Marco Giudici
Marco started conducting in 2018 and has taken part in courses with Denise Ham, Colin Metters, Toby Purser, Dominic Grier and Rodolfo Saglimbeni. He studied at the London Conducting Academy, the Sherborne Summer School of Music and has participated in the St Andrews Conducting Workshops. He is currently mentored by Eduardo Portal. Marco regularly conducts a variety of school orchestras and ensembles, as well as working with the Westmorland Youth Orchestra. He is also the Musical Director of the Salford Symphony Orchestra and has recently been appointed as the Principal Conductor of the newly formed Preston Symphony Orchestra.
Marco also continues to enjoy a rewarding teaching career as a clarinet and saxophone teacher in both state and independent schools. Several of his students have had successes as members of the National Youth Orchestra, National Children’s Orchestra, and the Hallé Youth Orchestra; many have been offered places to study at several of the music conservatoires. Marco is a deputy clarinet tutor at the Junior RNCM, where he has also coached chamber music and conducted one of the orchestras.
Originally a clarinettist, Marco studied at the Conservatorio G. Verdi in Milan. He was principal clarinet of the Italian Youth Orchestra for two years before going on to study in Germany with internationally renowned performers and tutors Eduard Brunner and Hans Deinzer, obtaining his soloist Diploma with Distinction. He has performed as a freelance player in both Italy and England, working with orchestras such as the OSNR (National Italian Radio Orchestra), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Manchester Camerata, Lancashire Sinfonietta, and the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company. Other highlights include performing chamber music with some members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and recording works by Mozart and Isang Yun for German Radio.
The choir has been superbly supported by the previous Musical Director, Jolyon Dodgson, who stepped down in 2022.
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