Northern Ireland Opera Young Opera Voice of 2023’ - Anna graduated in 2022 with distinction, from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (BMus(Hons), MMus, MPerf). She was very fortunate to receive the Dufferin Foundation prize at the Camerata Ireland Academy 2024 and the Deborah Voigt Opera Prize at the Northern Ireland Opera BBC Radio 3 Festival of Voice 2023. Recently, she played  ‘Gabriel’ in a staged production of Hadyn’s ‘Creation’ with the Scherzo Ensemble, ‘Lucia’ in Britten’s ‘Rape of Lucretia’ with British Youth Opera, and covered the title role of ‘Elena’ in ‘Elena e Gerardo’ - Bottini, with Random Opera. Anna has also been fortunate to work with Wexford Festival Opera, Longborough Festival Opera, West Green Opera, Opera Collective Ireland, Sestina Music, Northern Ireland Opera and numerous choral societies in the UK and Ireland.

London-based Soprano Rebecca Milford is thrilled to be returning to Merry Opera, after singing the title role of Cinderella in their production Cinderella ’23. Rebecca was a Wild Arts Young Artist, performing the roles of Lauretta and cover Gianetta in their tour of The Elixir of Love. Other operatic roles include, Frasquita in Bizet’s Carmen with Opera Brava (2022), Head Hen and cover Vixen in Janacek’s Cunning Little Vixen with Hampstead Garden Opera (2022), and cover Anne Page in Vaughn-Williams’ Sir John in Love with British Youth Opera at Opera Holland Park (2022). Alongside her performing career, Rebecca is an experienced opera outreach manager and practitioner, who passionately advocates accessible opera and music for all, and is currently the Education Manager for the opera company Wild Arts.

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Valerie Wong, Hong Kong-born Soprano took part in multiple opera productions including Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan as Peep-Bo, L'elisir d'amore by Donizetti as Gianetta, Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Offenbach as La Voix, Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini as La Badessa and La Ciesca, Semele by Handel as Ino, Così fan tutte and Le Nozze Di Figaro by Mozart, Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II, La Cenerentola by Rossini, Don Giovanni by Mozart, Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, HMS Pinafore by Gilbert and Sullivan, Otello by Giuseppe Verdi. She recently made her debut as Wenjiao in The Monk of the River at the Tête à Tête Opera Festival 2021. Wong graduated with a Master of Performance at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama under John Evans. She also obtained the Bachelor of Music (Honours) under renowned soprano Nancy Yuen and the Diploma of Music from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 2015. Wong was a recipient of the Hong Kong Welsh Male Voice Choir Scholarship, the Michael Rippon Memorial Scholarship, and the Guildhall Financial Award.

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Samantha Lewis is a Shropshire mezzo-soprano celebrated for her warm, expressive tone, compelling stage presence, and deep commitment to making opera and song accessible to all.

A Masters and Advanced Postgraduate Diploma graduate of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Samantha originally trained in Veterinary Science at Harper Adams University before pursuing her passion for music. She graduated with Distinction, receiving both the Postgraduate Course Prize and the St. Clare Barfield Rosebowl for Operatic Distinction.

Samantha is in growing demand as a recitalist, oratorio soloist, and operatic performer. Recent highlights include developing the roles of The Mother and The Witch in Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdinck) and being Alto Soloist in a fully staged Messiah(Handel) with The Merry Opera Company (TMOC, 2025). Other notable roles include Hänsel (Hänsel und Gretel), Cendrillon (Cendrillon, Massenet), Martha (Iolanta, Tchaikovsky), Mercédès (Carmen, Bizet) with NWOS, Mary Magdalene (St John Passion, Bach), and Dorabella(Così fan tutte, Mozart) with Cumbria Opera Group, as well as Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro), La Zelatrice (Suor Angelica), Mother/Other Mother (Coraline, Turnage), and Fanny Price (Mansfield Park, Dove). Samantha was selected for the Royal Opera House’s Jette Parker Artist Programme Mentorship Scheme, where she was mentored by acclaimed Australian soprano Lauren Fagen.

Passionate about accessibility and inclusion in classical music, Samantha actively incorporates British Sign Language (BSL) into her performances, using visual communication to enhance emotional expression and connect with deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences. Her innovative work took her to the Semi-Final of both the Pendine International Voice of the Future Competition (2022), as well as the London Song Festival Competition. A keen advocate of art song, Samantha was a Song Easel Young Artist (2025), performing Schumann’s Liederkreis, Op. 24, and was winner of The Edward Brooks English Song Prize.

