Elinor Cooper
Elinor is a conductor, singer and classical music writer based in the South-West. She has a first class BA in Music from the University of Bristol and an MMus in choral conducting from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, where she studied with Adrian Partington, Sarah Tenant-Flowers, Andrea Brown and Greg Hallam.
For two years, Elinor worked as a writer for BBC Music Magazine, and now combines freelance journalism with her musical career. During her time with the organisation, Elinor interviewed renowned artists such as Kiri Te Kanawa, Tara Erraught and Sakari Oramo, and contributed to numerous features and articles.
As a singer, Elinor has worked with international conductors and artists, both in performance and masterclasses. Highlights include consecutive BBC Proms with Vasily Petrenko, Bob Chilcott and Daniel Barenboim, and masterclasses with Ian Bostridge, Mary King and Sarah Connolly.
Elinor is currently Musical Director of Bristol University Singers, Collegium Singers, UWE Singers, chamber choir Spiro Singers and assistant conductor for Bristol Youth Choir. She teaches singing at Wycliffe School, Stroud and from her home in Bristol.
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Update Summer 2024
From July 2024, we welcome Greg Hallam as interim musical director who will lead us in Elinor's temporary absence from the choir. Greg is another talented singer and conductor and we look forward to singing with him whilst he is with us.
Greg is Musical Director of Swansea Bach Choir, Reading Festival Chorus and Bracknell Choral Society. He is tutor to the postgraduate choral conducting students at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and teacher at Wellington College and Christchurch Cathedral School, Oxford.
As a baritone, Greg has sung with a number of groups including London Voices, Philharmonia Voices, Voces8 and Dieci Voices.
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