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Upcoming / Recent engagements

2024

July / August - Longborough Festival Opera - La Boheme - Puccini

September 6th - Album release - NMC label -Orchestral and Choral Works of Imogen Holst

September 7th-8th - Glover-Edwards Conducting Course - Royal Academy of Music

23-24 September - Australian Opera Academy - Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

17 September - Melbourne Opera - Masterclass

1-3 October - Elder Conservatorium / Adelaide Symphony Orchestra - Honours & Masters Conducting Students

4-14 October - Perth Symphony Orchestra - Women on the Podium Symposium

16 October - Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music - Masterclass with symphony orchestra

16-17 November - Glover-Edwards Conducting Course - Royal Academy of Music

19 November - St Martin-in-the Fields Conducting Workshop

20 November - In Conversation with Sir Antonio Pappano - Faber & Faber, The Bindery, London

31 December - 1 January - Ballet Preljocaj - Swan Lake - Reims Opera House


2025 

January 11-12 - Glover-Edwards Conducting Course - Royal Academy of Music

February  - Royal Northern Sinfonia - Royal Philharmonic Society - Women Conductors

March 2 - London Rehearsal Orchestra - Imogen Holst Persephone, Britten - Prelude & Dances of the Pagodas 

April 1 - Mechanical Advantage Concert - Sinfonia Viva - Derby 

May - Royal Northern Sinfonia - Royal Philharmonic Society - Women Conductors

Autumn - English Touring Opera - The Elixir of Love  UK tour - dates tbc

2026

April 2026 - Royal Scottish National Symphony Orchestra - Concerts tbc

 

Guest Speaking Engagements

2024

February - 6-14 - Saga Cruise to the Carribean - VIP Guest Speaker

April - Paperback version 

May 3 - Stratford-on-Avon Literary Festival - Interview / Q&A

May 23 - Marting Randall / Royal Philharmonic Society Webinair 

June 24 - Imogen Holst: a National Treasure - St. Martin-in-the-Fields 

July 31st - Anesco YPN - Keynote Speaker - Reading

November 3-9 - Cunard Cruise to Canary Islands - VIP Guest Speaker

 

Archive


PERFORMANCES 

March 6 - Royal Tunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra - Concert

March 17-19 Théâtres de Compiegnes - Swan Lake  Tchaikovsky

March 21-22 - Opéra de Rouen Normandie - Swan Lake  Tchaikovsky

April 10 - National Youth Orchestra of Scotland - Concert

July 1-6 - Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama - Die Fledermaus  Strauss 

July 30 - Battersea Arts Centre - BBC Proms - Young Composer 

August 12 - Dartington Festival Summer School - German Requiem  Brahms

September 22 - Calgary Opera - 40th Anniversary Gala Concert

October 9 - Welsh National Opera - Cheryomushki  Shostakovich

MASTERCLASSES / WORKSHOPS

January 7-8 Royal Academy of Music - Sorrell Conductors Programme

January 26-27 Royal Northern Sinfonia / Royal Philharmonic Society Women Conductors 

January 29-31 National Concert Hall Dublin / Female Conductor Programme Masterclass

February 26-27 Perth Symphony Orchestra / Women on the Podium (remote)

May 19-20 Royal Northern Sinfonia / Royal Philharmonic Society Women Conductors

August 8-21 Dartington International Summer School / Advanced Conductors

October 21-30 Perth Symphony Orchestra / Women in the Podium

November 19-20 Edwards Glover Conducting Conductors Programme

PERFORMANCES:

January 28-19  Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama - Postgraduate Opera Scenes

February 16  Royal Scottish National Orchestra - World Premiere Gaspard's Foxtrot - Jonathan Dove & Zeb Soanes

March 27-30 Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama - Opera School Production

June 14-15 Royal Northern Sinfonia - Women Conductors @ the Royal Philharmonic Society

July 21-23 Royal Opera House - Women Conductors Course

July 29  Philharmonia Orchestra - Three Choirs Festival, Malvern - Gaspard's Foxtrot, Peter & the Wolf  Zeb Soanes  

August 7-14 Dartington Summer Festival - World Premiere Joy - John Barber & Hazel Gould

