The English soprano, Rachel Ambrose Evans, read Music at Pembroke College, Cambridge. Her first instrument, upon which she did her final recital at Cambridge, was the baroque violin. Having not really done much singing before her degree, she was quite surprised to get a place to sing with the Choir of Trinity College Cambridge under Stephen Layton in her final year.

She now sings with various consorts and choirs in the UK and Europe, including The Tallis Scholars, Polyphony, Dunedin Consort, Arcangelo, New London Consort, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, and Temple Singers. She is also a member of the Choir of Hampstead Parish Church.

With a particular interest in early music, which was first sparked when studying the Baroque violin, Rachel's recent solo engagements have included George Frideric Handel's Israel in Egypt (Holst Singers/Stephen Layton), J.S. Bach's St Matthew Passion (BWV 244) and St John Passion (BWV 245) (Israel Camerata Orchestra Jerusalem/Avner Biron), and Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610, and Antonio Vivaldi's Gloria with the King's College Choir Cambridge and St John's College Choir in Cambridge. She appears as a soloist with the Choir of Trinity College Choir Cambridge on discs of music by Kenneth Leighton and Eriks Esenvalds, and with Polyphony on discs of music by Karl Jenkins and Arvo Pärt.

Rachel has recently performed at the Southwell Music Festival; given several concerts as part of a touring project with the Marian Consort of music by Gesualdo; sang J.S. Bach's Mass in B minor (BWV 232) with Amici Voices; and travelled to Scandinavia for the first time to perform a staged version of G.F Handel's Messiah at the Bergen Opera.

Since graduating from Trinity Laban with a master’s in performance in 2012, Rachel has led a varied and successful career as a freelance violinist. She enjoys playing with a variety of professional orchestral and chamber groups appearing at leading venues such as Barbican Centre, Royal Festival Hall, Royal Albert Hall and Symphony Hall. Notable engagements have included work with Philharmonia Orchestra and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Exceptionally observant Mission Impossible fans may briefly spot Rachel performing as part of an orchestra in Tom Cruise’s fifth film of the series.

Alongside her performance work, she is also a dedicated and passionate violin teacher and enjoys helping her pupils to reach their full musical potential.

Victoria studied music at Oxford University where she was a Music Scholar. During her time at Oxford she was part of the prize-winning Aldate String Quartet. Victoria completed her masters degree at the Royal Northern College of Music, winning the Nosseck Prize for chamber music.

Since leaving the RNCM, Victoria has enjoyed a busy freelance orchestral career working with, among others, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia, RTE Ireland, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and English National Ballet. She has also worked with Katherine Jenkins, Russell Watson and Take That (on X-Factor and BBC Children In Need).

Heather is a freelance violist and a strings teacher. She plays with many ensembles around the UK, from large orchestras to period ensembles. She also performs with the Keats Quartet who have recently enjoyed several projects with clarinettist Jonathan Sage, including a new commission written for the quintet by Irish composer Garrett Sholdice, Eighteen Cadences. Heather studied with Richard Crabtree and Walter Reiter at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance as a Trinity Laban Scholar, and with Rennie Regehr at the University of Ottawa, where she won the Gaston Héon Undergraduate Scholarship in Music and the Aruna & Rupa Anantaraman Scholarship. A lover of the outdoors, Heather can often be found jogging, rowing, or pottering about on her allotment.

Ruairi started singing as a chorister at St Davids and St Paul’s Cathedrals, later taking up a choral scholarship at King’s College, Cambridge under the direction of Sir Stephen Cleobury.

A finalist in the International Handel Singing Competition in 2020, he is in increasing demand as an interpreter of Baroque repertoire throughout the UK and abroad, recently making his debut at the Wigmore Hall and Leipzig Bachfest, performing Bach's Johannes-Passion 1725 with Solomon's Knot. Other engagements have included Septimius in Handel's Theodora with The Hampstead Collective, Bach's Messe in h-Moll with English Touring Opera and Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine at the Three Choirs Festival. He has collaborated regularly with Stephen Layton, most recently performing Messe in h-Moll with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra and Johannes-Passion (arias) with both Adelaide & Tasmania Symphony Orchestras, as well as the annual Good Friday performance with Polyphony/Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment at St John's Smith Square.

