As a violinist Neil studied with Pearl Mace, Judith Young and ultimately Julian Cummings and was awarded an ARCM in violin performing in 1997. He has been conductor of Royal Holloway Chamber Orchestra since 1999, and has made guest appearances with Midland Sinfonia and the City of Southampton Orchestra.

Neil is much in demand as a choral conductor and workshop leader; he has worked as conducting tutor at Birmingham Conservatoire, the University of Southampton and Roehampton University. He has recently been appointed visiting tutor in choral conducting at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Neil also tutors on the Association of British Choral Directors national course and is a choir trainer and chamber music coach at the Royal College of Music Junior Department.

Neil is Music Director of Cardiff Polyphonic Choir, who have broadcast and recorded recently for BBC Radio 2, 3 and 4. He is also Music Director of the Epworth Choir (Surrey) and Concordia Voices. Neil also works regularly as a guest conductor with other choirs; he has worked with the Whitehall Choir (London), and is assistant conductor of the award-winning Joyful Company of Singers. In the autumn season of 2007 he was guest conductor of Birmingham Bach Choir as cover for the sabbatical of their Music Director, Paul Spicer. Neil has been guest conductor of the chorus and orchestra of Filarmonica Arad, Romania, since 2005.

Neil is fortunate to have benefited from the expertise of Paul Spicer at the RCM and has studied at the Canford Summer School of Music conducting course under George Hurst. As a result of the BBC Singers Conductor Fellowship auditions for 2004 he was awarded a masterclass with the BBC Singers and its chief conductor, Stephen Cleobury.

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