Geoff Bushell

Geoff Bushell studied conducting with George Hurst, Denise Ham, Michael Rose and Adrian Leaper. He has conducted Oxford-based St Giles Orchestra since 1983 and is conductor and musical director of Didcot Concert Orchestra, which he co-founded in 2018. Geoff has also been conductor of Aylesbury Vale Concert Orchestra since its inception in 2022 and regularly conducts Abingdon Symphony Orchestra and other orchestras in the local area. Geoff is renowned for introducing players and audiences to tuneful lesser-known but unjustly neglected repertoire, and has conducted several UK premieres of these.