Nicholas Bromilow is a British conductor, based in Michigan, USA. Throughout his international career, he has been the founding artistic director of many ensembles in the UK with the aim of bringing classical music to different audiences outside of the concert hall.
Performances in his hometown of Bristol (UK) include projects in Motion Nightclub and under the wings of the concorde plane in the Aerospace Museum with Resonance Orchestra, as well as in the underground vaults of the Temple Meads Station with the Insight Ensemble.
In 2023, Nicholas began his studies for a Doctor of Musical Arts in Orchestral Conducting at the University of Michigan. He is currently the Music Director of the Life Sciences Orchestra, and Michigan Pops Orchestra. During his time in Ann Arbor, he has been the Conductor of the Campus Philharmonia Orchestra, the Department of Voice and Opera’s Productions of Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” and Kevin Puts’ “Elizabeth Cree”, as well as and the University of Michigan Gilbert & Sullivan Society’s production of “HMS Pinafore”. He has also served as the Assistant Conductor to the Jackson Symphony Orchestra, and score reader to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
Nicholas moved to the USA in the summer of 2021 to take up the role of Graduate Assistant of Orchestral Conducting under Dr Jungho Kim, as well as the Conducting Fellow of the Kent State University Chorus under Dr Scott MacPherson. He graduated from Kent State University in the summer of 2023, where he attended with full scholarship and stipend. During this time, Nicholas made his conducting debuts with the Cleveland Women’s Orchestra & Cleveland Heights Chamber Orchestra, as well as attending the National Music Festival (studying under Richard Rosenberg), and the Eastern Music Festival (studying with Gerard Schwarz, Grant Cooper, Eric Garcia, Scott Flavin and Jose-Luis Novo).
Nicholas’ career in the UK includes conducting positions with the Redland Green Choir, Burnham & Highbridge Choral Society, Long Ashton Orchestra, Bromley Heath Community Choir, West Mendip Orchestra, City Sound Voices of Bath, North Somerset Music Service’s Youth Orchestra, Andover Parkinson’s Choir and Ogmore Vale Choir. He has guest conducted with the Bristol Ensemble, Bristol Chamber Orchestra, Petersfield Orchestra, Saltford Orchestra and Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra.
After graduating from the University of Southampton in 2013 with a first in his conducting major, he continued his studies with Clark Rundell & Mark Heron (RNCM Manchester), Jason Thornton (Bath Philharmonia), Neil Thompson (RCM London), John Farrer & Howard Williams (London Conducting Workshop), Sian Edwards (RAM London), George Hurst (Canford Conducting Course) and Robin Browning (University of Southampton).
Nicholas has been the assistant conductor to Edward Rhys Harry with the London Male Voice Choir festival and over eight-hundred singers in London’s Albert Hall (UK) on two separate occasions. Nicholas has sung with renowned conductors Sir Simon Rattle, Marin Alsop, Edward Gardner, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Christoph von Dohnanyi and Juanjo Mena.
Orchestras he has sung with have included the Vienna Philharmonic, Philharmonia, BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Notable venues he has performed in in the UK include London’s Royal Albert Hall, the Barbican and the Southbank Centre, Switzerland’s KKL Luzern Concert Hall and Cleveland’s Severance Hall (USA).
“Nicholas Bromilow distinguishes himself through his artistry and skill, integrity and commitment, warmth and kindness, authenticity, humility, and generosity. Frankly, I can’t say enough to communicate the high regard I have for him as an conductor, leader, and human being.”
Kenneth Kiesler – Director of Orchestras, University of Michigan
“He is always able to combine technical rehearsal with a strong musical vision, and is always able to achieve his ideas in a polite and naturally authoritative manner.”
Jonathan Lo – Music Director and Chief Conductor of The Australian Ballet
“Nicholas has always been thoroughly prepared for his time on the podium, conducts with a clear baton technique and elicits excellent, expressive playing from the orchestra.”
Dr. John Farrer – Musical Director of the Roswell Symphony Orchestra, USA
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