Our Team

  • Artistic Director Oi Ching Chan wears glasses and a black button up shirt, and holding a conductor's baton in one hand, while smiling towards the left.

    OI CHING CHAN | Artistic Director

    London-based Hong Kong conductor Oi Ching CHAN is known for her compelling presence and calm authority on the podium. Oi Ching currently serves as the Artistic Director of New London Harmonia. She is also a member of the Royal Philharmonic Society's Women's WoCo Gateshead programme, an affiliation with the Royal Northern Sinfonia at The Glasshouse International Centre for Music. 

    Oi Ching has collaborated with orchestras worldwide, leaving an indelible mark on stages graced by the Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, Orchestre Métropolitain, Sofia Philharmonic, and the Kuopio Symphony Orchestra, to name a few. She has had the privilege of being mentored by esteemed conductors such as Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Marin Alsop, Jac van Steen, and Colin Metters.

    Oi Ching assisted Ryan Bancroft, Jac van Steen, and Clark Rundell with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Her achievements have also led to exclusive invitations, including participation in the prestigious Dartington Music Summer School and the Académie du Domaine Forget de Charlevoix.

    Born and raised in Hong Kong, Oi Ching earned her bachelor's degree in Music from Hong Kong Baptist University and completed her Master of Performance in Orchestral Conducting with Distinction at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama under the guidance of David Jones. She is also a student of the world-renowned conductor Jorma Panula at the Panula Academy.

    Photo by Darwin Ng

  • Five people jumping on top of a hill with a sunset in the background. Only the silhouettes of the people are visilble.

    THE EXECUTIVE COMMITEE

    CAROLYN KIRWIN | Chair

    AARON MINTON | General Manager

    ANNA PURVES | Concert Day Manager

    MILES CHAPMAN | Business Development Manager

    MEG OBATA | Marketing Manager, Website Creator

    We are a mighty team of five who have worked the behind-the-scenes logistics for this orchestra to come to reality (also with the help of our amazing AD, Oi Ching).

    Though we hail from various day jobs from music to tech, NLH has been a passion project for us this year and we are immensely proud of the collective effort from this team and all of our orchestra members to make it to this point.

    Photo by Maksim Romashkin