In 2026 we appointed Neill Jackson as conductor of Chester Sinfonia.

Neill Jackson plays viola and violin and plays in several local orchestras including the Chester Philharmonic Orchestra and St John's Festival Orchestra. 

He has also played for Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Orchestra and London All Souls Orchestra and enjoys playing chamber music. He also sings and has sung with the London School of Opera and the English Haydn Festival. 

He conducts several orchestras including Liverpool String Orchestra and the Wirral Orchestra which also includes the Wirral String Orchestra and Chorus. He has been conducting the Wirral String Orchestra Days since 2001. 

He conducts annually with the Workers' Music Association on their Summer Music course and with the Friends of Friends Orchestra in Oxfordshire. He has worked with Youth Orchestras in Wirral, Kent, Cardiff, York and Durham and was involved for many years with the Anglo German Youth Music Week and offshoot events in Lincolnshire and Hay on Wye. When not doing music he enjoys cycling, gardening and walking and teaches.