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Conductor
Recently praised for his 'musical brilliance' (Seen and Heard International), Joe Davies is a Conductor working around the UK. He is Assistant Conductor of the English Symphony Orchestra, Musical Director of the UK Proms in the Park Orchestra, Canterbury Symphony Orchestra, Oxford Millennium Orchestra, Leamington Sinfonia, Solway Sinfonia, Cumbria Youth Orchestra, and Coventry & Warwickshire Youth Orchestra, and Artistic Director of the Cumbria Opera Group. Recent and future engagements include the Royal Northern Sinfonia, Orchestra of the Swan, National Schools' Symphony Orchestra, and Sinfonia Smith Square, while previous MD positions include Worcester Philharmonic Orchestra, Midland Concert Orchestra, and Contemporary Music East Midlands (CoMA).
Joe's Opera credits include Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, Acis and Galatea, Trouble in Tahiti, Dido and Aeneas, and Venus and Adonis with the Cumbria Opera Group, alongside Candide at the Oxford Playhouse and Mansfield Park with Cardiff Opera. Joe was Artistic Director of the Cumbria Opera Festivals 2021 and 2023, involving artists such as Roderick Williams OBE and Joan Rodgers CBE. Joe has conducted premieres of works by Howard Skempton, Alex Ho, and Martin Bussey, while concerto collaborations include Jess Gillam, Laura van der Heijden, Emma Johnson, Xhosa Cole, Kirill Troussov, Benedict Kloeckner, Clare Hammond, and Harry Baker. Joe graduated with a First Class Degree in Music from St Peter’s College, Oxford, and studied Orchestral Conducting at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, graduating with Distinction, where he studied under Michael Seal. Other training includes the Serena Fenwick Programme with British Youth Opera.
Joe's Opera credits include Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, Acis and Galatea, Trouble in Tahiti, Dido and Aeneas, and Venus and Adonis with the Cumbria Opera Group, alongside Candide at the Oxford Playhouse and Mansfield Park with Cardiff Opera. Joe was Artistic Director of the Cumbria Opera Festivals 2021 and 2023, involving artists such as Roderick Williams OBE and Joan Rodgers CBE. Joe has conducted premieres of works by Howard Skempton, Alex Ho, and Martin Bussey, while concerto collaborations include Jess Gillam, Laura van der Heijden, Emma Johnson, Xhosa Cole, Kirill Troussov, Benedict Kloeckner, Clare Hammond, and Harry Baker. Joe graduated with a First Class Degree in Music from St Peter’s College, Oxford, and studied Orchestral Conducting at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, graduating with Distinction, where he studied under Michael Seal. Other training includes the Serena Fenwick Programme with British Youth Opera.
Our Arrangers & Composers
We wouldn’t be able to do what we do, without the support and contributions from our arrangement team and composers.
