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Sarah Blood May 08
Dec 06
July 06
 
 
  Isabelle Brazier Jones Oct 04
 
Anna Kirby read medicine at Cambridge and whilst there won a choral scholarship to Christ's College, studying with Felicity Cook. On moving to London, she sang with the Holst Singers and Pegasus chamber choir, and has sung solos in Handel's Dixit Dominus and Messiah, Brahms' German Requiem, Faure's Requiem, Haydn's Nelson Mass and Howell's Requiem in venues including St John's Smith Square, St James' Piccadilly and St Martin's-in-the-Fields.
On the opera stage she has sung with Morley Opera School, performing Fiordiligi in Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte.
She currently studies with Marion Studholme
Dec 06
Nov 05
Mar 05
Oct 04
 
 
 
 
 
Katherine Manley Dec 09
Dec 08
Nov 05
 
 
  Nicola Mills Dec 07
Dec 06
 
  Olivia Robinson Oct 04
 
  Emily Rowley Jones Dec 09
 
Jordene Thomas originally trained in Musical Theatre at the London Studio Centre. She made her professional debut in the musical Showboat with the Austrian State Opera, following this with productions at the London Palladium and with Opera North.
Jordene toured with the Almeida production of The Secret Garden and also with Pegasus' UK tour of Bizet's Carmen, in which she played Michaela, and which was performed at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
Jordene's operatic roles include, Violetta (Traviata), Lady Macbeth, Fiordiligi (Cosi fan Tutte) and Treemonisha.
Her TV credits include the BBC's Cry the Beloved Country, London Tonight, and, to critical acclaim, the South Bank Show.
    "Her voice is, 'stop what you are doing right now and listen' captivating" Evening Standard.
May 08
May 06
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Emma Tring Mar 09
 
Mezzo Sopranos - Altos
Christopher Ainslie Nov 05
 
 
 
  Laura Dollin
Oct 04
 
  Catherine Hopper Dec 08
 
  Iestyn Morris Mar 09
 
  Patricia Orr Mar 05
 
  Lorna Perry Dec 07
 
Zoe South Dec 07
 
 
 
Anna Stephany Feb 06
 
 
 
Joanna Tomlinson May 08
 
 
 
  Kaspar von Weber Dec 06
 
Tenors
  David Knight May 08
 
  David del Strother Dec 06
 
  Iain Rhodes Dec 06
 
  Ben Thapa Dec 07
 
  Andrew Tortise Dec 06
 
Nathan Vale Dec 09
Dec 07
Nov 05
Mar 05
Oct 04
 
  Simon Wall Jan 10
 
 
  David Webb Dec 09
Mar 09
Dec 08
 
Baritones - Basses
  Julian Close Dec 09
 
Håkan Ekenäs Dec 06
Nov 05
Mar 05
Oct 04
 
Thomas Guthrie Oct 04
 
 
 
  David Henderson Dec 06
 
  Dawid Kimberg Dec 08
 
  John Mackenzie Dec 07
 
  Benedict Nelson Dec 09
Mar 09
 
  James Oldfield Jan 10
 
 
 
Instrumentalists - Conductors
 
  Kokila Gillett - Violin Mar 09
 
  Meherban Gillet - Double Bass Dec 07
 
  Sinead Hayes (Conductor) gained a BMus at City University, London and studies violin with Gerhard Schmidt at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

She commenced her conducting studies with Paul Sarcich at Morley College, London, and subsequently studied with Alan Hazeldine and Paul Stark.  In June 2005 she participated in the Advanced Professional Conducting Academy in Bacau, Romania.

In 2005 she founded the Vitalis Sinfonia, a repertoire and concerto orchestra. Sinead regularly conducts the Maestri orchestra - the conductor's orchestra in London. Other conducting engagements include the Imperial College String Ensemble, Surrey Sinfonietta Repertoire Orchestra, City University Wind Ensemble and City University Symphony Orchestra.
May 06
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Matthew Quenby - Viola Mar 05
 
  Tamsin Waley-Cohen Mar 07