JO MCNALLY

Jo McNally was educated in the US making the UK her home since 1980, Jo has had a varied career as a music educator, animateur, and singer. She specializes in conducting young and developing choirs and is part of the team teaching and extending the choral conducting courses for the Association of British Choral Directors. She has taught classroom and choral music in both independent and international schools and as an animateur she has worked on special projects for the education departments of English National Opera, Royal Opera House, and Glyndebourne Opera Company. Ongoing projects include around the UK with ‘Sing Up’ (the national singing campaign) and working with the BBC Singers. She is a sought after clinician throughout the British Isles. Jo also teaches ‘The Art of Choral Direction’ for Canford Summer Music School. Published works include Young Voiceworks (Oxford University Press) and Junior Choral Club (Music Sales). As a singer her work includes the premieres of Scipio’s Dream, and Heaven Ablaze both by Judith Weir (Vocem Electric Voice Theatre) and recorded for BBC television. Her varied repertoire includes African Sanctus/Fanshawe, Gloria/Poulenc, and Mass/Bernstein.