Stavanger Amatørsymfoniorkester

He was a person that put faith in me, brought out the best of myself and made me believe in it.

Lo ricordo come un ragazzo dolce e gentile, che portava ovunque allegria!

I only met Christopher a few times, through my aunt Rebecca, but it was immediately clear what a wonderful person he was. Most recently – December 2019 – we had breakfast in London with my Italian relatives, and I remember thinking ‘this man is so nice… like seriously 𝒔𝒐 nice!’ Earlier in 2019, after a bad…

Chris and I met at his audition for RCM in 2017, we were both auditioning for the conductors course. Fast forward to August 2019 and Chris walks in smiling to the Darlington Conductor’s course which we both happened to be on too! Neither of us knew the other would be there. In typical Chris fashion,…

When Jeanne and I heard this morning that Christopher had passed we were both immediately inspired to go to God with prayers for His mother, Molly, his father, Quentin and for his sisters and brother.  We asked Him to comfort them and to minister, to what must be, their incredible sadness following the loss of…

Here is a video of a premiere of mine that Christopher conducted.  I originally wrote this piece for the conducting auditions at the RCM, which is when we first worked together.  Before that, we would hang out around the RCM, go to concerts, or go to Imperial for a drink (and none of that changed!)…