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| Michael Hitchcock |
Born in Surrey, Michael Hitchcock studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London and Christ Church College, Canterbury.
As a chamber-music and orchestral player, he has performed at many venues in South-East England including London’s Royal Festival Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Westminster Abbey and BBC radio and television studios, and at Canterbury, Rochester and Chichester Cathedrals.
Michael has taught violin and viola since 1972, and for ten years from 1987 he was one of the Directors of Kent Music School. From 1997 he also taught music at The Judd School in Tonbridge.
A sought-after conductor and orchestral trainer working with both adults and young students, Michael conducts the Grosvenor Orchestra in Tunbridge Wells, the Weald String Players, and the Cranbrook Orchestra. He is also a Guest Conductor of the Lydian Orchestra, North Downs Sinfonia, Tonbridge Philharmonic Orchestra and Wealden Sinfonia, and is an occasional rehearsal conductor of the Royal Tunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra.
He is Director of the Lydian Training Orchestra, the West Kent Youth Orchestra (a position he has had the privilege of holding for more than 20 years) and the West Kent Youth Wind Band, and he works regularly with orchestras and ensembles at The Judd School and Tonbridge Grammar School. Conducting engagements outside Kent and Sussex have included concerts in London, Paris, Rheims, Cornwall, Germany and Sweden.
Michael has taught violin and viola since 1972, and for ten years from 1987 he was one of the Directors of Kent Music School. From 1997 he also taught music at The Judd School in Tonbridge.
A sought-after conductor and orchestral trainer working with both adults and young students, Michael conducts the Grosvenor Orchestra in Tunbridge Wells, the Weald String Players, and the Cranbrook Orchestra. He is also a Guest Conductor of the Lydian Orchestra, North Downs Sinfonia, Tonbridge Philharmonic Orchestra and Wealden Sinfonia, and is an occasional rehearsal conductor of the Royal Tunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra.
He is Director of the Lydian Training Orchestra, the West Kent Youth Orchestra (a position he has had the privilege of holding for more than 20 years) and the West Kent Youth Wind Band, and he works regularly with orchestras and ensembles at The Judd School and Tonbridge Grammar School. Conducting engagements outside Kent and Sussex have included concerts in London, Paris, Rheims, Cornwall, Germany and Sweden.