Abbi Temple  (soprano)

Originally from Dorset, Abbi read music at Royal Holloway, University of London, and was awarded a distinction for her advanced postgraduate diploma at Trinity College of Music in 2006. Supported by vocal department and choral scholarships, she studied with Hazel Wood, Robert Aldwinckle & Eugene Asti and took part in masterclasses with Michael Chance and Emma Kirkby.

Opera roles include Polly Peachum in The Beggar's Opera, Euridice in Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, Giannetta (L'Elisir d'Amore), Barbarina (The Marriage of Figaro) and Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors. Recent solo oratorio and concert performances have included Mozart Exsultate Jubilate, Monteverdi Vespers 1610, Mozart Mass in C minor, Brahms Requiem and Mendelssohn Elijah.   Abbi has recently joined the Gabrieli Consort and enjoys singing regularly with various other ensembles and church choirs around London. Plans for the
coming few months include performances of Handel Judas Maccabaeus, Mozart
Coronation Mass and Haydn Stabat Mater, and concerts in Spain and Poland with the Gabrieli Consort.

Stephanie Seeney  (contralto)

Stephanie Seeney completed her Post Graduate training at Trinity College of Music in 2006, studying with Alison Wells, with whom she still studies. This Diploma follows her undergraduate studies at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama from which she graduated in 2000. Stephanie has also spent several years as a head of music in a secondary school, and as a peripatetic teacher.

Her opera credits include Lockit in John Gay's Beggar's Opera (TCM), and Caesar in Handel's Julius Caesar (Runaway Opera). Stephanie regularly performs with choral societies as a soloist;  recent performances include Bach's Christmas Oratorio, Beethoven's 9th Symphony and Handel's Messiah.  Stephanie also sings with several professional choirs including Exaudi, Polyphony and London Voices. Future performances include a Mozart Coronation Mass with the Broadstone Community Choir (Dorset) and concerts in the Netherlands, Italy and Spain with the Academy of Ancient Music.

Alex Pidgen  (tenor)

Alex was awarded a scholarship to Trinity College where he is now studying under David Thomas and Peter Knapp.

He has been a member of the National Youth Choir of Great Britain, performing twice in the Royal Albert Hall - first in a promenade performance of Belshazzar's Feast with Sir Thomas Allen and then in the world premiere and recording of The Armed Man by Karl Jenkins.

Solo performances in England and in France include the Monteverdi Vespers, Handel's Messiah, Haydn's Creation and Nelson Mass, Mozart's Requiem and Gounod's St. Cecilia Mass.

Alex is a member of Opera de Bauge where he has played "The Sailor" in Dido and Aeneas and understudied "Grimoaldo" in Handel's Rodelinda. He is a member of King Charles Court Opera and most recently performed at the Sir Arthur Sullivan festival in Portsmouth Cathedral.

After leaving Trinity College Alex will be continuing his vocal development under Ian Partridge.

Andrew Thompson  (bass)

Andrew Thompson has recently graduated from Trinity College of Music's Post-Graduate diploma course. His first degree was in History of Art at the University of York.

Andrew has considerable experience as an interpreter of baroque repertoire. He is a regular member of the Yorkshire Baroque Soloists and also a core member of the Ebor Singers, who run a nationally acclaimed concert series in York Minster as well as touring regularly. Andrew has performed as Christus both in the St Matthew Passion with Lincoln Choral Society at Lincoln Cathedral and in the St John Passion with the Corelli Orchestra and the Oriel Singers in Cheltenham. As bass soloist he took part in the Yorkshire Baroque Soloists' performances of Purcell's Fairy Queen in the Mitte Europa festival and recently as Achilla in Handel's Julius Caesar at Blackheath Halls, London.
 
Recent engagements include, Haydn's Creation at Pershore Abbey, Verdi's Simon Boccanegra, Franz Lehár's The Merry Widow with Opera UK at the Bloomsbury Theatre and, as part of TCM's Robert Schumann Festival, Myrthen at the Old Royal Naval College.