Associate Conductor 2015-2024: Michelle McCabe
Associate Conductor: Michelle McCabe
Michelle McCabe was appointed Associate Conductor of Dunbartonshire Concert Band in 2015.
Michelle graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with BA (Hons) and a postgraduate degree in Orchestral Studies, winning the Governor’s Recital Prize for Chamber Music. She studied further at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada and then developed her workshop and creative music-making skills at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama. This led to performing regularly for Yehudi Menuhin’s Live Music Now! scheme, leading workshops for Artlink Central and performing with the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland.
As a freelance musician Michelle has performed with many orchestras and chamber ensembles including the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Red Note Ensemble, the Auricle Ensemble and the Scottish Flute Trio. For the last 20 years she has played sub-principal flute with the Scottish Ballet Orchestra, and in the 2022/23 season played in all 72 performances of The Snow Queen tour.
Michelle is Musical Director of the Dunbartonshire Wind Ensemble and the High School of Glasgow Wind Band and Flute Ensembles. She also works with the DCB clarinet ensemble, creating programmes of music for local community concerts.
Michelle is the flute tutor for various groups including The National Youth Wind Ensemble of Scotland, West of Scotland Concert Band and Training Band, Strathclyde University Concert Band and The University of Scotland Symphony Orchestra.