Equally at home with larger-scale symphonic works, he sang in the world premiere & recording of Stanford's Mass Via Victrix with the BBC National Orchestra & Chorus of Wales and Adrian Partington. Other engagements have included Mendelssohn's Elijah in Worcester Cathedral, Beethoven's Missa Solemnis with Ben Palmer/Covent Garden Sinfonia and Vaughan Williams’ A Cotswold Romance with the Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra, and he will sing Verdi’s Messa da Requiem for the first time next Spring. On the operatic stage, he debuted Prologue/Quint in Britten’s Turn of the Screw at Barnes Music Festival and took on multiple roles in Purcell's The Indian Queen with Le Concert d’Astrée and Emanuelle Haïm at l'Opera de Lille in the autumn, with whom he will take on the role of Sailor in Dido & Aeneas in 2021.

Growing up in the Welsh Marches, Ruairi has developed a keen interest in exploring the integrated relationship between poetry and nature through pastoral song. Recent highlights include a recital on Innocence & Experience with Anna Tilbrook, performing Tippett's Cantata Boyhood's End and Finzi's A Young Man's Exhortation for Finzi Friends at Ashmansworth. He also performed on themes of The Games & Battles of Love for Recitals at Raynham and The Grange Festival, featuring Monteverdi Songs of Court directed by Michael Chance.

During the live music hiatus left in the wake of the Covid-19 Pandemic, Ruairi was a Support Worker for the Children's Section of the British Refugee Council Children's Section, and has volunteered as a coach for their Cricket Project since 2015. Where time allows, he returns to Herefordshire to play cricket for Brockhampton CC. He continues his studies with Caroline Dowdle.

Award winning composer and Pianist Michael Csányi-Wills has written works ranging from Chamber music to Choral and Orchestral works to film scores. He was composer in residence with the Welsh Sinfonia from September 2013-2016 and his recent orchestral works have been widely performed throughout the UK and commissions have taken him around Europe, Australia, China, and the USA where in 2016 his Violin concerto was premiered in the Constella Arts Festival, by violinist Tatiana Berman with principal conductor of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, Jose Luis Gomez.

Other recent projects have included 2 songs cycles written for James Robinson-May, and a project entitled “Songs on the Spectrum”, funded by the Arts Council/National Lottery Fund, which is raising awareness of Autism through lieder. Also released in 2019, Nocturne for Yodit was written for a project for Martin Anderson and Toccata Classics.

Michael’s 1st Symphony was performed by the University of Cardiff Symphony Orchestra in November 2019. The recording made in February 2020 will be released by Prima Facie Records later in 2020.

Michael’s Orchestral Songs disk, featuring Nicky Spence, Jacques Imbrailo and Ilona Domnich, was released in 2015 to critical acclaim, and was ‘recording of the month’ at Music Web International.

Michael has also written scores for over 40 films including documentaries such as “The King of Nerac” and “Maestro” a feature documentary feature about conductor Paavo Järvi and most recently a feature drama such “Sideshow” starring Les Dennis and Anthony head which will be released in 2020. He won BEST SCORE at the Movie Maverick Awards, for his score to the short film “A love story in Milk” and was nominated at the World Soundtrack awards for Best Newcomer.

As a pianist, Michael still performs and records regularly and is currently recording the complete Weinberg Violin Sonatas with Russian Violinist Yuri Kalnits the first 2 volumes of which were released by Toccata Classics to critical acclaim. Both CDs won a “Diapason d”Or” in the French Magazine “Diapason”. Volumes 3&4 are due to be recorded in 2020.

As an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music and a regular teacher of both Piano and Composition at the World Heart Beat Music Academy in London, Michael is passionate about music education. Many of his students have been awarded scholarships to major music colleges in the UK. He is also associate conductor the BBC Ariel Orchestra, and of the World Heart Beat Music Academy Orchestra.

Nunziatina Del Vecchio has spent the majority of her life as a professional cellist, playing with major European Orchestras and Ensembles. She graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music with Bmus Hons and a String Quartet Performance Diploma, before being awarded a place for Post Graduate Studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig, Germany. She has worked extensively with orchestras such as Manchester Camerata, City of Birmingham Symphony, Welsh National Opera, Gewandhaus Orchester, Leipzig, Neues Bachisches Collegium Musikum, Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Altenburg Theater Gera, The National Symphony Orchestra in London and the Loh-Orchester Sondershausen / Theatre Nordhausen in Germany where she worked from 2007-2010. Nunziatina moved back to London full time in 2010 where she has been in constant work as a session musician in all the major London studios, and played several chamber music festivals including most recently Strauss Metarmorphosen at the Chamber Music Box series in Hampstead. Nunziatina also has a busy teaching schedule throughout the week and her students range from ages 5 to 45 and from beginner to advanced.

