biography

Nicholas Chalmers is the acting Assistant Organist of Westminster Abbey and Director of Music at Westminster Abbey Choir School. Nicholas studied music at Oxford University where he was Organ Scholar of Lincoln College and conductor of the Oxford University Chamber Choir. After graduating, Nicholas spent a year as the Michael James Organ Scholar at St Paul's Cathedral, London. In August 2001, Nicholas moved to Lodi, Northern Italy, where he spent a year working with the choir of the cathedral and studying with the harpsichordist, Laura Bertani, at the Piacenza Conservatoire. Nicholas made his debut as musical director of Hand Made Opera in 2002 with a production of Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro. September 2002 saw his first year as musical director of the Howden Festival. Nicholas also acts as an accompanist to soloists and to groups such as Schola Cantorum of Oxford and the Laudate Chamber Choir. Forthcoming conducting engagements include a concert with the South Bank Sinfonia and this year's Hand Made Opera production, Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Nicholas features on the TONUS PEREGRINUS recording of The Naxos Book of Carols.