ANDREW  CHARITY studied at the Royal College of Music and the London Opera Centre, winning prizes for conducting. He is a freelance conductor/pianist and singing teacher/coach, and since 2009 has performed as Musical Director for operas in venues all over England; he is also resident conductor of madrigal singing at RADA. He was  the Musical Director for the award-winning OperaUpClose production of La bohème, and subsequently he has played and conducted a substantial repertoire for a variety of companies, most recently developing an association with North Wales Opera Studio and Anne Williams-King. He has also conducted a large choral repertoire – until 2013 with the Barnes Choir, where he succeeded Peter Gellhorn - and has composed and directed music for over 150 plays.