Now married with 2 children, Nunziatina leads a triple life as a mother, cellist and artist. She uses a mix of acrylic paints and acrylic media to create rich texture and colour which are characteristic of her abstract artworks. Influenced by the music that she has spent her life playing, her spontaneous instincts and emotions dictate the movements and textures she creates.

Some paintings in her earliest works convey pieces of music directly such as the Elgar Cello Concerto and Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata, which was her first commission in 2014.

Nunziatina has exhibited at the Chelsea Art Fair, Sevenoaks International Art Fair and The Framer’s Gallery London, as well as at a series of private exhibitions. Her works have been commissioned by collectors in the UK, Germany and the Middle East. Her pieces have also been used on multiple album covers in both the classical and film genres.

Ilona Domnich is a lyric soprano (leggero), described by critics as ‘A memorable voice of silken beauty with a luminous edge to the tone, a sensitive musician and an actress of magnetic presence’.

She was chosen by Opera Now as one of its Top 10 high flyers, in a “new generation of sopranos who are destined to have impressive careers”.

Originally a pianist, Ilona was spotted by legendary singing teacher Vera Rosza at one of the master classes. She went on to win the prestigious Wingate Scholarship to study at the Royal College of Music. Her career is growing steadily world-wide.

Operatic highlights include Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Mimi (La Boheme), Gilda (Rigoletto), Olympia/Antonia/Giulietta (Tales of Hoffmann), Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia), (Fortunio), Elle (La Voix Humaine), Melisande (Pellease et Melisande), Magda (La Rondine), Tatyana (Onegin), Zerlina( Don Giovanni), Eurydice (Der neue Orpheus), Venus (Judgement of Paris), Madam Herz (Der Schauspieldirektor), Blondchen (Die Entfuhrung).

Ilona has developed a close collaboration with English National Opera, BBC Concert Orchestra, Grange Park Opera, Buxton Opera Festival, English Touring Opera, Northern Sinfonia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Concert Orchestra, Southbank Sinfonia, Festival de Musique de Menton, Trasimeno Music Festival and Anghiari in Italy, Chopin Festival in Mallorca, Aldeburgh Festival, London Song Festival, and the Jersey International Festival.

Ilona appeared in concerts in London at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Barbican, Westminster Cathedral, St. Johns’ Smith square, St. Martin in the Fields and internationally in Paris, Menton, Segura, Rome, St.Peterburg, Jerusalem, Tokyo, Nagoya, Kyoto and Osaka.

Ilona’s fruitful collaboration with Southbank Sinfonia and Simon Over, with whom she has performed the Brahms requiem, Mendelssohn ‘Lobgesang’, Ravel Scheherazade, Gounod ‘ Missa sollemnis’ and the roles of Tatyana and Gilda, led to the creation of an Operatic CD ‘Surrender’ with the baritone Leo Nucci, recorded and produced by Rupert Coulson is released by Signum Classics.

Recent performances : the Role of Glauce in Medea, Concert with Angela Hewitt in Trasimeno, concerts with Martin Yates and Charles Mutter at Aujols, Poulenc Gloria at Notre dame de Paris, international woman’s day concert live on BBC 3 with BBCCO, Brahms requiem, Chant d’Auvergne, a recording of R.V.Williams ‘The Scott of Antarctic’ with Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Ravel Shaharezade with St. Petersburg Philharmonic, ‘The Mystic Trumpeter' with BBCCO, Viennese opera concert with CBSO, Beethoven 9th, and recitals with Benjamin Frith, Sholto Kynoch in Oxford, London and Leeds.

Ilona has developed and performed a one woman show – based on songs sung by Marlene Dietrich, Jacques Brell, and Edith Piaf with James Bonas, director.

