Tom Newall
tomnewallconductor.bsky.social
Tom Newall
@tomnewallconductor.bsky.social
Freelance conductor based in northern UK, working internationally with orchestras, choirs, theatre works & film

Director of the Choral Programme at University of Manchester and University of Warwick Symphony Orchestra
Delighted to be returning to a very beautiful part of the world - Dunster!

Join us for some sunny Italian music next Spring!

There’s plenty of chance to explore alongside singing!

Accompanied by the super Rachel Fright!

For info and to book 👇

www.yarnmarkethotel.co.uk/music-breaks
October 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
A wonderful afternoon getting our Gerontius orchestra rehearsals underway! This is going to be a really special concert! @officialuom.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Another super coaching with our Gerontius, Séan Ruane - and ended with beautiful scones and jam!

This is going to be a very special show, and I can’t wait to welcome our friends from Chemnitz to join us at @officialuom.bsky.social

🎟️ www.quaytickets.com/en-GB/shows/...
October 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Final call for the Congleton Choral Society Singing Day THIS SATURDAY!

We will be singing Matthew Coleridge’s beautiful Requiem - hugely popular amongst @classicfm.com listeners and singers everywhere!

Last few places available! Click below to book 👇

www.congletonchoralsociety.org.uk/singingday
October 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Great to hear The Cosmo Singers & Ad Solem together in rehearsal in tonight’s conducting / choral
singing class on Duruflé Four Motets. Well done everyone! Come see them in concert on 22nd November! #conducting #choral #uniofmanchester @officialuom.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A spectacular launch to University of Warwick Music Centre 2025/26! Great performances all round and it’s wonderful to be back working with our Symphony Orchestra & Chorus! Congratulations to all - and especially my two conducting students on the podium tonight, all performing to a capacity crowd!
October 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
So touched to have been awarded ‘Highly Commended’ in this category on the back of my first year at @officialuom.bsky.social

Thanks to our super students for the nomination and my amazing colleagues! I love this role and can’t wait for what’s to come! #UniversityofManchester #conductor
October 13, 2025 at 11:55 AM
A great start to the season with Salford Choral Society - making great strides on a tough programme!

Join us at @rncmlive.bsky.social for the concert on Sunday 16th November 👇

www.rncm.ac.uk/performance/...
October 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
A wonderful Sing Day as ever with Salford Choral Society on Beethoven 9 and Fauré Pavane.

Such demanding writing for the voice and it was great to dive into it all today. I love the pencil marking we found in some of the hire scores 😂
October 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Can’t wait to launch @officialuom.bsky.social Chorus this week, with Elgar’s ‘The Dream of Gerontius’.

We sing two concerts per year with our Symphony Orchestra and now is the perfect time to join us!

Thursday 2nd October 7-9pm - taster rehearsal - just turn up! Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
October 1, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Can’t wait to be back with University of Warwick Symphony Orchestra for some epic repertoire this year - Pines of Rome and Mahler 1 both on the cards!

First up, our Free Concert on 15th October ahead of our orchestral auditions 👇

www.warwickartscentre.co.uk/whats-on/qgs...
September 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Looking forward to launching a very exciting project next week - Beethoven 9!

Ahead of the performance in April 2026 bringing together Wilmslow Symphony Orchestra, Congleton Choral Society & Salford Choral Society I am running a Sing Day on Oct 4th in Salford

www.salfordchoral.org.uk/sing-days
September 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
And that’s a wrap on our first project of the year. Great to welcome new students to our department with a chorus and orchestra project in welcome week! Thanks to Matthew our student repiteteur and student conductors for great work on the podium! @officialuom.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
And we’re off! Great to be back at it with our super students at @officialuom.bsky.social

A huge welcome to our new students who are working hard this week to put together a concert as they settle into the swing of things, all led by student conductors and repiteteur! #uniofmanchester
September 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Come & Sing with @officialuom.bsky.social Chorus!

We’re kicking a very exciting year off with a Come & Sing afternoon on Saturday 27th September in Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall in the Martin Harris Centre -1pm start.

All welcome - no need to register just turn up!

FREE ENTRY!
September 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Great to be back with the team at University of Warwick Music Centre gearing up for another busy year! Some fantastic orchestral music planned including Pines of Rome, Mahler 1, Grace Williams Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes and Gershwin American in Paris! #orchestra #conductor #uniofwarwick
September 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Great to be back with Salford Choral Society tonight! Matthew Coleridge’s Requiem and Handel Dixit Dominus to kick-start our new season!
September 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
My 2025/26 season has lift off!

So many exciting projects and events to look forward to with super colleagues and musical friends!

First up, rehearsals with Congleton Choral Society & Congleton Community Choir tonight - so glad to be back with my choirs! #conductor #seasonlaunch #202526season
September 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The end of a wonderful and absolutely crazy Summer - but I wouldn’t have it any other way.

My heart is so full and I feel so lucky.

Now I’m having 5 full days OFF before I kick-start my 2025/26 season!

Alles Gute aus Nürnberg!
September 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The end of a fantastic week with a group of super students from @officialuom.bsky.social have given amazing performances.

Our welcome is Chemnitz couldn’t have been warmer!

We are leaving with full hearts and many new friends and we can’t wait to welcome you to Manchester in November!
September 3, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The final concert of our residency is underway in Neukirchen.

Thanks to our super singers for their hard work this week and to everyone here in Germany for looking after us so well and giving us a week we will never forget.
September 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This morning our singers visited Einsiedel Grammar School, where they met the students and helped them practise their English speaking and gave a short performance before lunch!

Thanks for the invite!
September 2, 2025 at 10:57 AM
German debut ✅

One of the greatest honours of my career has been to lead tonight’s performance of Gerontius in Chemnitz!

So many thanks to the wonderful singers from Kantorei der Kreuzkirche Chemnitz, the superb Robert Schumann Philharmonie…1/2
August 31, 2025 at 8:35 PM
A beautiful morning in Chemnitz for a short performance in the city square to a very large audience!
August 31, 2025 at 9:15 AM