Samantha is currently touring a recital programme celebrating composers and poets from along the route between John O’Groats and Land’s End. This project lies at the heart of her artistic mission: to bring classical music and poetry to communities who may not otherwise experience live performance, to celebrate regional cultural heritage, and to foster accessibility and connection through inclusivity. She looks forward to bringing this to The Whittington Music Festival next year, which will be the first festival to actively support signed performances throughout the festival, by the singer themselves.

Samantha is also looking forward to taking up the post of Director of Music at St Oswald’s Parish Church, Oswestry, in January 2026.

Elizabeth (Tilly) Green is a second-year postgraduate at The Royal Academy of Music studying under Kate Paterson. Here, she holds the position of being a Josephine Baker Trust Scholar. Having started her singing career as a chorister at both Canterbury and Rochester Cathedral, Elizabeth has performed on commercial recordings for Regent Records and Decca Records, the latter of which was both as part of the choir and as a soloist.

Elizabeth has performed as a soloist internationally, singing J S Bach’s St John Passion in Aachen, Germany. Some of her other soloist opportunities have included Handel’s Messiah at Canterbury Cathedral, Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Haydn’s Creation and Dvorçak’s Stabat Mater amongst others.

Whilst pursuing her undergraduate studies at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and graduating with a first-class honours degree, Elizabeth successfully auditioned for the Associate Artist programme under the tutelage of Karen Cargill. Whilst at RCS, she took part in opera scenes, performing the roles of Papagena and Fiordiligi. Elizabeth also completed a year-long contract with the Scottish Opera Young Company as well as a workshop with British Youth Opera. In December 2021, she performed the role of Sandmann in Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel as a Young Artist for Westminster Opera Company, the performance of which was reprised at Château de Panloy, France.

Elizabeth recently performed as Venus in Venus and Adonis with Hampstead Garden Opera and Gertrude (Hänsel und Gretel) with Berlin Opera Academy under the Ian Donald Wilson Memorial Scholarship. Elizabeth is also in demand as a recitalist internationally, performing at venues such as Budapest International School, Cobham Hall School and Canterbury Cathedral.

On the concert platform, Elizabeth has performed Songs for Sue by Oliver Knussen under the baton of Barbara Hannigan as part of a project with Julliard school. She also performed the Staged Messiah with The Merry Opera Company which toured around Kent and London. Most recently, Elizabeth has been an Emerging Artist with The Australian Contemporary Opera Company, based in Melbourne where she performed many roles, most notably the Secretaryin Menotti’s The Consul.

Richard is a countertenor and conductor from Sidcup, who trained at the Royal College of Music and previously St John’s College, Cambridge, where he read Italian and French with linguistics. Richard was afinalist in the 2024 Kathleen Ferrier Awards at the Wigmore Hall, and has been hailed as a ‘countertenor star of the future’ (OperaNow) with an ‘exquisite tone’ (SpyintheStalls). Operatic highlights range fromArsamene (Serse), Goffredo (Rinaldo), Secrecy (The Fairy Queen), Orlovsky (Die Fledermaus) and The Sorceress (Dido and Aeneas), to more modern roles including Lucifer (The Fall of Lucifer – Burgon) and Nicholas Lear (The Anthem – Jasper Eaglesfield), and as a member of the solo octet in the UK première of Libby Larsen’s Barnum’s Bird. He has worked with leading opera companies including HGO and Tête à Tête. He has a diverse oratorio portfolio ranging from Purcell, Handel and Pergolesi to Carl Orff and Leonard Bernstein, and upcoming highlights (in addition to a lot of Messiahs!) in the next few weeks include Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle and Bach’s Magnificat. He is also an accomplished recitalist, with concerts across both the UK and Italy ranging from English and Italianlute song recitals to world premières of new song cycles. He enjoys collaborating with young composers, and in 2021 premiered the song cycle Seasons by Jonathan Whiting, sung in four different Romance languages.

As a conductor, Richard has held Choir Director positions at St Mark’s English Church, Florence and All Saints’ Church, Orpington. He is currently Director of Music at St Augustine’s, Tooting, and he also works withthe choristers at the King’s Chapel of the Savoy, where he was himself a boy treble. He is also the Director of Music of Dartford Choral Society, and at time of writing is preparing for their autumn concert of Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man and other music for Remembrance. As an orchestral conductor, last year he worked as Assistant Conductor with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields Orchestra for their concert at the Cambridge Summer Music Festival, and he has conducted three operas, most recently a production of Mozart’s Der Schauspieldirektor at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2023. He accompanies his musical endeavours with a keen academic interest in phonetic science, and his research has investigated the perception and production of consonants in operatic singing from a phonetics standpoint. He is delighted to be joining Merry Opera for this incredible production of the Messiah, and feels very privileged to be a small part of this wonderful legacy.

