Alice Farnham – Engagements

Upcoming / Recent engagements

2026

September & October – Nederlandse ReisoperaWaiting for the Barbarians (Wilminktheater, Enschede) – on tour dates tba

July & August – BBC National Open Youth Orchestra – UK tour dates tba

including:

  • London (Barbican Hall)
  • Cardiff (Hoddinott Hall)
  • Bristol (Bristol Beacon)

July 25th, 26th – West Green House Opera Tosca TICKETS

  • Director – Suzanne Chaundy
  • Designer – Richard Studer

April 28th (Haddington) 29th (Stirling) – Royal Scottish National Symphony Orchestra – Concert

  • Off the Ground, Cecilia McDowall
  • St. Paul’s Suite, Op. 29, No. 2, Gustav Holst
  • Suite, String Orchestra, Imogen Holst
    The Programme may be subject to change from time to time

April 10th, 11th (Melbourne), 17th (Warrnambool) – Orchestra Victoria – Concerts TICKETS

  • Imogen Holst – Suite for String Orchestra
  • John Psathas – Djinn: Marimba Concerto
  • Gustav Holst arr. Morton – The Planets

March 21st – Sinfonia Viva – Concert – Imogen Holst Father & Daughter TICKETS

  • Elgar – Introduction and Allegro
  • Holst – St. Paul’s Suite
  • Holst – Variations on “Loth To Depart”
  • Holst – Allegro assai
  • Britten – Simple Symphony
  • Holst – Festival Anthem

February 20th, 21st, 22nd, 24th – Ballet Preljocaj Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Sardinia – Swan Lake TICKETS

2025

Autumn – English Touring Opera – The Elixir of Love  UK tour – Multiple

October – Brighton Phiharmonic Orchestra Mahler 5

May – Royal Northern Sinfonia – Royal Philharmonic Society – Women Conductors

April 1 – Mechanical Advantage Concert – Sinfonia Viva – Derby 

March 28 – 30 – Instant Opera – Instant Opera Orchestra – Puccini – Turandot – London

March 2 – London Rehearsal Orchestra – Imogen Holst Persephone, Britten – Prelude & Dances of the Pagodas 

February  – Royal Northern Sinfonia – Royal Philharmonic Society – Women Conductors

January 11-12 – Glover-Edwards Conducting Course – Royal Academy of Music

2024

31 December – 1 January – Ballet Preljocaj – Swan Lake – Reims Opera House

20 November – In Conversation with Sir Antonio Pappano – Faber & Faber, The Bindery, London

19 November – St Martin-in-the Fields Conducting Workshop

16-17 November – Glover-Edwards Conducting Course – Royal Academy of Music

16 October – Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music – Masterclass with symphony orchestra

4-14 October – Perth Symphony Orchestra – Women on the Podium Symposium

1-3 October – Elder Conservatorium / Adelaide Symphony Orchestra – Honours & Masters Conducting Students

17 September – Melbourne Opera – Masterclass

23-24 September – Australian Opera Academy – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

September 7th-8th – Glover-Edwards Conducting Course – Royal Academy of Music

September 6th – Album release – NMC label -Orchestral and Choral Works of Imogen Holst

July / August – Longborough Festival Opera – La Boheme – Puccini

ARCHIVE PERFORMANCES 

PERFORMANCES 

2023

February 26 – Jönköping Sinfonietta – Concert 

March – Royal Academy Opera – Le Nozze di Figaro – Mozart

July – Longborough Festival Opera L’elisir D’amore – Donizetti 

July 18 – National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland – Concert

October 28 – Cambridge University Orchestra – Concert

MASTERCLASSES / WORKSHOPS

2023

January 14-15 Glover Edwards Conductors Programme

January 18-19 Royal Northern Sinfonia / Royal Philharmonic Society Women Conductors

