Our Conductor - Steven Moore

Australian répétiteur and conductor Steven Moore completed a Bachelor of Music (Hons) at the University of Southern Queensland, majoring in Pipe Organ. He continued his studies at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, majoring in Voice. He then moved to London and completed a Master of Music (Performance) at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama on the Repetiteur course, followed by the Repetiteur course at the National Opera Studio.

Steven has worked as Assistant Conductor and Chorus Master for productions of Le nozze di Figaro and The Rake’s Progress. He has also worked on the music staff of Glyndebourne Touring Opera and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden for productions including Albert Herring, Macbeth, L’elisir d’amore, La Boheme, Elektra and Hänsel und Gretel. He has played in master classes with Dame Felicity Palmer, Jane Henschel, Martin Isepp and Graham Clark and worked with numerous coaches and conductors.

He is Conductor of Hayes Symphony Orchestra and St Peter’s Festival Orchestra and Director of Music at St Peter’s Church, Hammersmith. As a singer, he has performed on stage in productions of Die Zauberflöte, The Pilgrim’s Progress, Semele, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Romeo et Juliette and West Side Story.


Photo: Sandi Friend

He is currently on the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House, as a Répétiteur/Conductor. Steven made his conducting debut at the Royal Opera House when he conducted The Bear at the Linbury Studio. He will join the Music Staff of the Royal Opera House for several productions in the 2008/09 season, including Rigoletto, Lulu, Tosca, Lohengrin, Un ballo in maschera and Dido and Aeneas.

Steven has had extensive experience in choral conducting, being Musical Director of the Blackstone-Ipswich Cambrian Choir (Queensland’s Champion Choir, 2006), the Westside Singers and Director of Music at St Paul’s Anglican Church, Ipswich. He has lectured in music at tertiary level, been invited to act as adjudicator and also to lead many choral workshops and performances.

Our Leader - Lynn Cook

After graduating from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Lynn continued her studies in America at the Brooklyn College of Music and the world famous Summer School in Aspen Colorado. 

She played in Orchestras in the Americas and Iceland before returning to London to set up a hectic teaching practice. As well as teaching in various schools, she has a large private practice and regularly runs her own courses, such as “Fiddlesticks!” (a junior orchestra in Wimbledon), “Sounds Together” (children’s chamber groups in Sydenham), and “Semiquavers” (music classes for the very young).

 Despite the heavy demands of all this teaching, Lynn makes time for her own playing. She has led the Hayes Orchestra for nine years, founded and leads the Colour House Ensemble at Merton Abbey Mills, and is a regular member of the Tunbridge Wells, Isle of Wight and other orchestras

A selection of tracks.

Please click here to listen to some excerpts from previous concerts.

Siegfried Idyll - Richard Wagner

Previous Conductors

Hayes Symphony Orchestra would like to give thanks to our previous conductor Benjamin Ellin who has worked with the Orchestra for a number of years. We wish him the best of luck for his future engagements. For more information about Ben, please view his website www.benjaminellin.com