BBC Concert Orchestra, Leigh O’Hara, Paulina Voices & Em Marshall-Luck
Biography BBC Concert Orchestra, Leigh O’Hara, Paulina Voices & Em Marshall-Luck
Leigh O’Hara
is the only person, apart from Holst and Vaughan Williams, to have run the prestigious music departments at James Allen’s Girls’ School and St Paul’s Girls’ School. Having completed a music degree at the University of York, where he won the prize for outstanding contribution, Leigh studied piano at Trinity College of Music with Simon Young, Philip Fowke and David Owen Norris. As well as winning first prize in the Weingarten Schumann Competition he was awarded the Gertrude Norman Prize and Cross Memorial Scholarship. Leigh’s career is now focussed on conducting and his role at St Paul's Girls’ School where he is Deputy Head, Director of Partnerships as well as Director of Music. Leigh has been resident at Dartington International Summer School for over 25 consecutive years and is musical director of Wandsworth Symphony Orchestra and Dulwich Symphony Orchestra as well as an examiner, presenter and moderator for the Associated Board. Leigh particularly enjoys tackling major symphonic works in a short but intensive rehearsal period with SLYO1 and the resulting vibrant and exciting performances.
