Andy Morley
Andrew studied conducting and orchestration with Denis McCaldin at Lancaster University and subsequently won the Hertford Choral Scholarship to study with Peter Stark at Trinity College of Music, London. Having graduated with distinction, winning the Ricordi Conducting Prize, he is now in demand as a teacher and conductor in and around London.
Andrew started his career as director and co-director of many ensembles in Lancaster, including symphony and chamber orchestras, chamber ensembles as well as choirs, choral groups and wind ensembles. He has a particular interest in twentieth century orchestral music and is the composer of incidental Music to Frühlings Erwachen, Time Transfixed, and more recently Six Miniatures for chamber ensemble. At Trinity, Andrew’s conducting work included Aaron Copland's ballet Appalachian Spring with the TCM Sinfonia, Heinz Holliger's experimental study in breath, Pneuma, with the TCM Wind Orchestra, and a concert of film music arranged by the late Stanley Black with the TCM Symphony Orchestra. In recognition of his successes at conservatoire Andrew was chosen as Trinity’s entry for the intercollegiate Harriet Cohen Memorial Awards.
Away from college Andrew has directed the Wallace Ensemble in concerts including Walton Viola Concerto, Mathias Harp concerto, Scriabin Piano Concerto and has given the première of a number of works by the Greek composer Basil Athanasiadis. Recent work includes Malcolm Arnold’s Symphony No. 3, a charity performance of Stockhausen’s rarely performed Gruppen for three orchestras and an appearance with the National Youth Orchestra Sinfonietta at the Lake District Summer Music Festival. In addition he has held teaching posts at Lancaster University, Trinity College of Music and currently works with the Trinity College of Music Junior Symphony Orchestra, The Wallace Ensemble, the Southend Philharmonic Orchestra and the Southampton University Sinfonietta.
In February 2004 Andrew was awarded first prize at the Allianz-Cornhill Musical Insurance Conducting Competition (formerly British Reserve competition) having received unanimous votes from both jury and orchestra.
Lancelot Fuhry
Having studied music and conducting in his hometown Berlin and in Weimar, in 2001 Lancelot was selected by the “Deutscher Musikrat” to be a participant in the elite “Maestros von Morgen” which is the national programme for young conductors in Germany.
Lancelot moved to Britain in 2003 where he was offered a Junior Fellowship in Conducting at the Royal Northern College of Music Manchester. After his tenure in Manchester he held the position of Young Conductor in Association with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra from 2005 till 2007. He has been focusing more on opera in recent years and was appointed 1. Kapellmeister of the opera house of Dortmund in 2010.
Lancelot is a sought-after guest conductor having performed with many major orchestras both in Germany and abroad, including Hungary, France and Slovenia - a list which also includes the BBC Philharmonic, the Czech National Symphony Orchestra and the RTE National Symphony Orchestra in Ireland.
Lancelot is also dedicated to working with youth and amateur orchestras. In Britain he has conducted several regional amateur orchestras, the RNCM Junior school orchestra, and the Symphony Orchestras of the Universities of Manchester and Belfast. Whilst in Germany he is in much demand by youth orchestras including the National Youth Orchestra of Germany.
Lancelot has been a member of the IAM family for many years, acting as music director of the “Riedenburger Jugendmusikwoche” from 1997-2004.
