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Our musicians
Jonathan Rathbone
Jonathan Rathbone sang as a chorister at Coventry Cathedral and a Choral Scholar at Christ’s College, Cambridge, then specialised in singing and composition at the Royal Academy of Music. Having sung with the BBC Singers he joined the Swingle Singers in 1984, becoming their Musical Director for 12 years. Jonathan travels regularly as a lecturer and adjudicator, leading vocal and choral courses, and conducting. Much of his music has been composed either to commission or for his choirs in north London.
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Matthew Coleridge
Matthew Coleridge leapt into the spotlight in 2023 when his Requiem was voted into the Classic FM Hall of Fame. His first major work, his Requiem was recorded in 2016 by RSVP Voices, and again by The Choir of Royal Holloway. Other works include a setting for SATB choir and organ of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, a setting of the Stabat Mater Dolorosa, and for a cappella choir Balulalow and Corpus Christi Carol.
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Michael Higgins
Michael Higgins is a pianist, composer, and arranger, and co-Artistic Director with Neil Ferris of Sonoro, recently honoured as an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music. He has been commissioned by choirs including the National Children’s Choir of Great Britain, Wimbledon Choral, Farnham Youth Choir, the Stay at Home Choir, and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra Youth Chorus. He has also composed for corporate films and television commercials, the Classic BRIT awards, BBC Children in Need, and the Royal Variety Performance.​
Oliver Tarney is an acclaimed and experienced composer who specialises in choral and vocal music for a broad range of styles and settings from primary school songs to oratorios and works for professional choirs. He has been commissioned by groups such as The National Youth Choir, ORA Singers, The Marian Consort, Sonoro, and many British Cathedrals, and his music has been performed internationally by choirs including the BBC Singers, and The Sixteen. He loves to inspire others to write and find their love of music. https://www.olivertarney.co.uk/
Oliver Tarney
Philip Moore
Philip Moore studied at the University of Durham and the Royal College of Music. He taught at Eton College, moving to Canterbury Cathedral as Assistant Organist, Guildford Cathedral as Organist and Master of the Choristers, and to York Minster, writing extensively for each choir, and to commission. He remains a freelance conductor, composer, and organist. To mark 50 years of service to Church music he was awarded Fellowships by the Royal School of Church Music, Guild of Church Musicians, and Academy of St Cecilia, and bestowed with the Order of St William by the Archbishop of York.
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Robert Dean
Robert Dean has enjoyed a busy freelance schedule first as a singer and later as a conductor with opera companies and choirs including the London Choral Society where he acted as principal conductor for five years and the world-renowned Philharmonia Chorus, for whom he was Artistic Director for ten years. He is Artistic Director of the Oxford Orpheus Choir, vocal coach at the National Opera Studio, and Professor of Singing at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama as well as a popular workshop clinician, guest conductor, and adjudicator.
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