Course Directors
Tori Longdon
Tori Longdon is the Associate Chorus Director of the London Philharmonic Choir, and Principal Conductor of the Covent Garden Chorus. She is in demand internationally following her work on the King’s Coronation Concert in May 2023 when she coached eighteen choirs from around the United Kingdom to perform for the king.
Tori recently chorus-mastered her first Prom concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and travels the world leading masterclasses and adjudicating competitions, most recently in Germany (July 24) Australia (May ’24) and Finland (September ’23) and Austria (November ’23). She has lectured for the Artist Development postgraduate course at the Royal Academy of Music, and for the musicianship course at the Junior Guildhall Conservatoire.
Tori is currently a conductor for Songs Of Praise on British television channel BBC1, as well as an adjudicator for ‘Young Choir Of The Year’.
Jamie Wright
Jamie is a singer, conductor and music educator based in London, and is Baritone and Vocal percussionist for the Grammy award winning vocal group The Swingles.
He has worked in television, performed at the BBC proms, and was the bass soloist in All the Angel’s at Shakespeare’s Globe.
Jamie also works closely with the National and London Youth Choirs, and Welsh National Opera as a conductor and workshop leader, as well as being a chorister of the Chapel Royal, Tower of London.