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Conductor
Jonathan Timms
Jonathan Timms was born in Oxford in
1985. He studied music at the
University of York before doing a
Masters degree in conducting. He was
principal conductor of the York
Sinfonietta from 2006 - 2007 and a
frequent guest conductor with the
Chimera Ensemble, a prestigious
contemporary music group at the
university. In July 2007 he conducted
the first performance of Antigone
Variations, an important new work for
large chamber orchestra by the composer
Helen Roe. In 2008 he was a participant
on the internationally acclaimed London
Conducting Workshop at the Royal
College of Music, where amongst other
works, he conducted Bartok’s
Divertimento for String Orchestra,
Mozart’s Symphony no. 41 and Mahler’s
Symphony no. 5. He has also conducted
the Arnold Schoenberg Chamber
Orchestra, University of York Symphony
Orchestra and the New Professionals.
Jonathan now works as a freelance
conductor, double bass player and
teacher.
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