SOPRANO

Hilary studied at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance under the tutelage of Teresa Cahill and Helen Yorke. She completed a Postgraduate Diploma and an FTCL Diploma thanks to generous support from Trinity College London, Dame Susan Morden and Robinson Hearn. Prior to this, Hilary read Music at Royal Holloway, University of London, where she was awarded the Driver Prize for Excellence in Performance and the Dame Felicity Lott Bursary.

Hilary is an experienced choral singer and has held scholarships at Royal Holloway University, Old Royal Naval College Chapel Greenwich and St Martin in-the-Fields, where she still performs regularly. Hilary trained with Harry Christophers on the Genesis Sixteen Choral Programme and recently completed the St Martin’s Voices Fellows Programme. Hilary has sung with many ensembles including Siglo de Oro, Erebus, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Philharmonia Voices and the Will Todd Ensemble and she has performed with The English Concert and the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Hilary is in demand as an Oratorio soloist, specialising in works by Bach, Mozart, Haydn and Handel. She has worked with contemporary composers such as Janice Kerbel, Stephen McNeff, Oliver Beer and Julian Marshall.

Hilary’s previous operatic roles have included Susan (A Dinner Engagement – Berkeley), Belinda (Dido and Aeneas – Purcell), Noemie (Cendrillon – Massenet), Gretel (Hansel and Gretel – Humperdinck) and Cunegonde (Candide – Bernstein). Last Autumn, Hilary covered the roles of Diana (La Calisto – Cavalli) and Minerva (Ulysses’ Homecoming – Monteverdi) for English Touring Opera.

SOPRANO

Fiona first began singing as a chorister at St Andrews Cathedral, Inverness, before studying Social Anthropology at the University of St Andrews. While completing a Master’s degree in Choral Conducting at Jesus College, Cambridge, she sang with Trinity College Choir. An experienced consort singer, Fiona has sung with ensembles including Tenebrae, Alamire, The Marian Consort, Siglo de Oro, Sansara, ORA, Polyphony, the Choir of the Enlightenment and Ensemble Pro Victoria. Recent solo work includes Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Creation, Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Pärt’s Stabat Mater, Bach’s St John Passion and Bach’s B Minor Mass. Fiona is also a music educator, working as a Primary Curriculum Music Teacher and In-Schools Programme Manager for Pimlico Musical Foundation.

ALTO

Cecily leads a varied musical career in London as both professional singer and harpist. Her singing career began at the age of 16 as an inaugural member of The Ely Cathedral Girls’ Choir, and she has since held positions in the Trinity College of Music Chorus, the Chapel Choir of Royal Holloway, the Choral Scholars of St Martin-in-the-Fields, and the Holst Singers.

Cecily has performed all over the world including Europe, The Middle East, Australasia, the French Polynesia and the USA. She has taken part in broadcasts on BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM, as well as in several television musical appearances. One of her most notable performance was when she appeared as a guest recitalist in Kuwait City, performing as part of the British Council’s Cultural Season at the Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah in collaboration with the British Embassy of Kuwait.

Cecily has made various solo appearances with orchestras around the country performing an array of music including concerto works by Glière, Mozart, Ravel and Debussy. She currently holds the position of Resident Harpist at The Waldorf Hilton Hotel in Covent Garden, as well as being in high demand for weddings, receptions and corporate events. Such occasions have included performances at private engagements for Rolling Stones member, Ronnie Wood; the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams; Time Out Magazine’s New Year’s Eve party at the Shard; and for Her Majesty The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.

ALTO

Sophie is a recent graduate of Royal Holloway, University of London, where she received a First-Class Joint Honours degree in Music and French with a Distinction in French Oral. Now based in London, she is pursuing a professional freelance career in solo and ensemble singing, and can be found singing with various choirs such as those at the Tower of London, St. Paul’s Cathedral and St. Sepulchre’s, Holborn amongst others, as well as ensembles such as St. Martin’s Voices, the Carice Singers and Tenebrae.

