Michael Fergusson-Wynne

Director of Music & Conductor

Michael is Director of Music at St Luke’s Church, as well as founder and Artistic Director of Jersey Chamber Choir. In 2003 he made his conducting debut with the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, and from 2005-2013 worked with Scottish Opera and Swansea City Opera, where he conducted over 150 performances of opera and ballet.

Since 2007, Michael has worked for the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria, and has worked with Barbara Bonney, Christa Ludwig, Susan Graham, and Christine Brewer. Since 2009, he has been visiting professor of Organ and Church Music at the Kunstuniversität, Graz.

Michael studied organ and voice at the Royal Academy of Music, London, and Church Music at the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music, in Rome. In addition, he holds Fellowships from the Royal College of Organists, Trinity College of Music, and in 2021 was awarded an honorary Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts.

Michael teaches piano, organ, voice, and theory. Having been teaching for 25 years, Michael works as an individual instrumental teacher, vocal coach, and animateur for his instruments and classical music in general.