Madeleine Lovell

Madeleine Lovell is Musical Director of the St George's Chamber Orchestra and Londinium, and she is a Guest Conductor for London Lyric Opera. She has conducted many choirs and orchestras around the UK, including the BBC Symphony Chorus and the National Symphony Orchestra. Madeleine is Director of Music and Director of Studies in Music at Queens' College, Cambridge, the first person to hold such an appointment.

Having studied music at King's College, Cambridge, Madeleine received an M.Phil in Musicology from Cambridge in 2000, and spent a further two years researching comic opera. She has a Masters in singing and Certificate of Advanced Studies in Repetiteur Training, both from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Madeleine has participated in several masterclasses and courses, including the 2005 Dartington International Summer School Advanced Conducting Course (where her studies were funded by a D'Oyly Carte Bursary), performing excerpts from Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress. As a chorus master, Madeleine has worked extensively at the BBC Proms.

Madeleine began her musical studies with the piano at the age of five, and went on to play viola and clarinet as well as studying piano and voice. She has frequently appeared on the concert stage as pianist and singer, and continues to pursue a wide range of musical interests, both practical and musicological.