The Colne Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor

Anthony studied music at both the University of Durham (1993-6) and then the Royal College of Music (1997-1999) as a conductor.

At the end of his first year at Durham University, Anthony was appointed conductor of the Durham University Symphony Orchestra, keeping the post of his remaining two years. In 1997, Anthony won a scholarship to study conducting at the Royal College of Music. He studied with Neil Thompson, Edwin Roxburgh and John Carewe, took masterclasses with Daniele Gatti, Jorma Panula and Gerhard Markson, and prepared the RCM Symphony orchestra for the distinguished visits of Lorin Maazel and Daniele Gatti.

After winning the August Manns prize for conducting two years consecutively, he then became the first ever winner of the Norman Del Mar conducting prize in 1999, receiving one of the later Norman Del Mar's batons from Sir David Willcocks. Soon after graduating from the Royal College of Music in 1999, Anthony worked with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain as Orchestral Manager for a year, working behind the scenes with one of the largest and most exciting orchestras in the country.

In March 1999 Anthony was recorded and broadcast by BBC Radio 3, conducting the Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra in Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune as part of the Youth Orchestra's of the world programme, and the same year by Lyric FM appearing with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland (RTE) in the National Concert Hall, Dublin, conducting Brahms' First Symphony and then again the following year conducting Beethoven's Erioca Symphony.

As well as working as a freelance conductor throughout the UK, Anthony also performs internationally and has appeared in local and national television. Orchestras he has conducted include the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Nottingham Philharmonic Orchestra, Hertfordshire Philharmonic Orchestra, Santa Clarita Valley Symphony (Los Angeles), and Horsham Symphony Orchestra amongst others. He is a staff conductor and teacher at the Royal Academy of Music, Junior Academy and also Trinity College of Music, London and is Musical Director if the contemporary music ensemble Avenue-a.

Earlier in 2002, Anthony was a Western Europe finalist of the prestigious Maazel/Vilar International Conducting Competition.

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