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Sean Morris, Conductor

Sean is a London-based conductor who has primarily made his name working with semi- professional and amateur orchestras, choirs, and chamber groups in the UK and abroad. A strong believer in the power and importance of community music making, Sean is delighted to take up the position of Conductor with SMO for the 25/26 season!

Sean began his conducting studies at the age of 17 with Phillip Scott (former NYWE and now long time mentor) while studying at Well’s Cathedral School, and has gone on to observe and receive tuition with eminent conductors and gurus Christopher Aide, Collin Metters, Sian Edwards, Toby Purser, and Raffaello Samglibini and is a former pupil of the George Hurst Conducting School. Primarily working as a freelancer, Sean has held positions with the Orpington Symphony Orchestra, and The King’s Players, and has performed regularly with King’s Opera and new opera group Spectra Ensemble. He has also founded several ensembles, most notably his own orchestra, The New Age Ensemble.

An advocate for new music, Sean works regularly with young composers to give them a platform. While studying at King’s College London, Sean founded the Modern Music Society, the university’s first student body addressing music from the 20th Century onwards. As President and Musical Director for the duration of his degree, Sean led the Sinfonia in notable performances of Ravel’s Introduction et Allegro, Berio’s Folk Songs, Hindemith’s Plöner Musiktag, and Schoenberg’s Kammersymphonie No.1 and Verklärte Nacht.

Sean has also routinely worked with as an opera and choral MD. Most notably, he has premiered Lewis Coenen-Rowe’s Collision (2017) at Arcola Theatre Opera Festival and later Last Thursday (2018); Matthew King’s fairytale opera The Snow Queen (1994); and most recently led performances of Benjamin Britten’s masterpiece The Turn of the Screw. A trumpeter by training and keen musicologist, Sean has received scholarships and awards for musical and academic pursuits from Wells Cathedral School, the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, King’s College London, and University of Oxford.

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ChairmanPhilip Hull
SecretaryJenny Finch
TreasurerEdmund Bradley
ConductorSean Morris
LeaderDavid Thompson
LibrarianAnn Moore
MembershipJill Boreham
Social ActivitiesRory James
WebsiteDavid Needham