British pianist and conductor ASHLEY BEAUCHAMP studied on the opera course of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. 

Ashley has a long relationship with Glyndebourne Opera. He conducted the world premiere of glass human (Fernando) for the Glyndebourne Tour 2022, and has worked as assistant conductor on L’elisir d’amore (Donizetti) and the world-premiere of Pay the Piper (Appleby, Cruttwell-Reade, Livingston & Robertson), conducting one performance of the latter. 2024/2025 sees Ashley returning to Glyndebourne as assistant conductor for La Traviata (Verdi), Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) and as assistant conductor and chorus master for the world-premiere of Uprising, a new opera by Jonathan Dove. As a repetiteur, Ashley has worked on productions of Don Pasquale (Donizetti), and for the world premieres of Lovers Walk (Styles), Tycho’s Dream (Styles), Nothing (Bruce), Belongings (Murphy), Agreed (Moody). Alongside his work on the main-stage, Ashley is the Musical Director of the Glyndebourne Youth Opera Company. 

Ashley is Head of Music and Co-Director of the Young Artist Programme for Waterperry Opera Festival, having been with them since their inaugural season in 2017. At Waterperry, Ashley has conducted Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdinck), and was the Musical Director for their critically acclaimed touring production of Mansfield Park (Jonathan Dove). He has also worked on productions of Così fan tutte (Mozart), Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart), The Diary of One Who Disappeared (Janacek) and Carmen (Bizet). 2024 will see Ashley working on their productions of A Turn of the Screw (Britten) and The Barber of Seville (Rossini) and performing a semi-staged collection of songs by Jonathan Dove. Ashley runs the Young Artist Programme at Waterperry with director Rebecca Meltzer. This programme offers young artists, of varying disciplines, who are in the early or preparatory stages of a career in opera, the opportunity to join WOF’s professional company as part of its annual summer festival, and to develop areas of practice often not covered in a conventional conservatoire setting.

Previously, Ashley was Head of Music for Nevill Holt Opera, which saw him working as assistant conductor and chorus master on productions of La bohème (Puccini), Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) and La Cenerentola (Rossini) and working with their Associate and Emerging Artists throughout the season. 

For the Royal Opera House, Ashley has worked as repetiteur for a co-production of Gerald Barry’s The Intelligence Park (co-production between ROH Linbury / Music Theatre Wales), and was the repetiteur for current, rising (Fernando), the world’s first hyper-reality opera. Ashley has also worked for Garsington Opera as repetiteur for Fantasio (Offenbach) and Le comte Ory (Rossini) and most recently as Chorus Master for their 2024 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Britten). For Blackheath Halls Opera, Ashley has worked as assistant conductor for their productions of Carmen (Bizet), Der Freischütz (Weber) and La belle Hélène (Offenbach). 

Ashley is the Musical Director for Thames Opera Company, a community opera chorus based in Purfleet, Essex. He is a musical director at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, has conducted opera scenes for the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and worked as a staff pianist for the Royal College of Music.