GLOC's Musical Director - Christopher Braime

Christopher Braime was born in Beverley in 1983. He was awarded a Foundation Scholarship to study at the Royal College of Music, London, where he studied oboe with John Anderson, Christopher Cowie and David Theodore; and conducting with Neil Thomson and Richard Dickins.

Christopher became the Musical Director of the Imperial College String Ensemble in 2003, where he remained until 2007 and works as assistant conductor for the Kensington Philharmonic Orchestra, the Farnborough Symphony Orchestra, and the Sussex Symphony Orchestra. In 2007 he took up the role of Musical Director of the Pelly Concert Orchestra, Farnborough, which continues to go from strength to strength, regularly performing to sell-out audiences. He has recently been appointed Musical Director of the Worthing Youth Orchestra, Worthing Youth String Orchestra and West Sussex County Wind Ensemble, and for the 2009 – 2010 season will assume the role of Musical Director of the Grosvenor Light Opera Company for their performance of The Yeomen of the Guard.

As an oboist, Christopher has worked with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the National Chamber Orchestra of Wales, the Southbank Sinfonia, and he is oboist with Kokoro - the contemporary music ensemble of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. He is also principal oboe with the Sussex Symphony Orchestra.