
Our Musical Director
Dexter Drown is an imaginative and versatile conductor who has been praised for his utterly magical performances of passion, confidence, and flair.
Alongside his work as conductor of the professional chamber orchestra, The Sinfonia Stellaris, Dexter has worked with musicians from the Orchestra of the Swan on premiere recordings of new works, led concerts with contemporary music ensemble The Hadit Collective, Ensemble Ad libitum de Chambéry, and conducted the Midland Sinfonia. As well as his work with professional orchestras, Dexter is the Musical Director of the Midland Concert Orchestra and follows in the footsteps of Malcolm Sargent as Musical Director of the Leicester Symphony Orchestra.
In addition to his passion for Orchestral music, Dexter is a distinguished and inspiring choral conductor and choir trainer. He has worked as chorus master for conductors including Sir Karl Jenkins, Toby Purser, and George Jackson in some of the UK’s most prestigious venues, such as The Bridgewater Hall, Birmingham Symphony Hall, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Usher Hall, and St David’s Hall. Dexter has worked with Ensemble Vocal Interlude (Grenoble), Chaddesley Voices, and is the Musical Director of Solihull Chandos Choir, Stourport Choral, conducts the East Oxford Community Choir and Orchestra, and is on the faculty of the Chester Choral Week, sharing his love of choral music with singers across the country.
In conjunction with his work with large choruses, Dexter is the conductor of the Nottingham Trent University Chamber Choir, helping shape the next generation of choral musicians, and the Musical Director of The Sitwell Singers and the award-winning Derwent Singers. His experience in choral excellence has been recognised with an invitation to adjudicate at the Bangor International Choral Festival.
Proudly State Educated, Dexter is as passionate about learning as he is about music making. He is the Winner of the Michael Beech Conducting Award and the Abingdon Music Festival Conducting Competition. Dexter gained a Master’s in Orchestral Conducting with Distinction at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and has been fortunate to participate in the Garsington Opera Conductor Mentorship Programme and Masterclasses with Kazuki Yamada, Nicholas Collon, Paul Murphy, Peter Stark, Kenneth Keisler, and Daniel Bortholossi.