Future plans include: Recitals at the Wigmore Hall with Linus Roth, Four Last Songs in Cardiff, Mystic Trumpeter (Holst) with Three Choir Festival, Kurt Weill- Marie Galante with Martin Yates, Rossini -Petite messe solennelle in Oxford, Oxford Lieder festival with Sholto Kynoch, War Requiem at Coventry cathedral, ‘Voix du Cabaret’ tour, Brahms requiem, concerts with Gould piano trio in Tenerife, Concert with Alexander Melnikov in Finland, Linus Roth in Gohrisch, concerts at Usher hall and Royal Glasgow Hall and a recording with Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Martin Yates.

Richard is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music’s Opera Course, where he was privileged to perform the role of Tom Rakewell in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress. He is now generously supported by Opera Prelude.

Richard is currently performing in English Touring Opera’s productions of Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte and Bach’s St John Passion having previously performed in their productions of Bach’s St Matthew Passion and a Triple Bill including a mixture of Purcell, Carissimi and Gesualdo. He also recently travelled to Tokyo with Diva Opera to perform as ‘Pedrillo’ in their production of Mozart’s Entführung aus dem Serail.

Richard previously sang the High Priest in Mozart’s Idomeneo for the Buxton International Festival and, working under Graham Vick, performed the role of the Sailor in Birmingham Opera Company’s production of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. He has performed a number of roles over the years with Garsington Opera, including the Glassmaker in Britten’s Death in Venice conducted by Steuart Bedford with Garsington Opera and Selimo in Rossini’s Maometto Secondo.

Richard originally studied Chemical Engineering at The University of Manchester, where he completed a PhD in the field of crystallisation.

Edward studied at the University of Birmingham, Royal Academy of Music and with Southbank Sinfonia, before spending three years as a member of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland. He now works with many of the UK’s symphony and opera orchestras, performing most regularly with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Welsh National Opera and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

Since returning to the UK, his highlights include performances of the Dvořák, Elgar and Haydn C major cello concertos, recitals with pianist Craig White, a BBC Chamber Prom with Camerata Ireland, and performing live to a number of film screenings with the Covent Garden Sinfonia. He also appears in the Lost Estate’s Great Christmas Feast immersive dining experience.

Ed lives in London and plays a late 18 th century Betts cello.

London born mezzo soprano Jessica Gillingwater studies with David Pollard and is a member of the BBC Singers. Recent concert highlights include Bernstein’s Jeremiah symphony with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at Saffron Hall, Duruflé’s Requiem with Stephen Cleobury and the BBC Concert Orchestra at King’s College Cambridge and Mrs Noye in Britten’s Noye’s Fludde with Martyn Brabbins at Southwark Cathedral. Jessica also has a keen interest in contemporary music and has recently performed Boulez’s Le Marteau Sans Maître and Ligeti’s Aventures and Nouvelles Aventures with the Psappha Ensemble at Hallé St Peter’s. Jessica’s oratorio repertoire includes Handel’s Messiah, Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius; Bach’s Passions and B Minor Mass; Mendelssohn’s Elijah; Rossini’s Stabat Mater and Verdi’s Requiem. Jessica also performs regularly with ensembles including Exaudi, Solomon’s Knot, The Marian Consort, Alamire and The Choir of the Enlightenment.

Jessica completed ENO’s Opera Works Programme in 2015 having previously studied with Louise Winter at the Royal Northern College of Music where she was supported by the D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust. Whilst at the RNCM she was a finalist in the Elizabeth Harwood and Frederic Cox competitions and was awarded the Dame Eva Turner Prize. She was the vocal faculty winner of the concerto competition and performed the Wesendonck Lieder in the RNCM Concerto Competition Final. Jessica has participated in masterclasses with Christine Brewer, Mark Shanahan and Catherine Wyn-Rogers. Jessica has performed the roles of Mrs Herring, Albert Herring (Hampstead Garden Opera/ Britten); Giunone, Il Ritorno D’Ulisse in Patria (RNCM/Monteverdi); Miranda, The Dancing Master (Malcolm Arnold Festival / Arnold); Mother and Witch, Hansel and Gretel (Didsbury Arts Festival/ Humperdinck).

Born in London, Oscar's choral education began during his final year at school, ultimately leading to a degree in Music at Canterbury Christ Church University; where he studied under Clifford Lister. Oscar now sings as a regular member of St Peter's Church, Eaton Square and Holy Sepulchre Church, Holborn.

