Joe Davies

Joe Davies is Assistant Conductor of the English Symphony Orchestra, making his stand-in debut with them in June 2024. He is Musical Director of the UK Proms in the Park Orchestra, Canterbury Symphony Orchestra, Midland Concert Orchestra, Leamington Sinfonia and Coventry and Warwickshire Youth Orchestra, and is the Artistic Director and Founder of the Cumbria Opera Group.

Upcoming and previous engagements include the National Schools’ Symphony Orchestra, Nottingham Symphony Orchestra, Oxford University Orchestra, Winchester Symphony Orchestra, and the City of Southampton Orchestra, while previous Musical Director (MD) positions include Worcester Philharmonic and Contemporary Music East Midlands (CoMA). He was Artistic Director of the Cumbria Opera Festivals 2021 and 2023, involving artists such as Roderick Williams OBE and Joan Rodgers CBE.

Highlights include collaborations with Laura van der Heijden, Jess Gillam, and Xhosa Cole and Premieres from Howard Skempton, Martin Bussey, and Alex Ho. MD credits include Candide at the Oxford Playhouse, Mansfield Park with Cardiff Opera, and Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, Trouble in Tahiti, A Hand of Bridge, Acis and Galatea, Venus and Adonis and Dido and Aeneas with the Cumbria Opera Group.

Joe graduated with a First Class degree in music from St Peter’s College, Oxford, before graduating with Distinction from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, where he studied Orchestral Conducting under Michael Seal. See www.joedaviesconductor.com