Described as ‘bold’, ‘colourful’ (The Times), and ‘inventive’ (Financial Times) British-Canadian composer and conductor Michael Betteridge has an eclectic output in which his music draws on the stories of people and places, past and present, animating everything from concert halls and opera stages to slate mines and market squares!

His work has been performed by the likes of BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, violinist Nicola Benedetti, Opera North Youth Chorus, Psappha, and Streetwise Opera. He was a Royal Philharmonic Society Composer Programme receipient in the 2022-23 season and composed for RLPO’s Ensemble 10:10. His work has been nominated for two Royal Philharmonic Society Awards in the Impact category and his 2018 Anglo-Icelandic interactive Twitter opera #echochamber was nominated for an Icelandic Music Award. He is also Artistic Director of The Sunday Boys – Manchester’s low voiced and open access LGBTQ+ choir. He was made an Associate of the Royal Northern College of Music in 2023.