Katie and I were interviewed at our final Genesis course a number of months ago and here’s the result – I had a FANTASTIC time throughout and if you’re a choral singer this is an exceptional opportunity! Harry and Eamonn are the loveliest people (and top-notch musicians of course), and we had really great guest conductors in our time too (Jamie Burton Tanglewood Festival Chorus / BSO and Justin Doyle RIAS Kammerchor).

But the friendships – that’s the really special stuff. I still see my Genesis friends quite a bit and it always brightens my day when I do. It’s so hard to figure out what it means to be a singer but it’s so much easier with a lovely cohort of friends who share the same artistic/technical struggles and convictions! I feel really blessed to have them in my life.

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It’s the final project with the St Martin’s Voices Fellows (8th of 8) – time really flies! We’ve had such varied experiences including the Greenbelt Festival, Beethoven Missa Solemnis with the Southbank Sinfonia, bread and butter gigs at St Martin-in-the-Fields, and now a short Scotland tour.

It’s so sad to say goodbye to these guys but it’s been so great to get to know everyone and make music together. Oh and we had a smashing game of Articulate last night too (; Till next time!!

Monteverdi Il ballo delle ingrate

6-8 Nov 2018, The Old Market, Brighton

I had the most amazing time performing with Lauren Lodge-Campbell, Bethany Horak-Hallett, Ed Jowle, Hannah Ely, Kimon Barakos, Bethany Partridge, Trolley (Richard Robbins) and many others. Was left incredibly inspired by director Tom Guthrie and musical director Deborah Roberts, drummer Pete Flood, violinist Olly Webber and the whole host of early instrumentalists (including the great recorder duo Flauti d’echo!). Incredibly grateful to Claire Williams (harpsichord) and James Bramley (chittarone) for being such sensitive, solid musicians to work with on a score as complex as this one.

But perhaps the biggest inspiration was the dancers of Streetfunk and choreographer JP Omari. So blessed to be in the presence of youthful energy and artistic greatness!

Something tells me this isn’t the last time we’ll be working together.

Excellent reviews here and here. Click here to access the programme.

And of course, some epic pics:

p.s. The cap was Tom’s idea – absolute stroke of genius!