JAMES NAYLOR
Choral Director
About
James prides himself on his clear choral leadership and is dedicated to bringing high quality music-making to all his singers.
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James is a London-based choral director. He is the music director of Waltham Forest Community Choir (WFCC), chorus master of Julian Light Opera Society (JLOS) in Ealing and music director of chamber opera company the Willmore Singers.
James' previous projects include a community performance of Krása's Brundibar for Holocaust Memorial Day 2018 and several performances of a devised piece exploring the musical connections of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. in 2019 he was a member of the team of conductors leading the 500 Voices performance of David Lang's the public domain in the Barbican Centre. James studied under Simon Halsey and graduated with an MA in Choral Conducting from the University of Birmingham. During his time at UoB, James also received tuition and guidance from Julian Wilkins and Simon Carrington, and gained valuable experience working with groups of all sizes and ability. |