Michael Axtell
Conductor
Michael Axtell was principal flute and piccolo with the English National Opera for 18 years, and has also played with the Ballet Rambert and Festival Ballet (now the English National Ballet). He has also performed solo concerto works for BBC Welsh, Swansea Sounds Sinfonia and the BBC Bandstand Programme, together with solo performances on TV and Radio.

He is woodwind coach for various London boroughs and has tutored the Master Class at North Carolina University and has been tutor at the Orlando Festival, Holland. Michael also conducts the Orpington Symphony Orchestra and the London Medical Orchestra.

He is also a member of the trio Compendium available to perform for all occasions.