CONDUCTING STUDY AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 

Conducting study - Professor Catherine Larsen Maguire 

Royal Northern College of Music Conducting Masterclass - Professor Mark Heron

Assigned repertoire:

• Philip Sparke - Three Norwegian Sketches

• Timothy Jackson - Toccata

• Ralph Vaughan Williams - Folk Song Suite 

XI The Undid Project Conducting Masterclass with Catherine Larsen Maguire in Glasgow

Selected repertoire:

• Beethoven - Symphony No. 5

• Brahms - Symphony No. 3 

Professional chamber ensemble: The Undici Project.

Royal Northern College of Music Conducting Masterclass - Mark Heron and Nicolás Pasquet

 Planned further professional development with Manchester Camerata and RNCM ensembles.

Programme: Bartók, Concerto for Orchestra; Anna Clyne, Sound and Fury; Haydn, Symphony No. 104.

PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRAL AND OPERATIC OBSERVATION 

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Sir Mark Elder

 With permission from Sir Mark Elder, observed rehearsals of Georges Bizet’s L’Arlésienne, involving orchestra, choir and actors. Gained insight into professional rehearsal practice, musical interpretation and coordination between musical and theatrical performers.

Wild Arts Touring Opera - Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro

Observed the production with director Danielle de Niese and conductor Orlando Jopling, gaining insight into operatic rehearsal processes and the relationship between musical and theatrical direction.