Florence Price

Conductor and Musical Director

About

Florence Price is a conductor and singer based in London. She recently gained an MA in Choral Conducting at the Royal Academy of Music (Distinction) with Patrick Russill and Nicholas Chalmers, and whilst studying there participated in many prestigious masterclasses, including with the BBC Singers, David Hill Sofi Jeannin and Owain Park.

Florence is the conductor of Genesis Chorale and is the current Genesis Sixteen Conducting Scholar. Previously she was conductor of the Staffordshire Chamber Orchestra, and was a participant on the Crouch End Festival Chorus Young Conductors Mentoring Scheme with David Temple (2024-25). In 2024, she was selected as a finalist for the London International Choral Conducting Competition.

Other recent conducting engagements include Musical Director for RAM Opera Makers, Associate Conductor of Covent Garden Chorus as their Associate Conductor, Guest Conductor Somerville College, Oxford, Guest Conductor of the Chorus of the Royal Northern Sinfonia for their ‘Choral Nativity’ concert in Newcastle Cathedral, Guest Conductor with the Tallis Chamber Orchestra, and Musical Director of Opera Prelude’s production of new children’s opera, ‘The King’s Pants’ by composer Georgia Barnes.

As a passionate advocate for youth music, Florence works regularly as a Section Coach with the National Youth Choir having been on their Fellowship programme in 2022, and she was recently a New Leader for Gabrieli Roar in 2024. She is a Choral Director for Fortismere School and Julians Primary School, and is a violin and piano tutor at Norfolk House School.

Florence previously studied Music at the University of Manchester, where she was selected for the student conductor programme to conduct the University’s orchestras and choirs and studied conducting with Robert Guy. Subsequently in Manchester, she was the Musical Director of Somnium Chamber Choir and the Stockport Male Voice Choir.

As a singer, Florence regularly deputises at various professional London church choirs and sings with Kantos Chamber Choir. Previously, she was a HeartEdge Manchester Choral Scholar in association with St Martin in the Fields and a Lay Clerk at the Manchester Oratory.