The Committee are pleased to report that Jeff Stewart has been chosen to be our new Musical Director.
Jeff Stewart trained as a singer at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, winning the Harold Rosenthal award for outstanding achievement, and then at the National Opera Studio.
He has appeared in Opera Houses throughout Europe, including the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, English National Opera, Opera North, Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düßeldorf, Komische Oper Berlin, Schwerin, Bremen & Skopje, in a wide variety of repertoire that includes Edgardo ( Lucia di Lammermoor), Nemorino (L'Elisir D'Amore), Ernesto (Don Pasquale), Steva (Jenufa),Rodolfo (La Boheme), The Duke of Mantua (Rigoletto), Male Chorus (Rape of Lucretia), Pinkerton (Madame Butterfly, Tamino (Magic Flute), Ferrando (Cosi fan tutte), Walther, Tannhäuser), Andres (Wozzek), Alfred (Die Fledermaus), Gounod's Romeo and Gustavus (Un Ballo in Maschera.)
He has appeared in concert and recital all over the world, singing most of the great oratorio works.
Jeff is a professor of the vocal faculty at the Royal College of Music.
In 2004 he became the choirmaster of Holy Trinity Church Bledlow, which is now a thriving ensemble which regularly sings in England's great cathedrals.