Jonathan Peter Willcocks BEM (born 9 January 1953[1]) is an English composer and conductor.
He graduated with an Honours degree in Music from the University of Cambridge in 1974, where he held a choral scholarship at Trinity College.
[1] He is conductor and musical director of Guildford Choral Society and Chichester Singers, and of the professional chamber orchestra Southern Pro Musica.
In 2016, Willcocks was appointed Festival Conductor of the Leith Hill Musical Festival, the 5th since Ralph Vaughan Williams and succeeding Brian Kay who held the post for 21 years.
Willcocks was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to music.