Nicholas Chalmers joins JBM for General Management
JBM is delighted to announce the signing of conductor Nicholas Chalmers. With a number of leading roles on the British music scene Nicholas is a dynamic and engaging musician. His energy and vision have seen the establishment of highly successful artistic and education projects and his work impacts thousands of young people each year. Nicholas is driven by a passion to bring classical music to the next generation and to ensure that people in areas of under provision have better access to training and engagement in the performing arts. As founder Artistic Director of Nevill Holt Opera, his 10 year leadership of the company saw the creation of an exquisite new theatre in Leicestershire, which won plaudits for its acoustic design and reached the final of the RIBA Stirling prize in 2019. He is a Senior Associate Artist of the Royal Ballet and Opera, where he will make his conducting debut in autumn 2024 with Bernstein’s ‘A Quiet Place’. Nicholas was conductor of Northern Ireland Opera and works with many of leading orchestras and opera companies.
In 2023 Nicholas was appointed Principal Conductor of the National Youth Choir 18-25. He is the Associate Conductor, Learning of the BBC Singers and made his BBC Proms conducting debut in 2020 with the group. With the BBC Singers, he has programmed and conducted numerous broadcasts and concerts throughout the UK and helped establish the Singers’ partnership with youth choral groups in Stratford East, the future home of the BBC performing groups. Nicholas is also Fernside Chair of Choral Conducting at the Royal Academy of Music.
Nicholas says: ‘I am delighted to be partnering with James Brown and Lucy Rice at JBM. With such an excellent track record in the classical music industry in the UK and abroad, I am excited to work alongside their excellent team, as I build work and partnerships in the choral, opera and orchestral world’.