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Edward-Rhys Harry is a multi award winning conductor and composer who has over 25 years experience of directing singing ensembles in educational, community and professional contexts. He has directed singing festivals in many countries across the globe and believes passionately that singing in choirs can and does change lives for the better. He is director of Coro Optimum Ltd., a training, support and mentoring programme for conductors of all ages and remains in demand as a choral conductor and clinician. He holds undergraduate and postgraduate degrees from the University of Bangor, University of West London (LCM), Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and his PhD was in composition at the University of Aberdeen. Dr Harry is a member of the Royal Society of Musicians and a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts. In 2021 he was awarded the Glanville Jones Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music in Wales by the Welsh Music Guild and in 2022 his opera 'The Basement' won him the coveted 'Tlws Y Cerddor'/'Musicians Medal' at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, while his work 'Four Welsh Psalms' was the winning entry performed by London Welsh Male Voice Choir, in the Queens Platinum Big Performance Competition run by Classic FM. He is the representative for Wales on the board of directors and trustees of the UK’s largest leisure time community, Making Music.
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