Tori Longdon is the Principal Conductor of the Covent Garden Chorus and Assistant Chorus Director of the London Philharmonic Choir, the choir of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. She is in huge demand internationally following her work on the King’s Coronation Concert in May 2023 when she coached eighteen choirs from around the United Kingdom to perform for the King.

She is the co-founder of the Stay At Home Choir, an international community of more than 29,000 choral singers which she leads together with Swingles baritone Jamie Wright.

Tori is currently a conductor for Songs of Praise on BBC1, as well as an adjudicator for ‘Young Choir of the Year’ and ‘Young Chorister of the Year’. She appeared on BBC2 as a judge on two series’ of the ‘The Choir’. As a broadcaster, she has interviewed some of classical music’s most famous names, including Marin Alsop, John Rutter, Sir Karl Jenkins, Sofi Jeannin and Christopher Tin. 

She now travels the world leading masterclasses, adjudicating competitions and working with young conductors, most recently in Australia (June ’23) Finland (September ’23) and Austria (Nov ’23). She has written several articles for ClassicFM’s online magazine, lectured for the Artist Development postgraduate course at the Royal Academy of Music, and for the musicianship course at the Junior Guildhall Conservatoire.

Professional choirs under her direction have sung in venues such as Wembley Arena and the Royal Albert Hall and performed for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and President Xi Jinping of China.