Jeremy Carnall is music director of Dorset Opera Festival and guest conductor with Opera Leipzig and the Gewandhaus Orchestra. He was born in Norwich and studied cello at the Royal Northern College of music gaining the Diane Bolton prize and Conducting at the Royal Conservatory in the Hague. Since 2003 he has held positions throughout Europe first as assistant conductor with the National touring opera company of Holland and then as resident conductor with the Theater in St Gallen, Switzerland. Over a 5 year period he conducted concerts, ballet and opera performances. In 2013 he was appointed resident conductor with Opera Leipzig and conducted the world famous Gewandhaus orchestra on a weekly basis in opera and ballet performances. His success led to his creation and arrangement of music for a new ballet called Othello which received high critical acclaim. Since 2007 he has been music director of the Dorset Opera Festival. This annual two week summer school provides singers with the opportunity to perform two full opera productions and take part in masterclasses and workshops with international opera stars. As a guest conductor he has appeared with Scottish Opera, The Netherlands Philharmonic, The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra and the Anhalt Philharmonic in Dessau. Jeremy has recently returned to the UK and is working as an educator, lecturer, cellist and conductor. He had recently formed a weekly youth chamber orchestra for talented musicians in North Yorkshire and an adult string group which he leads from the cello. In his spare time Jeremy is a passionate angler and still loves to follow Norwich City football club.

Hailing from South London, Tim moved to Leeds in 2012 to undertake a degree in Music (Industry) at the University of Leeds, during which he completed a year placement at Manchester Camerata in 2014. He completed a MA in Critical and Applied Musicology (2017) with a focus on the works of Richard Strauss and Gustav Mahler. Throughout his Master’s Tim studied conducting with Martin Pickard and Eduardo Portal. He conducted various ensembles within the Leeds University Union Music Society (LUUMS) including directing a performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” at Leeds Town Hall with the LUUMS Symphony Orchestra (2016). Other highlights include musical directing a production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni with the Leeds University Opera Society in 2017. 

Outside of university, Tim worked with various ensembles across West Yorkshire including guest directing Leeds Haydn Players in 2016. Between 2017-2023, Tim was Music Director of Bradford Concert Band, taking the band to perform at new venues, helping to grow membership and perform challenging new music. 

Following a year travelling and working in New Zealand, Tim moved back to Leeds in 2025 having discovered a new career in environmental conservation.

Chloe Fletcher (Violin) Studied at the Guildhall School of Music before graduating from the Junior Strings Project at the Royal Northern College of Music and Manchester Metropolitan University. She has performed widely as a soloist in concertos by Bruch, Mendelssohn and Bach. Chloe is an avid orchestral musician and plays with the Amici Ensemble and the Mowbray orchestra. Plus, she is the founder member of the Dales Ensemble, with who she performs regularly. As well as a busy freelance career, Chloe has a varied educational role, including instrumental tuition and classroom music. Chloe is very much enjoying the role leading the Harrogate Philharmonic Orchestra since September.