Our Conductor - Jonathan Trim

Jonathan grew up in Stroud and studied Music at Birmingham. He teaches violin and viola and coaches ensembles and orchestras across Gloucestershire including the county youth orchestra, Stroud Symphony Orchestra and Capriol Chamber Orchestra.

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He has been involved with National Children's Orchestra coaching and conducting since 2009 and presently tutors for the Benedetti Foundation.

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Several of Jonathan's orchestral compositions have been performed widely including Celtic Fantasia for massed strings, Heart of the Five Valleys, a musical depiction of the Cotswold landscape, and “Symphonia”, a musical response to the global pandemic and performed at the Stroud Arts Festival in 2021.

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Jonathan was awarded a Paul Harris Fellowship in 2015 for his contribution to the work of Rotary International.