Oliver currently serves as Choral Director for Salford Cathedral and Associate Choral Leader for St Martin-in-the-Fields, directing a wide range of ensembles from children’s choirs, community choirs, and parish church choirs to University Chamber Choirs, Choral Scholars, and his own vocal ensemble Oriana which specialises in exploring 20th and 21st Century British Music.

A graduate of the University of Leeds, Oliver specialised in conducting, composition, and British music. During his studies he held an enhanced choral scholarship at Leeds Cathedral, under Tom Leech, where he regularly conducted their various cathedral and diocesan choirs and worked within their award-winning National Schools Singing Programme, leading whole-class singing across West Yorkshire.

Oliver has held emerging artist positions with Chamber Choir Ireland, The Sixteen, the Royal School of Church Music, and Sing for Pleasure, reflecting his growing reputation as an imaginative and versatile choral director.

Beyond conducting, Oliver’s compositional output spans a wide range of genres including Art Song, Chamber Music, and most prominently Choral Music. He has a vast body of Choral work including accessible SATB settings for Parish Choirs and Amateur Chamber Choirs, ATB Anthems and Motets for Lay Clerks and Choral Scholars, Mass Settings of all shapes and sizes, and a growing body of Sacred Music for Young Voices. In all of his work, Oliver aims to create a perfect blend of musical interest, practicality, and accessibility.

In addition to his work in the choral tradition, Oliver is a skilled composer of art songs and chamber music. His compositions span a range of musical styles and ensembles from duets and trios to chamber orchestra pieces and song cycles. His unique harmonic style blends elements of romanticism and jazz, infused with modern and contemporary musical idiom.

To get in contact with Oliver in regards to composition commissions, conducting or singing bookings, or just to chat… visit the contact page or email: owhcomposer@gmail.com