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We are excited to be welcoming Sarah Tenant-Flowers to OYC on Saturday 12 June 2027, when she will be running a conducting workshop for our members. Find out more about Sarah:

In the field of choral conducting Sarah is an internationally recognised performer and teacher. The versatile array of professional and amateur groups, both chamber and large-scale, with which she has worked includes the Hilliard Ensemble, Chamber Choir Ireland, Singscape, Cape Town Philharmonic Choir, the Friedenkirche Chor of Düsseldorf, English Baroque and Reading Bach Choirs, Harlow Chorus, Commotio, VoxCantab and Dubai Opera Festival Chorus. As guest chorusmaster she has prepared numerous choirs including the BBC Symphony Chorus for Proms performances under Andrew Davis and Ed Gardner, and the Granada International Chorus for Harry Christophers (The Sixteen), whilst being equally at home with community ensembles such as Nottingham and Warwick University choruses and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s SOVocal. The many instrumental ensembles with which Sarah has worked include period bands Fieri Consort, City of London Chamber Orchestra, and His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts as well as the Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra, Cape Town Philharmonic, City of London Sinfonia and the Britten Sinfonia.

Formerly General Manager of The Sixteen and a founder Director of the Association of British Choral Directors (ABCD), Sarah is in huge demand as a conducting teacher. She directed the choral conducting course at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, and currently lectures both there and at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire as well as tutoring for Trinity College Oxford, Sing for Pleasure, and ABCD. Internationally, Sarah has tutored in Dubai, Ireland, Germany and The Netherlands and was conducting mentor to actor Bradley Walsh on BBC2’s TV series ‘Maestro’.

Sarah also directs and sings professionally in the UK’s flagship female voice consort Papagena, The group has made acclaimed recordings for the SOMM label and recent concerts have included performances at the Edinburgh, Christchurch, Three Choirs and Ryedale festivals, live performances on BBC Radio 3 and 4, collaborations with the Orchestra of the Swan in Stratford and Birmingham, and performances of Passia, a new Passion for female voices composed by Liz Dilnot Johnson.