Sophie grew up in Richmond, North Yorkshire where her musical life began as a chorister at St. Mary’s Parish Church. This was shortly followed by her membership of the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain, and vocal studies at the Junior Royal Northern College of Music under Jennifer Heslop. At Royal Holloway, University of London, she held a choral scholarship with the Choir of Royal Holloway, with whom she regularly toured, recorded and featured as a soloist on recordings and live Radio 3 broadcasts. Sophie is a recent member of the prestigious Genesis Sixteen training scheme run by Harry Christophers and The Sixteen, as well as the St. Martin’s Voices Fellowship Scheme at St. Martin-in-the-Fields.

Sophie continues to build her performance portfolio as an ensemble singer. Her solo repertoire holds a particular focus on French 19th and 20th-century composers, highlighting her bilingualism and linguistic expertise in French pronunciation. Sophie is currently studying with Tim Travers-Brown.

TENOR

Will is a freelance tenor and conductor based in London. He graduated from the University of Bristol in July 2017, and was supported by the J H Britton Fund. Will sings with a number of ensembles including the Chamber Choir of London, Eric Whitacre Singers, London Choral Sinfonia, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Rupa Ensemble, Sansara and Genesis Sixteen. Recent solo work includes Peter Quint and Prologue in Britten’s Turn of the Screw, Mozart’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah and Carissimi’s Jepthe.

TENOR

Daniel graduated as Bachelor of Music (Honours) from the University of Melbourne in 2009. Having moved to London in April 2015, Daniel quickly established himself as an expressive and unique performer whilst working in Australia, Canada, England and other parts of Europe.

Daniel regularly deputises in many of London’s major church choirs and is a participant in the Philharmonia Chorus Student Scheme. He is also a core member of several professional groups including Dowland Works (with Dame Emma Kirkby), The Portrait Choir (choir in residence at the National Portrait Gallery, London) and Lux Musicae London – an up-and-coming ensemble of Daniel’s peers that perform madrigals in broken consort with instrumental divisions. Daniel also maintains a busy recital schedule and is known for his expressive interpretation of 16th and 17th century music, often accompanied by lute.

Daniel’s studies have had a particular focus on historically informed performance of music from the 16th to 19th centuries. He has worked in Canada on several recordings using historical, rhetoric-based methods of interpretation under the guidance of Professor Robert Toft at the University of Western Ontario. Currently, Daniel splits his time between Switzerland and London while he is undertaking a Master in Advanced Vocal Ensemble Studies at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with Evelyn Tubb and Anthony Rooley

BASS

Thomas studied at the University of Bristol and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he graduated with a distinction in Vocal Studies. He studies with Professor Janice Chapman and Marcus van der Akker.

Thomas has been making a name for himself both in the UK and on the continent. He has been praised for his ‘powerful but richly toned voice’ (Cambrian News) and ‘robust, immersive sound’ (Badische Neueste Nachrichten). Recent Solo highlights include Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem (Bristol Choral Society), Duruflé Requiem (Vasari Singers), Handel Messiah (Trinity Choir, Fareham) and Elgar The Dream of Gerontius (Vivace Chorus). Recent opera roles include Dr Falke Die Fledermaus (Schlossfestspiele Ettlingen), Don Giovanni Don Giovanni (Berlin Opera Academy), Guglielmo Così fan tutte (Love Opera), Alfio Cavalleria Rusticana (North Wales Opera) and The Baritone Opera in the Garden (Rogue Opera).

Thomas is also an experienced choral singer, having been a member of the National Youth Choir of Wales, where he won the Keith Griffin Award for Choral Singing. He has toured with the Marian Consort and the BBC Singers. In the Winter of 2022, he will be performing Walton Belshazzar’s Feast and Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs (Vivace Chorus), Orff Carmina Burana (Warwick University Choral Society) and Bach Weihnachtsoratorium (Sloane Sqaure Choral Society).

BASS

James Berry is a graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music, gaining his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees there while studying under Paul Nilon.

An experienced choral singer, James was a Lay Clerk at Manchester Cathedral, and has sung with the BBC Daily Service Singers, Edvard Grieg Kor, the Philharmonia Chorus, the Monteverdi Choir, and the BBC Singers.

On the opera stage, James has appeared with Opera North, Opera Holland Park, Longborough Festival Opera and Bergen National Opera, and has performed across Europe, including at the Mananan Festival, Dartington Summer Festival, Aldeburgh Festival, Bergen International Festival, Salzburger Festspiele and the Edinburgh International Festival.

In his spare time when he’s not singing, James enjoys cooking and fell walking.