Mike Seal
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Michael Seal is the Assistant Conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
. He is the first person to occupy this role, being appointed in May 2005.
He began playing the violin at the age of nine, studying with Harry Horsman and Susan Cheetham, and later studied at the Birmingham Conservatoire with Jacqueline Ross. He learnt to be a conductor at the Conservatoire, and joined the CBSO in September 1992. His conducting teachers have included Jonathan Del Mar
, Sakari Oramo
and Jorma Panula
.
He conducted his first concert with the Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra
at Walsall
in 1996, quickly becoming a conductor with this orchestra on a regular basis. He has been Principal Conductor of the Sinfonia of Birmingham since 2002, taking them on tours to Germany, Tuscany, Holland and Poland.
He has also conducted the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, BBC NOW, Orquestra Filarmonica de Buenos Aires, CBSO Youth Orchestra
, Midland Concert Orchestra, Birmingham Schools Symphony Orchestra and Birmingham University Symphony Orchestra.
Michael Seal is represented by Tennant Artists.
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra is a British orchestra based in Birmingham, England. The Orchestra's current chief executive, appointed in 1999, is Stephen Maddock...
. He is the first person to occupy this role, being appointed in May 2005.
He began playing the violin at the age of nine, studying with Harry Horsman and Susan Cheetham, and later studied at the Birmingham Conservatoire with Jacqueline Ross. He learnt to be a conductor at the Conservatoire, and joined the CBSO in September 1992. His conducting teachers have included Jonathan Del Mar
Jonathan Del Mar
-Biography:Born in London, he studied at Christ Church, Oxford and the Royal College of Music in London.His father was conductor Norman Del Mar.-Beethoven scholar:...
, Sakari Oramo
Sakari Oramo
Sakari Markus Oramo OBE is a Finnish conductor.Oramo started his career as a violinist and concertmaster of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 1989, he enrolled in Jorma Panula's conducting class at the Sibelius Academy...
and Jorma Panula
Jorma Panula
Jorma Panula is a Finnish conductor, composer, and professor of conducting.Panula is a graduate of the Sibelius Academy, where he studied the organ, church music and conducting...
.
He conducted his first concert with the Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra
Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra
The Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra is a non-professional orchestra based in Birmingham, England.- History :The orchestra was founded by Ernest Powell in 1941, when a group of musicians gathered to perform Handel's Messiah. The group carried on and grew to become the South Birmingham Orchestra,...
at Walsall
Walsall
Walsall is a large industrial town in the West Midlands of England. It is located northwest of Birmingham and east of Wolverhampton. Historically a part of Staffordshire, Walsall is a component area of the West Midlands conurbation and part of the Black Country.Walsall is the administrative...
in 1996, quickly becoming a conductor with this orchestra on a regular basis. He has been Principal Conductor of the Sinfonia of Birmingham since 2002, taking them on tours to Germany, Tuscany, Holland and Poland.
He has also conducted the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, BBC NOW, Orquestra Filarmonica de Buenos Aires, CBSO Youth Orchestra
CBSO Youth Orchestra
The CBSO Youth Orchestra in Birmingham, England is an amateur symphony orchestra for young people managed by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ....
, Midland Concert Orchestra, Birmingham Schools Symphony Orchestra and Birmingham University Symphony Orchestra.
Michael Seal is represented by Tennant Artists.