Conductors

Lawrence's first conducting experience was at the age of 4 in his grandparent's house with a knitting needle. He then got his first real baton at the age of 16 while directing a performance of Beethoven's Egmont Overture at the Kent Centre for Young Instrumentalists....

Angelo currently works as a professional musical director, arranger and multi-instrumentalist (piano, organ, violin, double bass, electric bass, trumpet, trombone, euphonium, flute and saxophone). He grew up in Upminster and attended the Coopers' Company...

Having been our conductor since 2005, Bill Brooks, decided in 2018 that he would like to retire after our concert in November. The Havering Concert Orchestra thrived throughout Bill's tenure as conductor. He made rehearsals and concerts enjoyable for...

Michael Axtell conducted the HCO from  1999 to 2005 Michael first conducted the HCO in 1995 and again in 1998. At our Spring Concert in 1999, he was the soloist in Vivaldi’s Flute Concerto. He took over the baton full-time in the summer of 1999. Hi...

Robert Ferguson conducted the HCO from 1979 to 1999. To date, Robert is our longest-serving conductor having conducted over 50 concerts. Robert was born in Havering in 1948. He first studied at the Guildhall School of Music and, at 18, at the Royal...