Oscar is an experienced consort singer and works with a variety of groups such as The Sixteen, The Gesualdo Six, The Tallis Scholars, Apollo5, Ensemble Pro Victoria and SANSARA.

Alongside his singing, Oscar works for Public Health England at The London Coronavirus Response Cell.

Michael Higgins is a pianist, composer and arranger, and Artistic Director of the professional chamber choir Sonoro.

With a special interest in choral accompaniment, Michael is in demand with some of the leading choirs in the country and works with the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain, London Voices, Wimbledon Choral Society and the BBC Singers. In 2012 Michael spent six months travelling across the USA filming a series for American television with popular choir master Gareth Malone, and also appeared on the Queen’s Christmas Message accompanying the Military Wives Choir at Buckingham Palace.

Michael has performed throughout the UK at venues including the Royal Festival Hall, London, Symphony Hall, Birmingham and Usher Hall, Edinburgh, as well as across Europe and further afield in Australia and New Zealand. As a rehearsal pianist, he has worked with conductors Daniel Barenboim, Gustavo Dudamel, Jiri Belohlavek, and Sakari Oramo.

As a composer and arranger he has written for the award-winning Farnham Youth Choir, the RSNO Junior Chorus, the National Children's Choir of Great Britain, as well as music for television, corporate films and commercials. Many of his works are published by the Royal School of Church Music, Novello, and Oxford University Press.

Michael studied piano with Margaret Newman at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, and at the Royal Academy of Music, London, with Iain Ledingham and Julius Drake. He was awarded the Joseph Weingarten Memorial Trust Scholarship and continued his studies with Kalman Drafi at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest.

Tom started singing at the age of eight as a Canterbury Cathedral chorister. After dropping several octaves, he went on to become a bass in the Choirs of New College and York Minster. Having graduated from Oxford with a first-class degree in Music and completed a master’s degree in Solo-Voice Ensemble Singing at the University of York, Tom took up a Lay Clerkship at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. He has recently moved to London to pursue a varied ensemble and solo singing career, regularly performing with ensembles including the BBC Singers, Ex Cathedra, and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

Ben McKee began his career as a chorister at King’s College, Cambridge, was a music scholar at The King’s School, Canterbury, and then studied music at the University of Manchester. Whilst there, he co-founded the Halle Youth Choir, was assistant conductor of the Hallé Youth choir, and conducted the university’s chamber choir, Ad Solem.

As an accomplished bass-baritone, Ben has developed a reputation for both his consort work and performances of new music. In the UK, he is a member of Fieri Consort and Siglo de Oro and regularly sings with groups including the BBC Singers, The Gesualdo Six, Ex Cathedra, The Dunedin Consort, The English Concert, ORA Singers, EXAUDI and Tenebrae. Ben also performs abroad with Theatre of Voices, Chamber Choir Ireland, Coro Casa da Musica in Porto, and was formerly a member of Ars Nova, Copenhagen. As a chorus master, Ben has worked for Coro Casa da Musica under Paul Hillier, preparing the choir for especially challenging programmes including Ligeti’s Drei Phantasien.

As a soloist, Ben frequently sings oratorio, with recent appearances at the Gaida Festival in Vilnius and St Paul’s Knightsbridge, Hampstead Parish Church and Chester Cathedral.

Charles Mutter was born in 1970, in Sussex. He studied with Anthony Stevenson, Andrew Sherwood, Kenneth Piper (while a Junior Exhibitioner at the RCM), David Takeno (while at Jesus College, Cambridge) and Simon Fischer.

After working in London with such ground-breaking groups as the Kreisler String Orchestra, the Smith Quartet and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Charles moved to Scotland. His work as leader of the Edinburgh Quartet attracted much critical acclaim (including a Gramophone “Editor’s Choice” for their recordings of Hans Gál) and it was at this time that he became artistic director of the Loch Shiel Spring Festival, featured on BBC2’s “Culture Show” and regularly on Radio Scotland.

Charles moved back to London in 2007 to take up the post of Associate Leader of the BBC Concert Orchestra. He has led the orchestra for many of their highest-profile activities, notably Nigel Kennedy’s triumphant return to the Proms in 2008 and BBC2’s “Maestro” series, and has appeared as soloist with the orchestra in works by Beethoven, Bruch, Dvorak, Nico Muhly and Kurt Weill. He is also much in demand elsewhere as a guest leader (Philharmonia, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra) and session musician.

