Edward Caswell is a versatile and widely respected choral conductor and chorus master, regularly guesting throughout the UK and Europe. He read Music at Christ Church, Oxford and studied singing with Norman Bailey at the Royal College of Music where he won the choral conducting prize.
He works as chorus master and conductor with Netherlands Radio Choir, NDR Chor (Hamburg), MDR Rundfunkchor (Leipzig), the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Chor, SWR Vokalensemble (Stuttgart) and the BBC Singers. He was Artistic Director of the Philharmonia Chorus from 2008-2010.
Based in Scotland, Edward is a Council member of the Association of British Choral Directors (ABCD). He works as a lecturer in the Department of Vocal Studies at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and teaches singing at the University of Glasgow. As Outreach Director of Cappella Nova he conducts the Scottish Plainsong Choir and leads workshops across Scotland. He directs the course ‘Health and Wellbeing through Song’ at the University of Strathclyde.