About.

Lachlan Massey is a young Australian conductor and composer.

As a composer and director of opera, and especially those for young audiences, Lachlan’s productions with Musgrove Opera have been called “ingenious…petite productions for hungry young minds” (Time Out). The company has performed children’s operas such as Pinocchio!, Hansel and Gretel and Mulga Bill's Bicycle to packed houses at The Concourse and the Sydney Opera House, as well as regional venues. Its schools concerts have been well received by teachers and students alike, bringing energetic productions to classrooms and school halls of all shapes and sizes.

​His stage works as a composer include Pinocchio! (2018), Mulga Bill’s Bicycle (The Concourse, 2024), Hansel and Gretel (The Concourse, 2021), and as music director; Aija Draguns’ Max and Moritz (Sydney Opera House, 2022), and Malcolm Fox’s Sid the Serpent who Wanted to Sing (Sydney Opera House, 2022/23).

Lachlan is Artistic Associate at Gondwana Choirs, working under Lyn Williams AM. In his time with the choirs he has prepared them for performances with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Theatre Company and for six Prime Ministers of Australia. He is privileged to conduct the Sydney Children’s Choir’s Junior Performing Choir, a selective extension group for young people ages 9-14 who show especially strong musical aptitude.

​Lachlan has presented workshops for ACO Foundations and was a guest conductor for the RSCM Junior Schools Choral Festival in 2022 and 2023. Lachlan is a former Young Ambassador for the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and a graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

Mulga Bill's Bicycle (Musgrove Opera, The Concourse Concert Hall), 2024.
Photo by Robert Catto.