Charles plays on a violin made for him in 2007 by the brilliant young German luthier, Stephan Von Baehr.

Stuart is a freelance singer based in York. A graduate of Durham University (BA(Hons), 2010) and the University of York (MA in Solo Voice Ensemble Singing, 2018), he is a student of Alexander Ashworth (RAM), and a former tutee of Robert Hollingworth (Director, I Fagiolini).

Stuart maintains a busy schedule of solo, consort, and choral singing across the U.K. Renowned for a wide vocal range and sensitivity to text, with a warm tone and appropriate power when necessary, he is equally happy as a recitalist, on the operatic stage, or singing polyphony in small ensembles. His specialisms include Russian and English song, and music of the Baroque era, particularly that of JS Bach.

He has worked with directors and conductors including Martin Baker (Westminster Cathedral), Eamonn Dougan (Britten Sinfonia Voices, The Sixteen), Justin Doyle (RIAS Kammerchor), Philip Duffy (Liverpool Bach Collective), JanJoost van Elburg (Westerkerkkoor, Amsterdam), Robert Hollingworth (I Fagiolini), Peter Holman (The Parley of Instruments), James MacMillan (with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra), Paul McCreesh (with the Royal Northern Sinfonia), Peter Seymour (Yorkshire Baroque Soloists), Greg Skidmore (Lacock Scholars), and Andrew Parrott (Tavener Consort).

Born and bred in Liverpool, Stuart spent seven years as a Lay Clerk at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King (RC), and two as a Songman at York Minster. He is now a Lay Vicar in the Choir of Westminster Abbey.

Hailing from Lichfield, Staffordshire, Elisabeth’s singing life began when she joined the City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus at the age of seven. In 2013, she graduated with an honours degree in Music from Royal Holloway, University of London where she sang as a choral scholar with The Choir of Royal Holloway. She was also a regular soloist for the college's Early Music Society and the Big Band ‘Undergraduated’, and was principal oboist of both the Symphony and Philharmonic orchestras.

Based in London, Elisabeth enjoys a busy and varied career as a freelance consort singer and soloist. She sings, tours, and records regularly with a number of ensembles including Tenebrae, The Tallis Scholars, The Sixteen, Eric Whitacre Singers, ORA Singers, Ensemble Pro Victoria, and the Choir of St Peter’s Church, Eaton Square. Elisabeth is an alumna of Tenebrae’s Associate Artist Scheme, and Genesis Sixteen, a young artist’s programme run by The Sixteen and the Genesis Foundation. She was also a choral scholar at St Martin-in-the-Fields.

As a soloist, Elisabeth has experience in a broad range of repertoire. Recent highlights include Bach's B Minor Mass in Oxford Town Hall Tenebrae/Academy of Ancient Music/Nigel Short) and St Matthew Passion in Salisbury Cathedral (Salisbury Cathedral Choir/Florilegium/David Halls); Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 (Wolverhampton Symphony Orchestra/Peter Morris); Judith Bingham’s A Walk with Ivor Gurney at Sherborne Abbey Festival (Tenebrae); Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols at Wigmore Hall (Tenebrae); Handel’s Messiah (Ampleforth College/Edward Seymour); Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 (Kington Choral Society/Canzona/Robert Evans); and Purcell’s Verse Anthems (‘In Chains of Gold’ Project/Magdalena Consort/Fretwork/His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts). Named roles include First Witch and Sailor in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Fairy in Purcell’s The Fairy Queen, Gossip in Britten’s Noye’s Fludde, Chorus and alto soloist cover in Messiah (Bristol Old Vic/The English Concert/Harry Bicket), and Chorus in The Choice (Suzi Digby/Vocal Futures/RCM London).Concerts on this website:Toward the Light: Choral Music for Christmas - Live Broadcast & Online Film

James Robinson has recently graduated from the Masters course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, having completed his undergraduate degree in music at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. As a choral scholar he appeared on Radio 3 as a soloist, as well as on several CDs, and toured extensively with the choir. Whilst at Guildhall he was commended in the 2014 English Song Prize and received distinction in his final recital. He worked in masterclasses with Toby Spence, Amanda Roocroft and Graham Johnson, as well as appearing in Guildhall’s 2015 opera Le Donne Curiose as Alvise. He is thrilled to have been named as one of Tenebrae’s Associate Artists and will undertake many projects with the choir this season. He also sings with numerous other professional ensembles in London including Britten Sinfonia, Siglo de Oro and the Hanover Band.

