CONDUCTOR

TIM PITHERS
"I am absolutely delighted to have been appointed as Music Director of the Exeter University Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Wind Orchestra, and I look forward to working with these tremendous groups of young people over the forthcoming seasons."
Tim is passionate about community and student music-making and firmly believes that classical music should be made as accessible as possible to performers and audiences alike.
He undertook his degree in Music and French at the University of Exeter studying violin, composition and musical direction. Tim studied conducting with Denise Ham at the London Conducting Academy, completing the programme in 2024. He has also studied with Rodolfo Saglimbeni, Dominic Grier and Denise Ham at the George Hurst Conductors' Course at Sherborne Summer School of Music, at the Girton Conducting Course and at other public masterclasses.
He enjoys working with ensembles of varying degrees of experience and aims to develop ambitious objectives for amateur groups. As well as being conductor of Exeter University Symphony Orchestra and Exeter University Symphonic Wind Orchestra, Tim is also the conductor of the Dunsford Singers Dartmouth Orchestra and EX4 Chamber Orchestra.