May 8-9 Royal North Sinfonia / Royal Philharmonic Society Women Conductors 

August 9-20 Dartington International Summer School / Advanced Conductors

September 9-10 Glover Edwards Conductors Programme

September 28 Conducting Masterclass – Jarra Voices, Melbourne

October 3-5 Guest Teacher – Elder Conservatorium, Adelaide

October 6 – 15  Women on the Podium Symposium – Perth Symphony Orchestra

December 9 RPS – Women Conductors Workshop – Cardiff

LITERARY FESTIVALS / GUEST SPEAKER

2023

January 11 – Book Launch – In Good Hands

June 4 – Hay Festival – Interview / Q&A

July 12 – Buxton Festival – Interview / Q&A

July 27 – Holt Festival – Interview / Q&A

August 13 – Dartington Festival – Interview / Q&A

September 20 – Budleigh Festival – Interview / Q&A

September 28 – Melbourne – Interview / Q&A

October 6 – Perth Symphony Orchestra – Interview / Q&A

October 21 – Ilkley Festival – Interview / Q&A

2022

March 6 – Royal Tunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra – Concert

March 17-19 Théâtres de Compiegnes – Swan Lake  Tchaikovsky

March 21-22 – Opéra de Rouen Normandie – Swan Lake  Tchaikovsky

April 10 – National Youth Orchestra of Scotland – Concert

July 1-6 – Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama – Die Fledermaus  Strauss 

July 30 – Battersea Arts Centre – BBC Proms – Young Composer 

August 12 – Dartington Festival Summer School – German Requiem  Brahms

September 22 – Calgary Opera – 40th Anniversary Gala Concert

October 9 – Welsh National Opera – Cheryomushki  Shostakovich

MASTERCLASSES / WORKSHOPS

January 7-8 Royal Academy of Music – Sorrell Conductors Programme

January 26-27 Royal Northern Sinfonia / Royal Philharmonic Society Women Conductors 

January 29-31 National Concert Hall Dublin / Female Conductor Programme Masterclass

February 26-27 Perth Symphony Orchestra / Women on the Podium (remote)

May 19-20 Royal Northern Sinfonia / Royal Philharmonic Society Women Conductors

August 8-21 Dartington International Summer School / Advanced Conductors

October 21-30 Perth Symphony Orchestra / Women in the Podium

November 19-20 Edwards Glover Conducting Conductors Programme

2021

January 28-19  Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama – Postgraduate Opera Scenes

February 16  Royal Scottish National Orchestra – World Premiere Gaspard’s Foxtrot – Jonathan Dove & Zeb Soanes

March 27-30 Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama – Opera School Production

June 14-15 Royal Northern Sinfonia – Women Conductors @ the Royal Philharmonic Society

July 21-23 Royal Opera House – Women Conductors Course

July 29  Philharmonia Orchestra – Three Choirs Festival, Malvern – Gaspard’s Foxtrot, Peter & the Wolf  Zeb Soanes  

August 7-14 Dartington Summer Festival – World Premiere Joy – John Barber & Hazel Gould

September 24 Southbank Sinfonia – Kings Place – London Unwrapped Series 

October – The Belfast Ensemble – Workshop – Conor Mitchell 

November  Royal Academy of Music Opera School – Puccini Gianni Schicchi, Ravel L’heure Espagnol

MASTERCLASSES / WORKSHOPS

June 14-15  Royal Northern Sinfonia / Royal Philharmonic Society Women Conductors 

July 4 – Sorrell Conductors Programme / Royal Academy of Music

July 21-23 Royal Opera House Conducting Masterclass 

September 14-16 Women on Podium Perth Symphony Orchestra – Opera Conducting (zoom) 

October 24 – National Concert Hall Dublin – Female Conductor Programme

December 4-5 – National Concert Hall Dublin – Female Conductor Programme

2020

February 1, 5, 7 Calgary Opera – Norma – Bellini

Due to Covid-10, all performances cancelled for the remainder of 2020.  

Meanwhile, Alice was teaching online, writing and designing new conducting teaching resources.

