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Dominic Ellis-Peckham : 

Musical Director

Dominic Ellis-Peckham is a conductor and chorus master, specialising in
opera and choral repertoire. A Fellow of The Royal Society for Arts,
Dominic has been commended by reviewers as 'a latent star' and
praised for his dedication to the Renaissance and Baroque era, whilst also
passionately championing new works and delivering inspirational
collaborations.


In addition to his position with London Oriana Choir, Dominic is Chief
Conductor and Artistic Director of Chamber Choir of London, Chorus
Master for Opera Holland Park, Associate Principal Conductor of The
National Youth Choirs of Great Britain and Music Director of Aldeburgh
Voices, the resident chamber choir for Britten Pears Arts . He holds the
position of Chorus Director and Visiting Artist at Trinity Laban
Conservatoire of Music and Dance.


Dominic has prepared choruses in opera houses, festivals and on the concert stage across the world, including an array of highly acclaimed world premieres.  He has enjoyed conducting orchestras and ensembles throughout the UK and Europe, including The Meridian Sinfonia, BBC Concert Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, English National Opera and London Mozart Players, performing at The Royal Albert Hall, The Barbican, Birmingham Symphony Hall, Usher Hall, Bridgewater Hall, The Royal Opera House and Wigmore Hall.

 

His recording and TV projects include engagements at Abbey Road, Air Studios, Angel Studios for Deutsche Grammophon, Universal Records, Whistle Records, Signum Records, Sky, BBC and Eurovision. His releases achieved No.1 in both the U.S Classical Billboard Charts and the UK Specialist Charts.


This season, Dominic returns as Chorus Master to Opera Holland Park for their acclaimed production of Puccini’s ‘Tosca’, and new productions of ‘Edgar’ and Rossini’s ‘Barber of Seville’ with The City of London Sinfonia, returns to The Aldeburgh Festival as Chorus Master for The Britten Sinfonia and conducts Kodaly’s ‘Missa Brevis’, makes his debut with English National Ballet as Chorus Master for Stravinsky’s ‘Les Noces’ and collaborates with The Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Glyndebourne for a new
commission by Jonathan Dove.

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www.dominicellispeckham.com    @dominicpeckham

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Nicholas Chalmers : 

Associate Conductor

Nicholas Chalmers is one of the leading conductors in the UK. Founder Artistic Director of Nevill Holt Opera and Senior Associate Artist of the Royal Opera House, Nicholas is widely recognised as having established some of the most exciting and highly successful artistic and education projects in recent years. His work is driven by a passion to bring classical music to the next generation and to ensure that people in areas of under provision have better access to training and engagement in the performing arts.

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Nicholas made his BBC Proms conducting debut in 2020 with the BBC Singers. He has programmed and conducted numerous broadcasts and concerts throughout the UK with the group and helped establish the Singers’ partnership with youth choral groups in Stratford East, the future home of the BBC performing groups.

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Educated at the University of Oxford and Piacenza Conservatoire, Nicholas has held positions at major UK musical institutions including Chichester Cathedral, St Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, English National Opera and the Royal Opera House.

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From 2011, Nicholas was conductor of Northern Ireland Opera and established the chorus and partnership with the Ulster Orchestra and conducted The Medium, Tosca (Best Opera - Irish Times Theatre Awards), The Turn of the Screw, The Bear, Macbeth, The Flying Dutchman, Salome, Don Giovanni, Cosi fan Tutte, Powder Her Face and Noye’s Fludde (Belfast Zoo, Beijing and Shanghai).  

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In 2013, Nicholas founded Nevill Holt Opera and established an award-winning education and associate artists programme. The company has introduced countless young people to opera in the East Midlands and its year-round education programme works with schools across the region. The rapid success of the company under his leadership led to a new opera house being built at Nevill Holt in Leicestershire. It opened in 2018 with Le nozze di Figaro. The exquisite new building has won plaudits for its acoustic design and reached the final of the RIBA Stirling prize in 2019. With Nevill Holt Opera, Nicholas has conducted The Magic Flute, La bohème, The Turn of the Screw, Carmen, Rigoletto, The Elixir of Love, Tosca, Noye’s Fludde, Le Nozze di Figaro, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Cosí fan tutte and La traviata.

