ZOË MIARA
Artistic Director

Zoë is a music teacher, conductor and trumpeter based in London. She graduated from the University of Manchester with a first-class honours degree in Music, specialising in conducting in her third year under Rob Guy’s tuition. She also completed a graduate diploma at the Royal Northern College of Music, studying the trumpet under the tutelage of John Miller. She is the Head of Music at a secondary school in East London, while continuing to freelance as a trumpeter, conductor and pianist. 

 

As the founder and director of the Wyatt Sinfonia, she has led them through ambitious programmes including Mozart’s Requiem, the UK premiere of Pejačević’s Symphony in F# minor and the full ballet of Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé, as well as world premieres. She has guest conducted a range of orchestras and wind-bands both in London and Manchester, and has musically directed several shows including Matilda, Spring Awakening, Oliver and Anything Goes. 

 

Zoë has performed several times at the BBC Proms, as well as at venues such as Ronnie Scott's and the Barbican. She has performed both the Haydn and Arutunian trumpet concertos with local orchestras.

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