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Mr Guy was chosen for the concert by composer and music producer
Chris Broom, the managing director of Cavendish Records.

Ms Thomas rose to fame after appearing on ITV’s The Voice Kids UK in

2018.

Since then she has released five studio albums and has more than 1.5
billion views of videos featuring her song.

Mr Guy has also had a successful career in music, despite overcoming
childhood deafness.

He balances his music gigs while remaining director of conducting and
director of orchestras at The University of Manchester.

He is also the co-founder of resident orchestra NEW Sinfonia at the North

Wales International Music Festival.

Mr Guy said: "It came out of nowhere!

"It's the first time I’ll be heading to the West End and it’s really exciting –
surreal, in fact."

He also added: "A lot of people look from the outside in and think that if
you have talent, you get lucky breaks but that’s only 10 per cent of the

story.

"Ninety per cent is hard work, and people don’t always see that."

Mr Broom said: "Lucy’s management team were looking for a
Manchester-based conductor to conduct Lucy’s concert.

"Lucy is Manchester-based herself and as Lucy has never performed with
an orchestra before, we felt it was important to reach out to a conductor
who could logistically easily work with Lucy in the lead up to the concert

as well as conduct the concert itself."

Mr Guy also said: "Just 10 years ago, I felt like I was always battling to
prove myself. Growing up, I had been told by a teacher there was no
money in music and that I should become a dentist.