Participants :: Jazeps Vitols International Choral Conductors Competition ::

Jack Apperley graduated from the Royal Academy of Music, where he obtained a Masters in Choral Conducting with Distinction under the tutelage of Patrick Russill and was awarded the Sir Thomas Armstrong Choral Leadership Prize in 2016. Before his master studies, J. Apperley studied music at the University of Birmingham where he was mentored by Simon Halsey. In 2018, Jack Apperley was awarded Second Prize at the inaugural London International Choral Conducting Competition.

Currently, J. Apperley is an assistant chorus master of the London Symphony Chorus. He is the music director and conductor of several London based choirs; the Imperial College Chamber Choir, Concordia Voices, and Brentwood Choral Society. He also directs several workplace choirs, for the Royal College of Physicians, Silicon Valley Bank, and the trade union Unison. In 2018, he was a guest conductor of the Epsom Chamber Choir. Since October 2019, Jack Apperley is the conductor of the award-winning University Women’s Choir at the University of Birmingham.