September 24 Southbank Sinfonia - Kings Place - London Unwrapped Series 

October - The Belfast Ensemble - Workshop - Conor Mitchell 

November  Royal Academy of Music Opera School - Puccini Gianni Schicchi, Ravel L'heure Espagnol

 

MASTERCLASSES / WORKSHOPS

June 14-15  Royal Northern Sinfonia / Royal Philharmonic Society Women Conductors 

July 4 - Sorrell Conductors Programme / Royal Academy of Music

July 21-23 Royal Opera House Conducting Masterclass 

September 14-16 Women on Podium Perth Symphony Orchestra - Opera Conducting (zoom) 

October 24 - National Concert Hall Dublin - Female Conductor Programme

December 4-5 - National Concert Hall Dublin - Female Conductor Programme

February 1, 5, 7 Calgary Opera - Norma - Bellini

Due to Covid-10, all performances cancelled for the remainder of 2020.  Meanwhile, Alice was teaching online, writing and designing new conducting teaching resources.

January - Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama - Opera Scenes

February  23-24 - Royal Conservatoire Scotland - Women Conductors with RPS Workshop

March 8 - BBC Radio 3 - International Women's Day - Guest Inteview

March 9 - Open University - Conference on Musical Leadership - Guest Speaker

March 12 - Barbican - Concert with City of London Girls School

March 17 - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic - Women Conductors with RPS Workshop

March 29-31  Perth Symphony Orchestra - Women on the Podium  

April 10-11 MAWOMA  - Vienna - European Finals  - Jury member - Conducting Competition for Women 

April 17 - Fitzwilliam College Cambridge Conducting Workshop for Young Women 

April 25 - Folkoperan, Stockholm - Tidskriften Opera - 40 Juilbeumkonsert (Gala Concert)

April 28-29 MAWOMA - Panel Judge - European Finals Vienna - Conducting Competition for Women

July 1 , 2,  3 - Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Opera School - The Gondoliers 

September 26 - Queen Elizabeth Hall London - Orchestra Unwrapped - BBC Concert Orchestra

November 4,6,8,11 Guildhall School of Music & Drama Opera School - Haydn La Fedeltà Premiata

February 4 - Women Conductors @ Royal Philharmonic Society, Workshop,  Blackheath Halls

February 17-18 - National Concert Hall, Dublin - 2nd weekend of Female Conductors Programme

February 26  Kiruna, Lapland -  Turandot  excerpts Folkoperan with Vox Artica - open-air performance

March 26 - Mahogany Opera, Slough - Snappy Operas

March 11 - Women of the World Orchestra, Royal Festival Hall, Mirth Control with Sandi Toksvig

March 22 - Sinfonia Viva - Haydn 85, Mozart Violin Concerto, Schubert 5, Elgar Serenade

April 14-15 - National Concert Hall, Dublin - 3rd weekend of Female Conductors Programme

June 7 - Welsh National Opera - Symposium on Women in Opera - Curator

June 21-23 - Oxford International Conducting Institute, Guest Speaker

June 25-27 - National Concert Hall, Dublin - final weekend of Female Conductors Programme

July 31 - Opera Holland Park, SWAP'ra Gala Concert - Guest Conductor 

September 1 - Wermlands Opera, Karlstad, Sweden - Bernstein on Broadway

September 3-7 - Inaugural Conducting for Opera - Women Conductors RPS with Royal Opera House, National Opera Studio

October - November - Malmö Opera Orchestra with Skånes Dansteater 

October 13, 17, 20, 21, 24, 25, 28, 30, November 2, 9, 10, 11

November 24-25 - Royal Academy of Music - Sorrell Women's Conducting Programme - Guest teacher

December 8-9 - RPS Women Conductors Programme - Phase 1 Workshop 

 

January 1-6 Dalasinfonietta - New Year Concerts in Falun, Siljansnäs, Säter, Cassels, Grängesberg

January 26  Association of British Orchestra - Discussion Panel on Ethnic Diversity

