Tori Longdon studied at Durham University and the Royal Academy of Music, where she was awarded a distinction for her MA in Choral Conducting. She now directs a number of ensembles around London including the Covent Garden Chorus, and holds the post of International Music Director for the Alpha Choral Courses in Shenzhen, China.<\/p>\n

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Tori is a conductor for the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain and is the co-founder of the 23,000 strong Stay At Home Choir, together with Swingles baritone Jamie Wright.<\/p>\n

Tori is currently an on-screen conductor for Songs Of Praise on BBC1, as well as an adjudicator for their competitions including \u2018Young Choir Of The Year\u2019 and \u2018Young Chorister Of The Year\u2019. She appeared on BBC2 as a judge on two series of the \u2018The Choir\u2019 with Gareth Malone. She has written several articles for ClassicFM\u2019s online magazine, lectured for the Artist Development course at the Royal Academy of Music in London and interviewed some of Classical music\u2019s most famous names, including Marin Alsop, John Rutter, Sir Karl Jenkins, Cecilia McDowall, Sir James MacMillan and Christopher Tin.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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