Madeleine Lovell is Associate Chorus Master of the Philharmonia Chorus, Musical Director of the St George’s Chamber Orchestra and Londinium, and she is a Guest Conductor for London Lyric Opera. She has conducted many choirs and orchestras around the UK, including the BBC Symphony Chorus, London Philharmonic Chorus and the National Symphony Orchestra. Madeleine is Director of Music and Director of Studies in Music at Queens’ College, Cambridge.

Having studied music at King’s College, Cambridge, Madeleine received an M.Phil in Musicology from Cambridge in 2000, and spent a further two years researching comic opera. She has a Masters in singing and Certificate of Advanced Studies in Repetiteur Training, both from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. In 2005 Madeleine attended the Dartington International Summer School Advanced Conducting Course (where her studies were funded by a D’Oyly Carte Bursary), performing excerpts from Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress.

As a chorus master, Madeleine works regularly with BBC Symphony Chorus and has often appeared at the BBC Proms. She has prepared the Philharmonia Chorus for many projects, including two recordings and, most recently, London Lyric Opera’s performance of Der fliegende Holländer at the Barbican (November 2008). In demand as a choir trainer, Madeleine will be working on the Eton Choral Course, and taking workshops in the UK and the Netherlands this year.

Recent projects include conducting London Lyric Opera’s Fidelio at Cadogan Hall (February 2009). Future plans include Die Fledermaus for the same company in June 2009, both with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.