Ian McMillan - Conductor - is a former Organist and Assistant Director of Music at St John’s Wood Church London, The House of Commons' church - St Margaret’s Westminster, St Paul’s Covent Garden, (The Actors' Church) and the Royal Church of St Anne, Kew Gardens.
Ian’s
choral direction has embraced all aspects of choral music, including Tiffin
Boys School Choir, Richmond Choral Society, The Tudor Singers of London,
The BBC Singers, The Maida Vale Singers (for BBC Radio 2), The London Pops
Chorale (for recordings and BBC TV), The Swansea Male Voice Choir, The Carl
Rosa Opera Chorus, (also Music Director), The Chorus of English National
Opera, The Royal Choral Society, and The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Chorus
and Community Choirs. He has directed massed choirs in several Galas at
The Royal Albert Hall, and has been a vocal coach and singing teacher at
most of the major Conservatoires, including The Royal Academy of Music,
London.
Ian is Organist to The Purcell School, London and regularly accompanies services at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, Peterborough Cathedral, and St Alban’s Abbey, in addition to being in demand as an organist throughout East Anglia and London.
Ian has been Music Director and Conductor for 25 years with The world famous London Pops Orchestra, and is a regular Guest Conductor with the BBC Concert Orchestra (for BBC Radio 2), The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (in studio recordings) and The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Bournemouth Symphony, Northern Sinfonia, Scottish Chamber and New York City Pops Orchestras in concert.