Our Conductor, Leader and Committee
Tom Horn
CONDUCTOR
Tom has conducted Farnborough Concert Orchestra (formerly Pelly Concert Orchestra) since 2015. Each year he guides FCO through more than 60 pieces, and under his direction FCO is one of only a handful of amateur orchestras to have successfully played the soundtracks live to two animated film screenings - The Snowman in 2019, and Wallace and Gromit - The Wrong Trousers, in November 2024.
Vanessa Russell
LEADER
Vanessa Russell studied violin and viola at the Royal College of Music with Maureen Smith and Ivo van der Werff and prior to that studied in Sussex with Andrew Sherwood.