His operatic roles include Acis in Handel’s Acis and Galatea, Schoolmaster in Janáček’s Cunning Little Vixen, Male Chorus in Britten’s Rape of Lucretia, and The Madwoman in Britten’s Curlew River. He recently undertook a role in Peter Maxwell-Davies’ last opera The Hogboon with the LSO at the Barbican Concert Hall, under the batton of Sir Simon Rattle. He has recently given recitals at St Martin-in-the-Fields, The Liberal Jewish Synagogue and at Milton Court Concert Hall. He fills his spare time by playing football (as an erratic goalkeeper) and following the misfortunes of Charlton Athletic.

James studied at the Royal Academy of Music and the National Opera Studio and went on to sing professionally throughout the UK with many of the major British opera companies, including the Royal Opera, Glyndebourne, and Welsh National Opera. During his studies in London, James sang regularly at St. Giles-in-the-Fields and around the country as a soloist for numerous local choral societies and ensembles. In addition to regular session work, James has also made several appearances at the BBC Proms. He was a member of the Chorus with Welsh National Opera for nine years between 2006-2014. At the end of 2014, James left opera and has been a bus driver ever since.

Since graduating from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in 2012, Sophie has had the opportunity to perform with many of the world's leading ensembles, including Glyndebourne Touring Opera and the BBC Symphony, English Chamber and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras. She likes to keep busy playing a wide range of varied repertoire, from Bach masses to pop sessions, Romantic operas to minimalist chamber music.

During lockdown she has focussed on creating performance opportunities for herself and her fellow freelancers, starting with a duo performance over Zoom and moving on to trio concerts on Kent beaches and full string orchestras in London parks. More recently she has spent time contributing towards the Let Music Live campaign as part of their Creative Team.

Japanese pianist Konan Tanaka has performed throughout the UK and internationally, receiving numerous awards and prizes. She was hailed by Canadian pianist Roger Ford as “very musical, very talented. A true musician”.

Over the past few years, Konan has formed a musical partnership with soprano, Katie Gilbert. The pair has been focusing on French repertoire, both songs and arias. As a duo, they have worked on a recording project and will be giving a series of song recitals at St Paul’s Church, Wimbledon Park, by the end of this year.

Konan continues her performing career back home in Malaysia, as well as in the UK.

Philip Tebb studied Music at Durham University, where he was a Choral Scholar at the Cathedral, and at the Royal College of Music on the Benjamin Britten International Opera School with Russell Smythe. His studies at RCM were generously supported by the Anne Clayton Award, Stanley Picker Trust Award, the Audrey Sacher Award and the Josephine Baker Trust. With the Academy of Ancient Music he has sung Uno Spirito in Monteverdi Orfeo and Littore/Famigliare in Monteverdi Poppea at the Barbican, in Bucharest and Venice. Other appearances include Momus in Rameau Platee with the Early Opera Company in St John’s Smith Square and Soldier in Mussorksy Khovanschina with the BBC SO at the Royal Albert Hall.

Philip is in great demand as an oratorio soloist. Recent highlights include: Bach Matthaus Passion in Jesus College Chapel Cambridge, St John's Smith Square and St Edmundsbury & Southwark Cathedrals; Bach Johannes Passion in Cadogan Hall; Bach Magnificat in Cadogan Hall; Bach Weihnachts Oratorium in St David's Cathedral; Beethoven Mass in C in Dorcester Abbey; Britten War Requiem in the Royal Festival Hall; Elgar The Dream of Gerontius Snape Maltings, Handel Messiah in the Royal Festival Hall, St David’s Cathedral, St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Guildford Cathedral, St Martin-in- the-Fields and Tewkesbury Abbey; Mozart Requiem in Gloucester Cathedral; Mendelssohn Elijah in Canterbury Cathedral; Mozart C Minor Mass in Cadogan Hall and Verdi Requiem in St Martin-in-the-Fields.

A long-standing member of the choir of St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street, he also works regularly as a consort singer with groups such at the Orchestra of the Age on Englightenment, The Academy of Ancient Music, the BBC Singers, and the Tallis Scholars.