Calum Fraser is a versatile conductor who specialises in choral and operatic repertoire. He studied at The University of Manchester and with Simon Halsey, Adrian Partington and Sarah Tenant-Flowers. Calum is currently the Director of Music at St Leonard's Church in Streatham and Musical Director of Streatham Choral, with whom recent concerts have included Handel's Messiah at Cadogan Hall. He is Director of Choirs and a conducting tutor at The University of Nottingham, with whom he travelled to Malaysia in 2016 and directed orchestral performances in Ningbo and Zhejiang, China, in 2017. Calum is also a founding Musical Director of Scottish professional chamber choir Caledonian Voices and the founding Artistic Director of Magnetic Opera, with whom he has conducted The Barber of Seville, Maria Stuarda, La bohème, The Medium and The Marriage of Figaro. Previously, he was Musical Director of Farnham & Bourne Choral Society, Winterbourne Opera and Opera'r Ddraig and worked with ensembles including St George’s Singers and Ad Solem. Calum has appeared in masterclasses with leading conductors including Richard Bonynge and Eric Whitacre.