We are thrilled to appoint Leanne Singh-Levett as conductor of our choir. She is well known to the society through her previous role as choral accompanist and we are excited for her to lead the choir in its new chapter. Leanne is no stranger to conducting the Hunts Phil choir, even at the drop of a hat; in March 2023 she stepped in at (very) short notice to conduct Hunts Phil’s performance of Brahms’s Ein Deutsches Requiem, delivering a fantastic performance of this monumental work.
She was Music Staff Fellow at English National Opera (2022/23) and subsequently Chief Répétiteur for Opera North’s acclaimed Requiem project (May 2023). She returned to ENO in Autumn 2023 to work on Peter Grimes with Martyn Brabbins (off-stage conducting) and continued her enjoyment of opera in May 2024 on the music staff team at the Royal Opera for a new production of Carmen. Leanne continues to work with the Royal Opera on their current production of La Traviata.
Leanne was Chorusmaster for Le nozze di Figaro at the Royal College of Music, directed by Sir Thomas Allen and conducted by Michael Rosewell (Autumn 2018). She then prepared the chorus at RCM for Offenbach’s Robinson Crusoé, and for Holst’s The Planets in the Queen Elizabeth Hall with Andrew Gourlay (July 2019). Leanne has worked at the RCM for many years accompanying song classes, opera and language coachings. She was also a staff member of the Junior Department, coaching chamber music and playing for singers and choirs.
Leanne has coached the Jette Parker Young Artists at the Royal Opera, and collaborated in concert with singers including Mary Bevan, Marcus Farnsworth, David Butt Philip and Lauren Fagan. She has accompanied choirs including Kingston Choral Society and Imperial Male Voice Choir, touring with the latter to France, Germany, Russia and Ireland.
Since moving to Cambridgeshire in 2021 Leanne is enjoying her engagement with local music-making. In addition to her commitments to Huntingdonshire Philharmonic, Leanne was also appointed Musical Director of Huntingdon Male Voice Choir in 2023.
Leanne is a regular staff pianist at Oxenfoord International Summer School.
