Jamie Conway, 21, currently studies music at Robinson College, Cambridge and sings with the world-renowned Choir of St John's College under Andrew Nethsingha. Whilst singing at Truro Cathedral in the 2016/17 season he conducted and accompanied several of the choirs in the area including the St Mary's Singers and Cornwall Youth Choir, and was awarded an Associateship of the Royal College of Organists (ARCO) in February 2017. Previous experiences have included conducting appearances in Hong Kong and Singapore in front of Uppingham School Chamber Choir, as well as at various UK venues.

 

A former chorister of Gloucester Cathedral under Andrew Nethsingha and Adrian Partington, Jamie's first orchestral experiences involved singing as a treble at the Three Choirs Festival with the Philharmonia Orchestra in repertoire as diverse as Handel's Israel in Egypt to Mahler's gargantuan Eighth Symphony. Once at secondary school, he started learning percussion under Sarah Stuart and piano with Alexis Ffrench and played both with the Britten Sinfonia Academy, and his interest in conducting was nurtured by director of music Stephen Williams, who afforded Jamie his first conducting opportunities. He studied organ with Ashley Grote and Peter Clements and has more recently played piano, organ, and percussion for National Schools Symphony Orchestra, Watford Youth Sinfonia, and Wyatt Sinfonia.

 

A busy répétiteur and assistant, he is currently rehearsal pianist for Cambridge University Symphony Chorus, and frequently accompanies concerts and recitals across Cambridge. He has played piano and celeste for Cambridge University Orchestra. Having studied with Richard Dickins at National Schools Symphony Orchestra in 2016, Jamie's regular conducting exploits began with the East London Symphony Orchestra which he founded at the beginning of 2017 and has since conducted the St John's College Orchestra with soloists Stephanie Childress and Laura van der Heijden, and the Cambridge Fundraising Choir in Trinity College Chapel.

 

Jamie has performed at the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall, Birmingham Symphony Hall, Royal Festival Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall at the Southbank Centre, Snape Proms at Snape Maltings, St David's Hall, Cardiff, Three Choirs Festival, Milton Court, London A Cappella Festival at King's Place, and more.