. In addition to balance feedback I’ve regularly mediated conductor communications to and from cast, musicians, directors, producers and recording teams. Key clients have included Vladimir Jurowski, Otto Tausk, Brad Cohen, Jürg Henneberger and Richard Bonynge. Referees provided on request
Assistant Conductor, Britten Sinfonia & Anthony McGill [Anthony Davis You Have the Right to Remain Silent]; London, UK — 2023
- Collaborative score prep with conductor Pablo Urbina
- Collation of errata across a problematic edition
- Liaison with Kurzweil player Earl Howard on an unnotated sampler part
- Communication of sampler part back to conductor
- Liaison with venue and orchestra staff
- Making and delivering rehearsal notes to and from players, soloists and conductor
- Assisting Earl Howard (visually-impaired) in rehearsals and performance
Assistant Conductor to Jürg Henneberger x Ensemble Phoenix Basel x Ensemble SoloVoices [Michael Hersch Poppaea]; Basel, Switzerland and Vienna, Austria — 2021
World premiere production of a major new opera by composer Michael Hersch and librettist Stephanie Fleischmann for Festival Zeiträume Basel and Wien Modern
- Mastery of a dense microtonal score
- Making and delivering rehearsal notes across a six-week rehearsal period to principals, chorus, conductor and repetiteurs
- Offstage conducting for most rehearsals
- Composer liaison by email and in person
- Liaison with festival directors and staff
- English language coaching as required
- Private conducted coachings on request
- Preparing surtitles in consultation with librettist and festival co-director
- Operating bilingual surtitles for all performances
Assistant Conductor to Beatrice Venezi, Opera Holland Park x City of London Sinfonia [Mascagni L’amico Fritz]; London, UK — 2021
- Cover conductor for piano rehearsals
- Making/delivering notes to conductor for all stage rehearsals
- Collating errata across an extremely problematic orchestral arrangement
- Communicating 100s of corrections to players in 2 days (Orchestral rehearsal, 2 x Stage & Orchestra rehearsals, General rehearsal)
- Consulting with OHP producers on substandard rental partset/publisher responsibility
Second Conductor to Ilan Volkov, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra [Gloria Coates Symphony No.11]; Glasgow, UK — 2018
Short notice jump-in as co-conductor for rehearsals and performance of Gloria Coates Symphony No.11 [WP revised version] recorded for delayed broadcast on BBC Radio 3 Hear and Now
Assistant Conductor to Brad Cohen, Opera Holland Park x City of London Sinfonia [Strauss Ariadne auf Naxos]; London, UK — 2018
Assistant Conductor to Vladimir Jurowski, London Philharmonic Orchestra; London, UK — 2016
Assistant Conductor to Otto Tausk, Theater St Gallen [ George Benjamin Written on Skin]; St Gallen, Switzerland — 2015
Assistant Conductor to Richard Bonynge x Tait Chamber Orchestra x Naxos Records [William Vincent Wallace Chopinesque]; London, UK — 2011
