I was delighted to be approached and asked to take over from Julie Bale as Musical Director of the Northwood Choral Society.  The invitation could not have come at a better time for me.  I had already decided that this year, my 31st, at the Purcell School, would be my last, and I was looking for new challenges and projects to take on to complement my new life as a full-time composer.  My time at the School has given me a wealth of experience in training and inspiring musicians, and I have been responsible for choral singing within the School for many years. I am delighted to be starting this exciting new relationship with a well-established and healthy adult choral society, as I prepare to relinquish my work with the talented young people at Purcell.

My interests and tastes as a musician are wide. As well as enjoying conducting choirs and orchestras and composing, I am also a singer and cellist.  My projects for next year include writing an opera and conducting the recently formed Caledonian Chamber Orchestra.  This group holds holiday courses for undergraduate and post-graduate students, bringing chamber orchestra repertoire to parts of Scotland that rarely see live classical music.