Steven Roberts

Steven Roberts is a Conductor, Musical Director and Adjudicator and has combined a career in education with his work as a musician working both in this country and throughout Europe. He has also worked as far a field as Peru and Bahrain.

His work in education included training musicians and actors and dancers to work professionally in the industry.

Despite a very busy educational career, Steven has conducted numerous musical groups, including the Liverpool Welsh Choral Union, The Huddersfield Choral Society, Dodworth and Skelmanthorpe Male Voice Choirs and a variety of orchestras, brass bands and wind ensembles, as well as being Chorus Master for concerts with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Jose Carreras.

He is currently Musical Director and Conductor with the Altrincham Choral Society, as well as holding the same position with the Chesterfield Philharmonic Choir. Steven has also worked as Musical Director for a number of theatrical productions and this diversity reflects his own music and drama training.

He has conducted in many prestigious venues, including the Waterfront Hall, Belfast, the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, Leeds and Huddersfield Town Halls, Sheffield City Hall, Victoria Hall, Sheffield and the Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, as well as many times at the RNCM.

Steven has acted as vocal coach and musical director for Sing Live UK, preparing singers for concerts in Huddersfield, Leeds, London, Sheffield, Newcastle, Birmingham, Liverpool, Nottingham, and Belfast.

His appointment to the permanent post of Music and Company Development Director with Sing Live UK now sees him working exclusively within the music industry on a variety of events, including the Jane McDonald Tour 2006 and a CD recording featuring 650 singers.

Steven is an adjudicator member of the British and International Federation of Festivals, regularly adjudicating in this country and also for the Classic FM sponsored Music for Youth.