February 16  Berklee College of Music, Valencia Campus - Women & Conducting

March 22, 28,  April 1, 4, 7, 12 - Danish Royal Ballet  Ballet de Luxe

March 25-26  Women Conductors at RPS - Workshop - Hallé Orchestra, Manchester

April 10, 11, 13, 19, 21,22  - Folkoperan Stockholm, Satyagraha

April 29, 30, May 1 - Storan Teatern Gothenburg (Folkoperan tour) Satygraha 

May 11-13 Nordiska Kammarorkestern - Schumann 4th Symphony, Tchaikvskoy Piano Concerto - soloist George Li   

July 10  Cumbria Youth Orchestra - Summer Concert - Carlisle

July 26-27 - Women Conductors Workshop, The Sage Gateshead

July 29-30 - Women Conductors Workshop, City of London Girls' School

August 4-5 - Women Conductors Workshop, City of London Girls' School

August 20 - Guest Conductor - Dirigent, Gothenburg (Women Conductors workshop)

September  - November  Folkoperan Stockholm  Turandot   

September 20, 23, 27, 28 , October 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 19, 21, 22, 25, 29,

November 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16. 17, 18, 22, 23 

September 30 - October 1 - National Concert Hall, Dublin - 1st weekend of Female Conductors Programme 

October 28 - Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Sweden - The Armed Man - Karl Jenkins 

December - January English National Ballet  London Coliseum  Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker 

 

December 2015 - January 2016  Royal Opera House  The Firework Maker's Daughter  - David Bruce

February - March  Folkoperan Stockholm Carmen Moves  Schedrin / Bizet 

February 13-14  St. Catharine's College Cambridge - Women Conductors @ Morley  Workshop Phase 1

April 10-11  Royal Conservatoire Scotland - Women Conductors @ Morley Workshop Phase 1

May 16-19  Folkoperan Stockholm - Workshop Satyagraha - Philip Glass

June 4-5  King's College London-  Women Conductors @ Morley  Workshop for Music Teachers

July 11  Cumbria Youth Orchestra - Summer Concert

July 27-31   Welsh National Opera  Kommilitonen! - Sir Peter Maxwell-Davies

August 27-31  Association of British Choral Directors - Masterclass and Discussion Panel

September 26 & October 2  Women Conductors Workshop Phase 1 - Trinity Laban, London  

October 9-31 Folkoperan Stockholm  Satyagraha -  Philip Glass 

December  Dallas Opera -Institute for Women Conductors  - Guest Faculty Teacher

PERFORMANCES 

2023

February 26 - Jönköping Sinfonietta - Concert 

March - Royal Academy Opera - Le Nozze di Figaro - Mozart

July - Lonborough Festival Opera L'elisir D'amore - Donizetti 

July 18 - National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland - Concert

October 28 - Cambridge University Orchestra - Concert

MASTERCLASSES / WORKSHOPS

2023

January 14-15 Glover Edwards Conductors Programme

January 18-19 Royal Northern Sinfonia / Royal Philharmonic Society Women Conductors

May 8-9 Royal North Sinfonia / Royal Philharmonic Society Women Conductors 

August 9-20 Dartington International Summer School / Advanced Conductors

September 9-10 Glover Edwards Conductors Programme

September 28 Conducting Masterclass - Jarra Voices, Melbourne

October 3-5 Guest Teacher - Elder Conservatorium, Adelaide

October 6 - 15  Women on the Podium Symposium - Perth Symphony Orchestra

December 9 RPS - Women Conductors Workshop - Cardiff

LITERARY FESTIVALS / GUEST SPEAKER

2023

January 11 - Book Launch - In Good Hands

June 4 - Hay Festival - Interview / Q&A

July 12 - Buxton Festival - Interview / Q&A

July 27 - Holt Festival - Interview / Q&A

August 13 - Dartington Festival - Interview / Q&A

September 20 - Budleigh Festival - Interview / Q&A

September 28 - Melbourne - Interview / Q&A

October 6 - Perth Symphony Orchestra - Interview / Q&A

October 21 - Ilkley Festival - Interview / Q&A

2024

February - 6-14 - Saga Cruise to the Carribean - VIP Guest Speaker

April - Paperback version 

May 3 - Stratford-on-Avon Literary Festival - Interview / Q&A