Stuart studied piano and conducting at Trinity College of Music and Musical Directing at the Royal Academy of Music where he was made an honorary Associate in 2012. His theatre credits as Musical Director credits include We Will Rock You, Les Misérables, Elf, Big, Only Fools and Horses, Tommy, Sleepless, Brian May & Kerry Ellis's Anthems, Starmus VI & VII and The Show Must Go On. Musical Supervisor credits include We Will Rock You (London Coliseum, US & UK Tours, Brazil, Denmark, Romania, Germany, RCCL), Elf, Eugenius, Sleepless, Big, Strictly Ballroom, Whistle Down the Wind (The Watermill) and The Bodyguard (Denmark, Sweden). Stuart was Associate Musical Supervisor of the Olivier Award winning production of Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour, Choral Director for Chess in Concert and Associate Musical Director for the West End productions of Cabaret and Wicked. Orchestration credits include the 2012 edition of Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé's Barcelona, Big and Only Fools & Horses (West End), Monkee Business and Strictly Ballroom (UK Tours), We Will Rock You (UK & US tours), Close-Up (Menier Chocolate Factory), How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (Southwark Playhouse), Whistle Down The Wind (The Watermill), arrangements for the Bands of the Royal Air Force, BBC Festival of Remembrance, RAF100, Dame Vera Lynn’s 100th Birthday Concert, The Last Night of the Proms, Queen and Adam Lambert Rhapsody Tour and the 2017 and 2023 Belfast Tattoo. Stuart has conduced three albums with former Royal harpist Claire Jones (with the English Chamber Orchestra and London Mozart Players) and he conducted and co-produced the original London/UK cast recordings of Big, Elf and Only Fools & Horses - The Musical. Stuart has conducted numerous concerts in the UK and Europe at venues including the Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, St. James’ Piccadilly, St. John’s Smith Square, The London Palladium, Birmingham Symphony Hall and The Sage. In 2018 Stuart completed his PhD at the Royal Academy of Music. He is extremely honoured to be a part of the incredible Starmus family.