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Nicholas works with leading orchestras and opera companies in the UK and overseas: Royal Northern Sinfonia; Britten Sinfonia; Manchester Camerata; BBC Concert Orchestra; The CBSO; The Ulster Orchestra; The English Chamber Orchestra; London Mozart Players; China Philharmonic, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra; Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra; Zurich Opera; Opera National de Lyon.

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Nicholas’s education and community projects aim to impact thousands of people. He runs award winning education projects in the East Midlands and is curator of - Opera Nation - (a book of famous opera aria arrangements for young people) at the Royal Opera House. At Covent Garden, Nicholas also leads the Sing at ROH programme and works with the youth opera company. 2022 marked his involvement in the BIG SING with Britten Pears Arts.

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www.nicholaschalmers.com/       @nic_chalmers

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Tabitha Reynolds :
Vocal Coach

British Mezzo-soprano Tabitha Reynolds is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music where she studied on scholarship with Yvonne Howard, Julie Kennard and Iain Ledingham.


On the concert platform Tabitha was a soloist in the Kohn Foundation Bach Cantata series, and has performed at venues including Wigmore Hall and St John’s Smith Square. She enjoys performing a wide variety of choral works including, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Dvorak’s Stabat Mater and Bach’s St John Passion.


Operatic highlights include Hansel and Gretel, Rigoletto and Carmen (chorus) with Opera Holland Park, Dido and Aeneas (Dido) in Chipping Campden Festival, Sweeney Todd (chorus) with Bergen National Opera, The Elixir of Love and Tosca (chorus) with Nevill Holt Opera and Die Zauberflöte, Il Trovatore and Alfonso und Estrella (chorus) with Opéra de Baugé. Recently Tabitha performed with Opera Holland Park in a collaboration with English National Ballet in Stravinsky’s Les Noces, performing at Sadler's Wells. She will be returning to Opera Holland Park in their 2024 season. During her time at RAM she performed in L’enfant et les sortilèges (Maman), Ariodante (chorus), Suor Angelica (chorus) and Le Nozze di Figaro (chorus). Tabitha has also participated in masterclasses with Felicity Lott, Susan Bullock, Kathryn Harries and British Youth Opera.
 

www.tabithareynolds.com        @TabbyJReynolds

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David Smith : 
Accompanist

Born in Stockport, David completed a BMus at the University of Birmingham before moving to the Royal Academy of Music where he studied with Michael Dussek and Vanessa Latarche. After graduating with distinction he was awarded Junior Fellowships working with the vocal department at both the Royal Academy and Royal College of Music.

Numerous competition successes include the Birmingham Accompanist of the Year, Vivian Langrish accompanists’ prize, Michael Head and Bliss prizes for accompaniment as well as the Christian Carpenter prize, awarded in recognition of his achievements at the Academy. In 2009 David was one of the first pianists to be invited to work with the prestigious Samling Foundation under the tutelage of Sir Thomas Allen.

He has collaborated with many exceptional singers of his generation including James Rutherford, Sarah Tynan, Benedict Nelson and Allan Clayton, in addition to significantly established artists such as Sir Willard White and Sir Thomas Allen, and has appeared at many of the major UK venues including Wigmore Hall, St John’s Smith Square, Colston Hall, Symphony Hall Birmingham and Pittville Pump Room as well as some of the major UK music festivals.

 

Further afield David has performed in a number of countries including France, Spain and Germany, and has developed relationships with the Heidelberg and Aix-en-Provence Festivals. In 2012 he was invited to become an HSBC Laureate of the Aix Festival, performing in a number of concerts around Europe.

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