many concerto performances with the Northern Sinfonia but he was also to appear as solo director with the Royal Manchester College of Music Orchestra and the Ulster Orchestra. Most of his conducting was with the Northern Sinfonia, although he did guest-conduct on occasion with The Scottish Chamber Orchestra, The Ulster Orchestra, The Scottish National Orchestra and Manchester Camerata. Children's concerts In order to expand the repertoire for the Northern Sinfonia's series of children's concerts, he collaborated with Johnny Morris (of Animal Magic ), and together they wrote six musical stories, with Haslam writing the music and Morris the words. These, together with pieces like Peter and the Wolf, formed the basis of the Sinfonia's Children's concerts for many years. These works for children have now been performed in Australia, USA & Norway, with ‘Juanita the Spanish Lobster’ being recorded twice and all of them filmed for television. Northern Songs Over the years, Haslam has written more than 100 arrangements of northern songs, verses and narrations. In 1988 he recorded his 1st set of orchestrations of Northern Songs with Sir Thomas Allen, Sheila Armstrong & the Northern Sinfonia orchestra & chorus. Since then he has recorded a second set and made a DVD featuring his ‘Newcastle Overture’ and performances of his Songs of Northumbria sung by Sir Thomas Allen and Sheila Armstrong with the EPO in Durham Cathedral. The recording of all the Field Piano Concertos, with Haslam, the NSO and pianist Benjamin Frith, was highly acclaimed by the critics. English Philharmonic Orchestra He and his partner Annamaria McCool left the NSO and formed the English Philharmonic Orchestra, a professional orchestra and ensemble which performs in the north of England. Annamaria is the Administrator and Haslam the Principal Conductor & Artistic Director. References External links English Philharmonic Orchestra Naxos music label page Classics Online page English conductors (music) British male conductors (music) Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Loughborough Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music Musicians from Leicestershire 21st-century British conductors (music) 21st-century British male musicians