The Centre for Music Performance (CMP) has announced five student Conducting Scholars for the 2025-26 academic year following this year’s University Conducting Competition. 

Second year Clare music undergraduate, Isaac Chan has been appointed as Co-Conductor of the Cambridge University Symphony Orchestra (CUSO) for a second time.  Isaac will also serve as Assistant Conductor for one Cambridge University Orchestra project. 

Conducting competition finalists completed a live audition with the Cambridge University Symphony Orchestra as well aural tests and an interview with the judging panel, which was chaired by the Centre for Music Performance’s Artistic Advisor on Orchestral Music, distinguished conductor Sian Edwards. The panel also included veteran music agent Jonathan Groves (Managing Director of Groves Artists), Centre for Music Performance Director Simon Fairclough, and representatives from the University Orchestra, the University Symphony Orchestra and the University Wind Orchestra. 

Congratulations to all five winners.