Stephen Broad has conducted the Orchestra since 2004.

Stephen grew up on the Isle of Mull. After studying piano at the Music School of Douglas Academy, Milngavie, he went on to Glasgow University to read music and physics, graduating in 1997.

Stephen won a major Scottish studentship to write a doctorate on Messiaen at Worcester College, Oxford and, in 1999, he was appointed conductor of Oxford University Sinfonietta – the University’s elite chamber orchestra.

In September 2001, Stephen reached the semi-final of the BBC’s Young Conductors’ Competition in which he directed the BBC Philharmonic. He is now Research Lecturer at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

Stephen taking rehearsals in October 2004