Glenn Tweedie is from Whiteabbey Co Antrim where he is now based having spent a large part of his earlier career in London. He studied at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester as an undergraduate and then the Royal College of Music in London as a post graduate. Further study and singing has taken him to Italy and the Teatro del Maggio in Florence, some time with The European Festival Chorus in Saltzburg including their Italian tours. He has worked with the National Reis opera in the Netherlands and has been on major tours singing Opera and operetta in UK and Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark and Malaysia. Glenn sings an extensive tenor repertoire in concert, oratorio and opera. He has worked ‘a number of seasons’ with BYO, Grange Park Opera, European Chamber Opera, Buxton Festival Opera, Opera UK and many more and has been singing with Merry Opera for a number of years in many of their productions and as a regular in their Gala concerts. His roles include a wide variety of repertoire including Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni) , Ferrando (Cosi fan tutte), Tamino (The Magic Flute), Monostatos (The Magic Flute) Mozart, Torquemada (L'heure Espagnol) Ravel, Lacouf and Le journaliste (Les Mamelles de Tiresias) Poulenc, Dr Caius (Falstaff) , Edouard (Un giorno di regno) Gastone (La Traviata) Verdi, Piquillo (La Perichole) Offenbach, Don Luigi (Maria Padilla) Donizetti , Pifear (Si J'etais Roi), Camille (The Merry Widow) Lehar, Hypochondriac (The Gambler) Prokoviev and Triquet and Lensky in (Eugine Onegin) Tchaikovsky. Glenn was in the original cast of the Merry Opera Messiah and has now sung around 60 performances.

David Walsh is a freelance musician and tenor based in Glasgow, Scotland. Originally from Donegal, Ireland, he studied Music at the University of Aberdeen and has performed professionally across the UK and internationally. His credits include singing with the Dunedin Consort, Sestina Early Music Ensemble, Northern Irish Opera, and Aberdeen Vocal Ensemble. David is a former Tenor Lay Clerk at Canterbury Cathedral and has received the University of Aberdeen's Ogston Music Prize. He is also an alumnus of the Dunedin Consort's 'Bridging the Gap' scheme and was a scholar with the professional vocal group Voces8.

Anthony Colasanto is in his final year of his masters at Trinity Laban Conservatoire training with Neil Baker and Panaretos Kyriatzidis. He recently performed at Longborough Opera Festival as part of the chorus in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung and in Puccini’s La Bohème with the Philharmonia Chorus in Lille. Recent engagements as tenor soloist include Verdi’s Requiem, Lucas in Haydn’s The Seasons and Balthazar Zorn in Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. He has been awarded the Morag Vocal Scholarship.

In demand as both a singer and a conductor, George’s recent performances include the baritone roles in the world premiere of Simone Spagnolo’s All Rest and the UK premiere of Craig Hella Johnson’s Considering Mathew Shephard, as well as singing the title role in Eugene Onegin in a collaboration between Trinity Laban and Welsh National Opera. George is also a founder member of the Sonare vocal quartet, who are currently touring the UK with their Elements concert series, and Musical Director of the London Philanthropic Orchestra. He is supported by the 2024-25 Morag Noble Scholarship at Trinity Laban.

Giuseppe, hailing from the enchanting island of Sicily, embarked on his musical journey at a young age. His passion for music led him to enroll in a two-year performing arts course in Palermo, where he discovered his commitment to classical singing. Under the mentorship of the esteemed teacher Elizabeth Smith, Giuseppe began to make his mark in the operatic world, performing minor roles in notable productions such as Rossini’s 'Barbiere di Siviglia' in Malta, Donizetti’s 'Le Convenienze ed Inconvenienze Teatrali', and Puccini's 'Manon Lescaut' in Palermo.

His move to Tuscany proved to be a pivotal moment in his career. Here, he met the talented baritone Marcello Lippi, who played a crucial role in refining Giuseppe's vocal technique. This collaboration opened doors for Giuseppe, allowing him to take on leading roles for the first time, including Gennaro Iovine in Nino Rota’s 'Napoli Milionaria' across cities such as Lucca, Livorno, Pisa, and even Budapest. He also portrayed the character of Mafia in 'Falcone e Borsellino' at the prestigious Verdi Theatre in Pisa. Throughout these experiences, Giuseppe had the invaluable opportunity to work with acclaimed directors like Davide Livermore and Fabio Sparvoli, further enriching his artistic development.

A significant milestone in Giuseppe's career came when renowned composer Richard Cocciante offered him the role of Lord Capulet in his Opera Popolare 'Giulietta e Romeo'. This production premiered at the iconic Arena di Verona and subsequently toured Italy, featuring over 80 performances. Giuseppe made his first studio recording as part of the original cast soundtrack, marking a significant achievement in his artistic journey. His talents then led him to London, where he was cast as Father Francis in 'Tolkien' at The Arts Theatre in the West End, once again recording his performance for the original cast album.

