Music Makers Of London

Hilary Campbell

Hilary is a freelance musician based in London, and is the Musical Director of Harpenden Music Makers and the National Magazines’ Choir. She is delighted now to be working with the Music Makers of London as their new Musical Director. Hilary is the founder and director of professional vocal ensemble the Blossom Street Singers (www.blossomstreetsingers.com), which performs regularly on TV and radio. In 2010, she acted as guest conductor for the Amici Chamber Choir for a term, and she has conducted the BBC Singers and Cardinall’s Musick in masterclasses. In addition to concerts in the UK, Hilary has conducted in Spain, France and Germany, as well as on BBC2, Channel 4 and for BBC Radios 2 and 4.

As a singer, Hilary performs as a soloist and with a number of ensembles, and undertook the mentor scheme with The Sixteen: she was also a choral scholar at St Martin-in-the-Fields, and sings at a number of London churches. Additionally, Hilary became Composer in Residence for the Ebor Singers in 2008, having won their inaugural competition. She was the winner of the Shipley Arts Festival Composer Award 2009, the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society Choral Composition Prize 2009, the Philip Bates Prize for Young Composers in 2004, and in 2006 was a finalist in the National Youth Choir Composition Competition. Most recently, she was awarded second place in the Musica Sacra International Competition for Composers 2010. She was recently commissioned by Choir and Organ Magazine, and one of her works featured in the February edition of Organists’ Review magazine. Some of her music is published by Shorter House.

Currently Hilary is undertaking postgraduate studies in Choral Conducting at the Royal Academy of Music. She gained a distinction for her MA in Vocal Studies at the University of York in 2005, and completed an Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in performance at Trinity College of Music last year: she will complete her studies at the Academy, where she studies with Patrick Russill and Paul Brough, next year. Hilary is the recipient of the Stanley Vann Scholarship 2010, and is supported by a number of trusts.