Dominic Grier is widely acknowledged as a conductor of distinction, whose career embraces opera, ballet and symphonic work as well as contemporary music and orchestral training. Born in London, he studied at the University of Cambridge and the Royal Academy of Music. He was a permanent staff conductor at the Royal Opera House from 2008 to 2011 (Jette Parker Young Artists Programme), and has served as a regular guest conductor with many of the foremost ballet companies in the UK and Europe. Dominic made a critically acclaimed début at the Opéra National de Lyon in 2010 and had previously worked regularly as an assistant conductor there since 2007. He is increasingly active as a teacher of conducting and is on the faculty at the Royal Academy of Music as Tutor in Conducting. He is also conductor of the Junior Royal Academy of Music’s Symphony and Classical orchestras and Music Director of the Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra.