Porij
Singing (Pop)
- Featured artists on the 6 Music playlist
- Released debut album Teething in 2024
- Appearances at Glastonbury Festival
- Supported Coldplay at the Etihad Stadium
- Associate Members of the RNCM (ARNCM)
Ollie West
Piano/Keyboards | 2019
- Singer, songwriter and pianist
- Released debut album Time Stood Still with The Ollie West Band in 2019
- Re-formed as Ollie West & The Wildflowers, a 13 piece multi-instrumental ensemble in 2019
Dominica Matthews
Mezzo-soprano | 2005
- Senior Principal Artist, Opera Australia
- Performed with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Philharmonia, and Royal Melbourne Philharmonic
- Winner, the 2009 Helpmann Award for Best Female Performer in a Supporting Role in an Opera
- Winner, Green Room Awards, 2007 & 2015 for Best Female Performer in a Supporting Role in an Opera
Chloe van Soeterstede
Conducting | 2017
- Taki Concordia Conducting Fellow, 2019-21
- Founder and Conductor, Arch Sinfonia
- Intermusica Artist
- Guest conductor, RPO, CBSO, Orchestre de chambre de Paris, London Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Orchestre National de Lyon
Alice Allen
Cello | 2013
- Performed at Wigmore Hall
- Toured internationally, and performed at BBC Proms, with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
- Tutor in Traditional Scottish Cello, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Featured artist on over 20 albums, and on the soundtrack for Channel 4’s HOME
- Chamber Music Scotland’s ensemble in residence with her duo Gaia
Cobalt Brass
- Winners, 2018 Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Competition
- Winners, 2018 Christopher Rowland Chamber Music Prize
- Made television debut in 2018, featured in ITV’s Christmas broadcast schedule
- Finalists, Royal Philharmonic Society’s Henderson Award 2019
- Advocates for commissioning new repertory for brass quintet
Jessica Eccleston
Mezzo-soprano | 2015
- Resident Solo Lyric Mezzo-Soprano, Landestheater Linz, Austria
- Awarded the Landestheater Linz Jugendensemble Preis 2018, as a young artist of great promise
- Solo debut performance at Theater Erfurt, Germany
- Released first solo CD, A Secret Garden
Joanna Harries
Mezzo-soprano | 2016
- Performed with Welsh National Opera, Scottish Opera, Grange Park Opera, and Opera Holland Park
- Roles include Drummer in Polly Graham’s The Emperor of Atlantis, composed in Theresienstadt concentration camp
- Britten-Pears Young Artist, and Handel House Talent artist
- Emerging Artist with Royal Opera House’s Opera Dots programme
Joanne Camilleri
Piano | 2006
- First pianist to be awarded a Doctorate in Performance by University of Malta
- Recording artist, released two CDs
- Performed at Valletta International Baroque Festival
- Toured with Baroque group Valletta International Baroque Ensemble, and Malta Philharmonic Orchestra
- Performed solo recital at the United Nations Headquarters, Geneva
Jayne Walker
Viola | 2011
- Co-owner, Walker Strings Ltd
- String Tutor, Congleton Youth Orchestra
- Delivers adult beginner chamber courses and groups
- Conducts music assemblies in primary schools
Penelope Roskell
Piano | 1979
- Professor of Piano, Trinity Laban, and Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
- International performing career
- Winner, British Contemporary Piano Competition
- Author, The Complete Pianist
- Leading UK specialist in healthy piano playing
Naomi Burrell
Violin | 2011
- Violinist, composer, and educator
- Leader of English Touring Opera
- Performances at Shakespeare’s Globe, and the West End
- Residencies at Oslo Opera House, Handel Hendrix, and Madstun, Norway
- Workshop leader and Dalcroze teacher at Royal Opera House, Pro Corda, Creative Futures, and Spitalfields Music
Polly Virr
Cello | 2015
- Artist in Residence 2016, The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
- Music for health practitioner, LIME Music for Health
- Sessions with artists including Everything Everything, The Charlatans, Joe Duddell, and Drift Chamber
- Member of Ideal Forgery, Kaleidoscope Orchestra, and The Untold Orchestra
- Written and performed original music for cello and electronics
Jessica Tomlinson
Clarinet | 2018
- Music for Health practitioner, LIME Music for Health, and Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital
- Member of award-winning quartet Chameleon, Live Music Now Artists
- Performances with Jersey Symphony Orchestra, and Piccadilly Symphony Orchestra
- Research specialism in music for health provision in paediatric settings
Ryan Vaughan Davies
Tenor | 2019
- Award-winning Welsh tenor
- Debut with Longborough Opera in Die Zauberflote
- Ivor Llewelyn Foster Scholar
- Concert appearances at Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Bridgewater Hall, and The Grieghallen, Bergen
Sarah Gait
Cello | 2016
- Cellist, Southbank Sinfonia
- Solo cello, piano and composition broadcasts on Radio 3
- Co-director of Platform Music
- Winner, BBC Proms Inspire Composers’ Competition
- Winner of the Digital Creative Award, ISA Digital Festival, Vienna
Margaret O’Shea
Flute/Piccolo | 2011
- Director of Music, Ark Schools
- Trustee, National Youth Choirs of Great Britain
Sarah Atter
Flute/Piccolo | 2007
- Flautist, teacher, animateur, creative education consultant
- Member of The Sterling Trio
- Specialist in music facilitation and engagement in challenging circumstances
- Writer and presenter of schools and family concerts
- Creative director of Tram Tracks at Bridgewater Hall
Jo Yee Cheung
Piano | 2017
- Pianist, music educator, and researcher
- Director, multi award-winning Olympias Music Foundation, a charity championing diversity in music
Rachel Maby
Mezzo-soprano | 2015
- Collaborated with Constella OperaBallet, Helios Collective, and Baseless Fabric Theatre
- Performed at prestigious theatres and festivals including London’s West End Arts Theatre, and Edinburgh Fringe Festival
- Co-founded Khymerikal, a 6-piece chamber ensemble
- Extensive experience as vocal coach, music director, and leading outreach projects
Laura Feeney
Viola | 2013
- Director of Schools and Outreach Programmes, Pro Corda
- Awarded the Hildegard Behrens Foundation Global Humanitarianism Entrepreneurship Prize, Global Leaders Programme
- Collaborated and toured with Icelandic artist Olafur Arnalds
- Made Wigmore Hall debut in 2014
Daniel McDwyer
Baritone | 2016
- Musical director, singer, arranger, vocal coach, teacher
- Arrangements for artists including Ariana Grande, The Script, and Katherine Jenkins
- Conducted his Manchester Bee Vocal Choir alongside Emile Sande at the Royal Variety Show
- Musical Director of a number of choirs focusing on singing for well-being and mental health
Eleanor Sanderson-Nash
Soprano | 2015
- Roles with Grange Park Opera, Waterperry Opera Festival, British Youth Opera, and London Handel Festival
- Opera Holland Park Young Artist
- Finalist in the Royal Over-Seas League competition
- Cast in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s production of The Phantom of the Opera, Her Majesty’s Theatre, London
Chloe Latchmore
Mezzo-soprano | 2015
- Performed with Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Pop Up Opera, and Opera Holland Park
- Appearances at Barbican Hall and Wigmore Hall
- Solo recital at Northern Aldborough Festival
Adam Temple-Smith
Tenor | 2016
- Joined Opern Studio NRW, Germany
- Debut with Welsh National Opera 2018/19
- Performed at festivals including Garsington Opera and Cantiere Internazionale d’Arte Festival, Montepulciano
- Young Artist at National Opera Studio
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