Honesty over comfort
The podium doesn't let you hide. We design every session so that the feedback is real — not softened by politeness or obscured by abstraction. Leaders grow fastest when they can see exactly what they're doing.
ECT
About us.
Musicians and educators who believe leadership is a physical act — and that the podium proves it.
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Why we built this.
Executive Choral Conducting Training exists because we believe leadership is a physical act. It lives in the body — in how you stand, how you breathe, how you hold attention, how you respond when things don't go as planned. Most leadership development treats these qualities as peripheral. We put them at the centre.
Our method is simple. We give you a baton, a professional choir, and a piece of music. Then we ask you to lead. What happens next is more revealing, more demanding, and more rewarding than any workshop we've encountered — and we've encountered a lot of them.
We are musicians and educators who have spent careers working at the highest levels of choral performance and music education. We built ECT because we saw what the conducting podium does to people who step onto it: it clarifies something about how they lead that nothing else quite reaches.
There is no simulation here. No role-play, no acted scenario. The choir is real, the music is real, and the response to your gesture is immediate and unambiguous. That honesty is exactly what makes it work.
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What we
stand for.
Four principles that shape every ECT programme.
Craft above all
The quality of the ensemble matters profoundly. We work only with professional musicians whose standard is high enough to make the conducting experience credible. You cannot fool a professional choir.
Experience, not explanation
We believe in doing rather than describing. Every insight that emerges from an ECT session is earned on the podium, not extracted from a slide. The body learns things the mind cannot be told.
Rigour and joy
Serious work and genuine enjoyment are not opposites. Our sessions are demanding — and they are also, consistently, among the most energising experiences participants report having in a professional context.
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Our choir: the instrument your leaders will conduct.
A dynamic, detail-oriented choral group working at the highest professional standard. The Alma Consort's singers have performed across London's foremost venues — from the Barbican and Wigmore Hall to the BBC Proms — bringing the same rigour and precision to every engagement they take on.
That standard is what makes our sessions work. When your team steps onto the podium, they are conducting musicians who respond to exactly what they give — no more, no less. There is nowhere for ambiguity to hide, and no room for anything other than genuine leadership.
100% Professional musicians
3 Flagship concert halls
10+ Years performing
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Our team.
ECT is led by two musicians with deep roots in professional choral performance, music education, and the academic study of conducting.
Music Director
Luca Wetherall
A conductor, singer, and educator based in London. Holds a Clarendon Scholarship at the University of Oxford, where they teach at the Faculty of Music and undertake doctoral research in choral conducting. Directs the Alma Consort and brings extensive experience in vocal production, ensemble direction, and music education across multiple genres to every ECT session.
Managing Director
Izzy Mohan
A pianist, conductor, and singer based in London. A graduate of the University of Oxford and the Royal Academy of Music, bringing expertise in collaborative performance, ensemble direction, and music education to ECT's programmes. Izzy leads the business operations and partnerships that bring ECT to organisations across the UK.
Behind Luca and Izzy sits an extensive and varied creative team — designers, producers, facilitators, and musicians — who make every ECT programme possible.
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Ready to step onto the podium?
Explore our programmes or get in touch to discuss a bespoke session for your organisation.