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Spencer Down
Spencer has established a reputation as a dynamic and entrepreneurial conductor and musical director.
In the last year, Spencer has been orchestral director for high profile events including a concert for the Queen in the ballroom at Buckingham Palace and the world premiere of Grammy award-winning singer Imogen Heap’s ‘Love the Earth’ at the Royal Albert Hall.
He has built up an impressive portfolio of working with artists from leading organisations including the English National Ballet, Royal Opera House, London Symphony Orchestra and Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
Spencer is Musical Director and founder of the Docklands Sinfonia, an exciting young symphony orchestra which has become a major cultural force in London’s Docklands.
In this role, Spencer has led collaborations with solo artists including cello virtuoso Leonard Elschenbroich, baroque soprano Elin Manahan Thomas, trumpeter Rex Richardson, saxophonist Christian Forshaw, the Raven string quartet and LSO principal trumpet Philip Cobb.
He has conducted performances by Docklands Sinfonia for BBC1 and BBC Radio3 and has also commissioned and performed dozens of works by leading British composers.
Spencer is also founder and musical director of the Kew Music Festival and is artistic director of the British Association of Symphonic Bands and Wind Ensemble's (BASBWE) London festival.
He is associate Conductor of the Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra, where he also heads up the brass department.
Read about Spencer's achievements in the East London Advertiser's Big Read: Spencer Down brings Docklands Sinfonia to a Crescendo