Nicholas Wilks
Nicholas Wilks recently moved to Scotland from England where he enjoyed a number of musical directorships, including the Hampshire County Youth Orchestra, New Youth Opera, Finchley Children’s Music Group, Haringey Young Musicians, Petersfield Musical Festival, Winchester Philharmonic Choir and the Winchester Symphony Orchestra.
His musical activities range from conducting the premiere of Alec Roth’s Earth and Sky at the BBC Proms to developing a music and dementia project for care homes in Winchester. He is deeply committed to music education, volunteers with the Big Noise in Govanhill, and was for 20 years a trustee for Buskaid UK, a charity supporting young string players in the South African township of Soweto. He initiated Edinburgh Bach Choir’s Young Composers’ Competition earlier this year.
Recent performances have included Handel’s Belshazzar in Paisley and Edinburgh, Brahms’s Third Symphony with Glasgow Orchestral Society, the Brahms German Requiem with Greenock Philharmonic Choir, Sibelius’s Second Symphony with Paisley Sinfonia and a clarinet recital with pianist Robert Bridge in Helensburgh. His guest conducting has included the RSNO Chorus and Glasgow Chamber Choir.
Future concerts include music by Franck, Elgar and Strauss with Glasgow Orchestral Society and Requiems by Michael Haydn and Mozart with Edinburgh Bach Choir.
Nicholas Wilks was appointed Musical Director of Edinburgh Bach Choir in 2024.
