Louise took up the appointment of Musical Director of the Orpheus in 2003, having previously been the Choir’s accompanist for eleven years. She is an accomplished music teacher, director and soloist, well known and highly regarded in the South Bucks area.

It is no mean feat motivating 60 choristers through the learning of new material, bringing it to concert performance standard. Nor is it easy to keep the repertoire fresh, achieving a good balance of new material along with the old favourites that traditionalists expect of a Male Voice choir.

Louise has risen to these challenges so that the choir is again in growth, the repertoire is constantly being revitalised, and our audiences can instantly recognise and take pride in the distinctive sound that remains the hallmark of the Orpheus.

The Orpheus participates in prestigious national and international competitions and festivals, such as the International Choir Festival in Jersey in 2004, and most recently the London Welsh Festival of Male Choirs at the Royal Albert Hall in 2006 and the British International Choir Festival in Cornwall in 2007. Louise continues to inspire us to achieve the exacting standards that will keep the Orpheus in the forefront of Male Voice choirs nationally and internationally.

Michael has accompanied the Orpheus since January 2006. A graduate of Durham University, where he studied physics, philosophy, and psychology, Michael has turned to music as his mainstream activity and, alongside accompanying and directing, he has a rapidly growing teaching practice in Beaconsfield.

In addition to the Orpheus, he currently accompanies a number of choirs, including Princes Risborough Music Society, Great Missenden Choral Society, the Newland Singers and the High Wycombe Philharmonic Choir.