2026 season

A musician of rare versatility, Andrew Griffiths combines his role as Head Coach at the National Opera Studio with a busy freelance career in the worlds of opera and choral music.

A graduate of the Royal Opera’s Jette Parker Young Artist Programme, he has conducted productions for The Royal Opera, The Royal Ballet, WNO, Opera North, Early Opera Company, Mid Wales Opera, Bampton Classical Opera, and Iford Festival Opera, worked at Glyndebourne, ENO, and Chicago Opera Theater, and appeared in concert with Royal Northern Sinfonia, Orchestra of the Swan, Southbank Sinfonia, and Orpheus Sinfonia.

Andrew is Musical Director of Londinium and Kingston Choral Society, and regularly broadcasts and performs with the BBC Singers. He has also worked with the BBC Symphony Chorus, Coro Casa da Música, the choirs at Dartington Summer School, New London Chamber Choir, and Hong Kong’s Tallis Vocalis. He sings as a founder member of renowned vocal consort Stile Antico.

Engagements during the current season include conducting contemporary scenes at the National Opera Studio directed by Keith Warner, Brahms' Requiem and Poulenc's Gloria at Cadogan Hall to celebrate Kingston Choral Society's 75th birthday, Handel's Israel in Egypt for the Music Summer School at Gresham's, assistant conductor for Il trovatore at The Royal Opera, and chorus-master for Boulez's Cummings ist der Dichter with the BBC Singers.
 

Past seasons

Mark Austin
Benjamin Bayl
Thomas Blunt
Alexander Briger
Christopher Bucknall
Matthew Coorey
Christian Curnyn
Richard Dickins
Tecwyn Evans
Alice Farnham
Gilly French
Edward Gardner
Andrew Griffiths
Matthew Halls
Murray Hipkin
Guy Hopkins
Paul Hoskins
Robert Howarth
Chad Kelly
Anthony Kraus
Jason Lai
Robin Newton
David Owen Norris
Simon Over
Julian Perkins
Toby Purser
Harry Sever
Alexander Walker
Paul Wingfield