Joe Davies

Recently praised for his ‘musical brilliance’ (Seen and Heard International), Joe Davies is a Conductor working around the UK. He is Assistant Conductor of the English Symphony Orchestra, Musical Director of the UK Proms in the Park Orchestra, Canterbury Symphony Orchestra, Oxford Millenium Orchestra, Leamington Sinfonia, Solway Sinfonia, and Coventry & Warwickshire Youth Orchestra, and Artistic Director of the Cumbria Opera Group. Recent and future engagements include the National Schools’ Symphony Orchestra, Nottingham Symphony Orchestra, Oxford University Orchestra, Winchester Symphony Orchestra, and the City of Southampton Orchestra, while previous MD positions include Worcester Philharmonic Orchestra, Midland Concert Orchestra, and Contemporary Music East Midlands (CoMA). Concerto collaborations include Laura Van Der Heijden, Jess Gillam, Xhosa Cole, Emma Johnson, and Clare Hammond, while Premieres include Howard Skempton, Martin Bussey, and Harry Baker.

In 2016, Joe founded the Cumbria Opera Group to bring world-class opera into Cumbria. His opera credits with the group include Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, Trouble in Tahiti, Acis and Galatea, Venus and Adonis, and Dido and Aeneas. Other Opera Credits include Candide at the Oxford Playhouse and Mansfield Park with Cardiff Opera. Joe graduated with a First Class Degree in Music from St Peter’s College, Oxford, where he was awarded the Paul and Fiona Geddes Award for Academic Excellence and conducted the Oxford University Chorus. He then studied Orchestral Conducting at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, graduating with Distinction, where he studied under Michael Seal.