| Shona Hull (soprano) Now in her last year at Brighton College, Shona has been a music, dance and academic scholar. She has sung solos with Brighton College Choral Society in Fauré's Requiem , Mozart's Laudate Dominum, Verdi's Brindisi from La Traviata and Handel in St John's, Smith Square. She has enjoyed being soprano soloist with the Brighton Orpheus Choir in Mendelssohn's Hymn of Praise, Rutter's Requiem and his Mass of the Children. Last summer she was inspired by an Eton Choral course and a masterclass for a concert in Edinburgh's St Giles' Cathedral. Next year she hopes to read Music at university and continue singing. Lucy Harrison (soprano) Lucy is currently at Brighton College where she is enjoying studying music and is a member of the chamber choir and various small ensembles. Most recent solo performances include singing Vivaldi's Gloria in New York and Dido's Lament in an evening of opera choruses and at a charity event for the Mayor of Brighton in the Royal Pavilion. She is looking forward to a year abroad and then applying to Music College to further her singing career. Daniel Chard (alto) Formerly at Brighton College, Daniel is currently a choral scholar at Chelmsford Cathedral in Essex. He has successfully gained a place to study for a degree in Music as a choral scholar at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, where he will start in October 2010. He is a pianist, was awarded an ATCL recital diploma on the clarinet and is very interested in composition. |
James Way (tenor) Now 18, James is currently in his last year at Brighton College. His first performance, aged 13, was as Third Boy in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte (Glyndebourne Festival Opera). Since then he has performed in a variety of venues including the Royal Albert Hall, St John's Smith Square and Cadogan Hall. He is a member of the Rodolfus Choir and has participated in Radio 3 Evensong broadcasts and a television documentary for Channel 4. Future engagements include Sondheim's Sweeney Todd with the National Youth Music Theatre. Mike Bunting (bass) Mike Bunting graduated from Trinity College of Music in November 2005 where he studied under international soloist Omar Ebrahim and Darron Moore of The Royal Opera House - Covent Garden. He then gained his Postgraduate Diploma in 2006. Mike's performances include the role of Polydorus in Berlioz' L'Enfance du Christ and Bass soloist in Handel's Messiah, Mozart's Requiem, Mendelssohn's Elijah, Gounod's Messe Solennelle, Fauré's Requiem, Haydn's Nelson Mass and Vaughan Williams' Five Mystical Songs. Staged performances include the roles of Cinderella's Father in Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods, Hopper in Malcolm Williamson's Our Man in Havana, Sentinel in Tunde Yegede's Cry of Innocence, Matt in Kurt Weill's The Threepenny Opera and the lead role of Marcus Yellow in Another America: Earth by Errollyn Wallen. Patrick Edmond (bass) Patrick recognised singing as a serious activity relatively late. Whilst taking up singing lessons and joining the Brighton College Choir at 14, it seemed no more than a pleasing pastime. However, after changing to singing bass and with encouragement to try for an Oxbridge choral scholarship, he has taken it in his stride. After an Eton Choral Course, he was selected for Ralph Allwood's Rodolfus Choir, and sang in their recording of Bach's B minor Mass at New Year, including a short solo in the live evensong on BBC Radio 3. Patrick has also been granted an offer of a choral scholarship to New College, Oxford. |