Harlow Chorus

Alexander Chaplin

Alexander Chaplin, appointed as Harlow Chorus's Musical Director in September 2009, was a chorister at Canterbury Cathedral and held organ scholarships at Lincoln Cathedral and Lincoln College, Oxford. He studied conducting as a postgraduate at the Royal College of Music, graduating with distinction and as a winner of the College's conducting prize for two consecutive years.

Alexander has much experience working with amateur choruses and orchestras to the highest standards, and was formerly conductor of the Oxford University Press Choir, North Herts Guild of Singers and of Guy's King's and St Thomas' Hospitals Music Society. As Musical Director of Vision Opera Alex conducted a rare production of Scott Joplin's Treemonisha at Sadlers Wells in 2007 and in 2008 he was a prizewinner in a competitive master-class with the St Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic.

Alex is currently also Musical Director of East London Chorus and Wokingham Choral Society. Additionally, he is a lecturer at Morley College, Director of Music at Hinde Street Methodist Church, London, and is much in demand as a pianist and organist, with engagements at home and abroad.