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Andrew Charity (Conductor)Andrew studied conducting at the Royal College of Music and the Canford Summer School (George Hurst) and won two major prizes. Since leaving the London Opera Centre in 1972, he has developed a busy orchestral and freelance career, conducting a wide range of choral, orchestral and operatic repertoire; he is also a composer and arranger, pianist and organist. | |
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Elspeth Wilkes (Assistant Conductor and Accompanist)Elspeth is in much demand as a pianist, accompanist and repetiteur. As a pianist, she has performed at many venues including St John’s Smith Square, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, St James’ Piccadilly, Southwark Cathedral and St Giles’ Cathedral Edinburgh. She has also worked with The Royal Ballet, BBC Wales and Southbank Sinfonia and been an official accompanist at festivals in Oxford, Bath, Lincolnshire and Essex. As a repetiteur, Elspeth has worked with many companies including Opera de Bauge, English Touring Opera, Sussex Opera, Garden Opera, Second Movement Opera and Royal Academy Opera. Most recently she has been working as assistant musical director and pianist on Opera Up Close’s sell-out production of La Bohème which will shortly transfer to the Soho Theatre in London’s West End. She also works as an accompanist with London Oriana Choir, The Cannons Scholars and Thurrock Choral Society. In 2009, Elspeth founded the St Georges Concert Series for whom she regularly performs. While studying at the Royal Academy of Music, Elspeth won the Scott Huxley Accompaniment prize and the Elena Gerhardt Lieder prize and has participated in masterclasses with Robert Tear, Barbara Bonney, Felicity Lott, Ingrid Surgenor and Malcolm Martineau amongst others.
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