Anna Beresford is based in Cardiff, and is active as a freelance conductor, music librarian
and music educator. She is currently Musical Director of Caerphilly Community Chorus and
the City of Newport Symphony Orchestra. Her work spans professional performance,
community engagement and education, with a particular focus broadening access to high-
quality music-making and leading with precision, warmth and imagination.

Recent engagements include Assistant Chorus Director for the Royal Northern College of
Music Chamber Choir in their 2023 BBC Proms performance of Ligeti’s Requiem, in
collaboration with the Edvard Grieg Kor and London Philharmonic Chorus. She made her
debut with Northern Ballet in Autumn 2022 as Cover and Assistant Conductor during their
tour of The Little Mermaid by Sally Beamish. Anna won the National Youth Brass Band of
Great Britain’s Weston Conductors Competition earlier in 2022, resulting in working as
Associate Conductor and assistant to Guest Conductor, Martyn Brabbins.

Anna studied Orchestral Conducting with Choral Conducting from the Royal Northern
College of Music, where she gained an MMus with distinction. During this time, she
conducted a wide range of college ensembles and collaborated with the BBC Philharmonic
Orchestra, Psappha ensemble, and Chetham’s School of Music.

Anna is committed to music education and has experience leading youth ensembles. She has
previously taught with Stockport Music Service, delivering instrumental lessons and
ensemble tuition. More recently, she regularly organises collaborations with her own
ensembles with local young musicians, worked as a tutor on Côr Skills training choir course
with National Youth Arts Wales and continues to teach on a private basis.

Previous masterclasses include the inaugural Glover-Edwards Women Conductors
Programme at the Royal Academy of Music in 2018–19, where she studied with Sian
Edwards. Anna has also taken part in courses with the Royal Opera House, MusicFest
Aberystwyth, English Chamber Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Society.

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