Diary
Mendelssohn 'Elijah'
Hutton & Shenfield Choral Society and Aurelian Chamber Orchestra conducted by Tim Hooper.
Soprano: Elinor Rolfe Johnson
Mezzo-soprano: Amy Holyland
Tenor: Greg Tassell
Handel ‘Dettingen Te Deum’, Mozart ‘Litaniae Lauretanae’, and Bach ‘Magnificat’
Ealing Choral Society and The Hanover Band conducted by Peter Asprey.
Soprano: Ruby Hughes & Ellen Mawhinney
Mezzo-soprano: Rebecca Leggett
Tenor: Graham Neal
Verdi 'Requiem'
Bedford Choral Society conducted by Ian Smith.
Soprano: Katy Crompton
Mezzo-soprano: Sian Menna
Tenor: Peter Hoare
Puccini ‘Messa di Gloria’ & Mozart ‘Requiem’
Folkestone Choral Society conducted by Lucy Gove.
Soprano: TBC
Mezzo-soprano: TBC
Tenor: Greg Tassell
Handel ‘Messiah’
Amchor and Echor conducted by Nick Austin.
Soprano: Georgie Malcolm
Mezzo-soprano: Louisa Stuart-Smith
Tenor: Tobias Campos Santinaque
Verdi 'Requiem'
Danesborough Chorus conducted by Ian Smith.
Soprano: Katy Crompton
Mezzo-soprano: Sian Menna
Tenor: Peter Hoare
McDowall ‘Da Vinci Requiem’
Northampton Bach Choir conducted by Simon Toyne.
Soprano: Rebecca Bottone
Bach ‘Magnificat’ & Haydn ‘Nelson Mass’
Folkestone Choral Society conducted by Lucy Gove.
Soprano: Alexandra Kidgell
Mezzo-soprano: Tamar File
Tenor: Greg Tassell
Singing competition adjudication
Adjudication of the Singing Competition at Sherborne School.
Rodolfus Choral Course singing teaching
Teaching singing on the world-famous choral courses for 16-21 year olds.
National Youth Choir 9-15 Male and Non-Binary teaching
Vocal lead on the residential choral course for 9-15 year olds.
Gabrieli ROAR singing teacher
Bass section leader and singing teacher for the Gabrieli ROAR project. Residential course for young singers culminating in a concert at Ely Cathedral, with Gabrieli Consort and Players conducted by Paul McCreesh.
Choral Workshop on modern anthems
Conducting a choral workshop focusing on straightforward unaccompanied anthems by contemporary composers.
Haydn ‘The Creation’
Bournemouth Bach Choir conducted by Tim Hooper.
Soprano: tbc
Tenor: tbc
Mendelssohn ‘Elijah’
Folkestone Choral Society conducted by Lucy Gove.
Soprano: Tamar File
Mezzo-soprano: Ciara Hendrick
Tenor: Greg Tassell
Baroque bonanza and adjudication of the Oldfield Singing Prize
A day of workshops, masterclasses and performances centred around Baroque music, alongside soprano Eleanor Rashid. Followed by the third annual Oldfield Singing Prize.
Brahms ‘Requiem’
Gravesham Choral Society conducted by Francesca Massey.
Soprano: Augusta Hebbert
Pianists: Erin Sawicka and Debbi Parks
Music competition adjudication
Adjudication of the Classical Singing Section of the 2025 Springboard Festival, the Brighton and Hove Music Festival.
Mendelssohn ‘Elijah’
Epsom College Chamber Choir and Choral Society, conducted by Freddy Wickham.
Mozart ‘Requiem’
Hurstpierpoint Chamber Choir and Choral Society.
Soprano: Gilliam Ramm
Mezzo-soprano: Rachael Lloyd
Tenor: Paul Hopwood
Handel ‘Messiah’ Part I
Harmonic Choir and Orchestra conducted by Peter Bullett.
Soprano: Jane Wilkinson
Tenor: Graham Currie
Bach ‘Christmas Oratorio’
London Pro Arte Choir conducted by Tom Winpenny.
Soprano: Kirsty O’Neill
Counter-tenor: Benjamin Williamson
Tenor: Gareth Treseder
Stanford ‘Songs of the Fleet’
Stanford’s great naval song cycle, with the Fairhaven Singers conducted by Ralph Woodward
Benslow Tutoring
Tutor on the annual Madrigal & Partsong Course, alongside Simon Gregory (piano).
Rodolfus Choral Course teaching
Teaching singing on the world-famous choral courses for 16-21 year olds.
Gabrieli ROAR bass section leader and voice leader
Bass section leader and voice leader for the Gabrieli ROAR project centred on Verdi ‘Requiem’. Residential course for young singers culminating in a concert at Ely Cathedral, with Gabrieli Consort and Players conducted by Paul McCreesh.
Rainer Hersch ‘Last Night of Proms’
Rainer Hersch conducts the his Orkestra in a comedy Prom concert not to be missed. Featuring attempts at the music of Rossini, Arne, and Handel.
Vaughan Williams ‘Sea Symphony’ & ‘Five Mystical Songs’
Beccles Choral Society, Phoenix Singers, and the Lambeth Orchestra conducted by Geoff Lavery.
Soprano: Camilla Saba Davies
Solo song recital
The 2024 Burnaby recital will be a programme of songs based on theme ‘Fatherhood and Motherland’, with music by Stanford, Vaughan Williams, Oldfield and Schubert.
Collaborative pianist: Charlie Penn
Fauré ‘Requiem’
A Come-and-Sing devotional performance, conducted by Daniel Eaton.
Soprano: Laura Oldfield
Organist: Alex Trigg
Brahms ‘Requiem’
Bracknell Choral Society conducted by Greg Hallam.
Soprano: Elinor Rolfe Johnson
Pianists: Ben Giddens and Nick Austin
Fauré ‘Requiem’ and Karl Jenkins ‘The Armed Man’
Folkestone Choral Society conducted by Lucy Gove.
Soprano: tbc
Mezzo-soprano: tbc
Tenor: tbc
Puccini ‘Messa di Gloria’
Epsom College Choral Society conducted by Paul Johnson-Hyde.
Tenor: Maximilian Lawrie