2019

January – Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama – Opera Scenes

February  23-24 – Royal Conservatoire Scotland – Women Conductors with RPS Workshop

March 8 – BBC Radio 3 – International Women’s Day – Guest Inteview

March 9 – Open University – Conference on Musical Leadership – Guest Speaker

March 12 – Barbican – Concert with City of London Girls School

March 17 – Royal Liverpool Philharmonic – Women Conductors with RPS Workshop

March 29-31  Perth Symphony Orchestra – Women on the Podium  

April 10-11 MAWOMA  – Vienna – European Finals  – Jury member – Conducting Competition for Women 

April 17 – Fitzwilliam College Cambridge Conducting Workshop for Young Women 

April 25 – Folkoperan, Stockholm – Tidskriften Opera – 40 Juilbeumkonsert (Gala Concert)

April 28-29 MAWOMA – Panel Judge – European Finals Vienna – Conducting Competition for Women

July 1 , 2,  3 – Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Opera School – The Gondoliers 

September 26 – Queen Elizabeth Hall London – Orchestra Unwrapped – BBC Concert Orchestra

November 4,6,8,11 Guildhall School of Music & Drama Opera School – Haydn La Fedeltà Premiata

2018

February 4 – Women Conductors @ Royal Philharmonic Society, Workshop,  Blackheath Halls

February 17-18 – National Concert Hall, Dublin – 2nd weekend of Female Conductors Programme

February 26  Kiruna, Lapland –  Turandot  excerpts Folkoperan with Vox Artica – open-air performance

March 26 – Mahogany Opera, Slough – Snappy Operas

March 11 – Women of the World Orchestra, Royal Festival Hall, Mirth Control with Sandi Toksvig

March 22 – Sinfonia Viva – Haydn 85, Mozart Violin Concerto, Schubert 5, Elgar Serenade

April 14-15 – National Concert Hall, Dublin – 3rd weekend of Female Conductors Programme

June 7 – Welsh National Opera – Symposium on Women in Opera – Curator

June 21-23 – Oxford International Conducting Institute, Guest Speaker

June 25-27 – National Concert Hall, Dublin – final weekend of Female Conductors Programme

July 31 – Opera Holland Park, SWAP’ra Gala Concert – Guest Conductor 

September 1 – Wermlands Opera, Karlstad, Sweden – Bernstein on Broadway

September 3-7 – Inaugural Conducting for Opera – Women Conductors RPS with Royal Opera House, National Opera Studio

October – November – Malmö Opera Orchestra with Skånes Dansteater 

October 13, 17, 20, 21, 24, 25, 28, 30, November 2, 9, 10, 11

November 24-25 – Royal Academy of Music – Sorrell Women’s Conducting Programme – Guest teacher

December 8-9 – RPS Women Conductors Programme – Phase 1 Workshop 

2017

January 1-6 Dalasinfonietta – New Year Concerts in Falun, Siljansnäs, Säter, Cassels, Grängesberg

January 26  Association of British Orchestra – Discussion Panel on Ethnic Diversity

February 16  Berklee College of Music, Valencia Campus – Women & Conducting

March 22, 28,  April 1, 4, 7, 12 – Danish Royal Ballet  Ballet de Luxe

March 25-26  Women Conductors at RPS – Workshop – Hallé Orchestra, Manchester

April 10, 11, 13, 19, 21,22  – Folkoperan Stockholm, Satyagraha

April 29, 30, May 1 – Storan Teatern Gothenburg (Folkoperan tour) Satygraha 

May 11-13 Nordiska Kammarorkestern – Schumann 4th Symphony, Tchaikvskoy Piano Concerto – soloist George Li   

July 10  Cumbria Youth Orchestra – Summer Concert – Carlisle

July 26-27 – Women Conductors Workshop, The Sage Gateshead

July 29-30 – Women Conductors Workshop, City of London Girls’ School

August 4-5 – Women Conductors Workshop, City of London Girls’ School

August 20 – Guest Conductor – Dirigent, Gothenburg (Women Conductors workshop)

September  – November  Folkoperan Stockholm  Turandot   

September 20, 23, 27, 28 , October 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 19, 21, 22, 25, 29,

November 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16. 17, 18, 22, 23 

September 30 – October 1 – National Concert Hall, Dublin – 1st weekend of Female Conductors Programme 

October 28 – Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Sweden – The Armed Man – Karl Jenkins 

December – January English National Ballet  London Coliseum  Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker