In 1995, having had professional voice training since the age of 11, Russell joined The London Philharmonic Choir where he has performed many of the large-scale choral works including Verdi's Requiem, Aida, Gershwin's Porgy & Bess and Beethoven's "Choral" Symphony. In a 1998 Chandos recording of music by Sir Thomas Armstrong, Russell was one of a small group of singers chosen to premiere several part-songs on disc. During 1996 - 1997, Russell sang regularly with the Exmoor Singers, performing works including Bach's St. John Passion and many chamber works from composers including Tippett, Rachmaninov, Tavener and Finzi. Exmoor Singers were semi-finalists in the 1996 Choir Of The Year competition.

In 1997, Russell performed as a soloist with the Avanti Chamber Orchestra as part of the Royal Festival Hall's Meltdown Festival. At the 1997 and 1998 Resolution Festival, London's biggest open platform for dance companies, Russell was one of the soloists performing works by Tavener, Duruflé and Tippett. In October 1998 Russell sang solo alongside Joan Rodgers in a performance of the Fauré Requiem with the London Philharmonic Choir conducted by Neville Creed. In November 1998 Russell had a small solo role in a concert performance of Peer Gynt with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir conducted by Kurt Masur.

Most recently, Ms. Scott performed for the Munster Veterans of Foreign Wars, as well as many other civic and cultural events throughout the United States. Ms. Scott has also sung with the Northwest Indiana Symphony Chorus.

Sample Repertoire, Arias: Mozart – Porgi Amor, Dove Sono, Come Scoglio, Per Pieta Catalani – Ebben, ne andro lontana Dvorak – Rusalka’s song to the moon Mascagni – Voi lo sapete Purcell – Dido’s lament Tchaikovsky – Tatiana’s letter scene Verdi - Morro, Ma Prima in Grazia Handel - Vo Far Guerra Bizet - Je Dis Que Rien Ne M'Epouvante Britten - Embroidery aria Plus many more

Christopher has performed extensively around England and Europe including the British Premiere of John Joubert's 'Three Faces of Love' at the Windsor Festival.

Christopher has sung with the London Mozart Players, the Monteverdi Choir, the Gabrieli Consort and the Musicke Company with which he made his Wigmore Hall debut.

Initially reared in the rich singing tradition offered at All Saints' in Chevy Chase, Maryland, soloistic qualities were elaborated upon at home by virtue of a mother who was a concert pianist who also enjoyed singing with her five children clustered around the piano, and then put into full swing with private voice lessons at home once moved to Piedmont, California.

Continuing a rich singing life, Mary was continuously the youngest ever admitted to whatever established group it was she was singing in, and following a passion for madrigals, founded The Troubadours, which today annually remains a tradition with some talented Piedmont High School students, who indepedently hold auditions to keep the singing positions filled and going strong.

Interesting work in the UK has included a series of concerts with Patrick Moore, the astronomer, where Debra appeared as guest artist and sang many of Mr. Moore’s own compositions. Extensive work abroad has included Operas and Concerts in Dortmund, Zurich, Munich, Berlin, Luxembourg, Venice, Japan and Jerusalem. As a renowned oratorio specialist her repertoire includes The Creation (Haydn), The Messiah (Handel), Nelson Mass (Haydn), Petite Messe Solenelle (Rossini), Carmina Burana (Orff) and the Requiems of Faure, Brahms and Mozart. Her operatic roles include Susanna (Marriage of Figaro), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier), Queen of the Night (Magic Flute), Norina (Don Pasquale), Olympia (Tales of Hoffman), Despina (Cosi fan tutte) and Micaela (Carmen).

With Coro Cervantes Debra has performed in Spain, Mexico and Russia. She was featured soloist on Coro Cervantes’ first CD O Crux, which was voted Gramophone’s Critic’s Choice of the Year. As a session singer, Debra has recorded vocals for film soundtracks, CD library music, launch music for car companies and radio jingles. She was featured soloist during the opening and closing ceremonies for the Commonwealth Games in Manchester with music especially commissioned for the occasion and also performed the vocals for the soundtrack for the Beijing Olympic Torch Ceremony in London.

His compositional style is relatively retrospective, and he makes full use of the possibilities offered by the use of modes, especially various oriental modes (Middle Eastern and Japanese), and the Dorian and octatonic modes, as well as the better-known major and minor modes.

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I am an experienced, if relatively unknown singer and spent 17 years singing with Canterbury Cathedral Choir, travelling with them on many overseas tours including 2 trips to the USA and Canada.

I specialise in Baroque music and am particularly fond of the music of JS Bach. I hold an ARCM performers diploma in singing from the Royal College of Music in London.

In 1996 Philip went to Durham University to read for a BA Hons degree in music. Whilst at Durham he was a Choral Scholar at the Cathedral, singing for two live broadcasts of Evensong on BBC Radio 3 and three recordings, as well as touring Norway with them. Outside the Cathedral he sang with Durham University Consort of Voices and Palatinate Voices, as well as making several solo performances and appearing in two operas; as Figaro in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro and as Death in Holst's chamber opera Savitri.

Philip graduated from Durham in 1999 and moved to London to take up the post of Gentleman of HM Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace. Having left Hampton Court in August 2000 and sung briefly with the choir of St John's Wood Church, Philip is now a member of the choir of St Bride's Church, Fleet Street, with whom he has already appeared in several concerts and a live broadcast on BBC Radio 4.