In 2022, Giuseppe achieved a remarkable academic milestone by completing his Master of Music (MMus) degree at Trinity & Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance (TLCMD) in London. His studies were supported by prestigious scholarships, including the Elliot Rosenblatt Memorial Scholarship, Crompton Scholarship, and The Morag Noble Scholarship. He actively participated in masterclasses led by notable figures in the operatic world, such as Elaine Kidd from the Royal Opera House’s Jette Parker programme, James Clutton of Opera Holland Park, and celebrated artists like Roderick Williams, David Kempster, Andrew Shore, and Laurent Naouri.

Giuseppe's operatic repertoire is diverse and impressive, featuring roles such as Plutone in 'Le Carnaval de Venise', Marcello and Schaunard in 'La Bohéme', Lord Ruthven in ‘Der Vampyr’, Ersitratro in 'La forza dell'amor paterno', and White in 'Black, El Payaso'. He has also portrayed Beaumarchais in 'The Ghosts of Versailles', Don Basilio in 'Il Barbiere di Siviglia', Figaro in 'Le Nozze di Figaro', Masetto and Leporello in 'Don Giovanni', Biscroma Strappaviscere and the Director of the Theatre in 'Le Convenienze ed Inconvenienze Teatrali', the Sergeant of the Royal Archers in 'Manon Lescaut', and Gennaro Iovine and Brigadiere Ciappa in 'Napoli Milionaria'. Additionally, he has taken on the role of Mafia in 'Falcone e Borsellino – Il muro dei martiri' and Ebenezer Scrooge in 'A Christmas Carol'. His contributions to choral music include performances as a soloist in Handel’s 'Messiah', Schubert’s 'Mass No. 2 in G Major', and Rossini’s 'Petite Messe Solennelle'.

Giuseppe has collaborated with various esteemed companies, such as Vache Baroque, TLCMD, LTL Opera, Fondazione Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, Miskolc Opera Festival, Manoel Theatre, Choir 2000, The Addison Singers, Cervantes Theatre, the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, and Gothic Opera. As he continues to grow as an artist, Giuseppe remains dedicated to his craft, inspiring audiences with his remarkable talent and passion for opera.

Before founding Merry Opera in 2009, Matthew spent many years advising corporate boardrooms, where he saw passions played out in operatic dimensions. Roles include Leporello, Don Giovanni,  Bartolo and Basilio, The Barber of Seville), Sarastro, Magic Flute, Germont La Traviata, Bartolo Marriage of Figaro, Raimbaut Count Ory, Kecal The Bartered Bride The Old Man Bloch’s Macbeth, Polyphemus Acis and Galatea, soloist in Merry Opera’s Staged Messiah and Staged Verdi Requiem, Frank in Strauss’ Die Fledermaus, Sarastro in Mozart’s Magic Flute, Mikado in Gilbert & Sullivan’’s Mikado and Sergeant in The Pirates of Penzance, Fairy Godfather Cinderella and Marcus Merry Opera’s Kiss me, Figaro! He trained with Ameral Gunson and Josephine Veasey in the UK and Sead Buljubasic in Vienna.

Walter is a London-based opera director. Recent credits include directing two new operas for the Music Troupe at the Tête à Tête festival: Buster’s Trip (2024), and The Rapture (2025), assistant directing Messiah and Die Fledermaus (Merry Opera), assisting Morley College Opera School’s Opera Scenes (autumn, spring and summer terms), assistant directing Orphée aux Enfers, Don Giovanni, and Der Rosenkavalier for Opéra de Baugé, and assistant stage managing Tristan und Isolde (Regents Opera/Grimeborn).

He graduated from the University of Bristol in 2024 where, as a student, he directed three operas (Die Fledermaus, The Elixir of Love, and Ethel Smyth’s Fête Galante), a student-written play, and an outdoor production of Sophocles’ Antigone. After graduating, he undertook observerships at Opera Holland Park, Garsington, Vache Baroque and the Royal Opera House. His forthcoming engagements include assistant directing Hänsel und Gretel and Così fan tutte (Merry Opera).

London-based pianist and conductor Panaretos Kyriatzidis is in demand as a collaborative performer, vocal coach and musical director. Panaretos has won the Gerald Moore Award, Emmy Destinn Awards Accompanist Prize and the London Song Festival duo prize, and has been a Britten Pears and Oxford Lieder young artist.

Panaretos completed his postgraduate studies with distinction (Master of Music, Postgraduate Artist Diploma) at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, where he was subsequently appointed Junior Fellow in Piano Accompaniment for two years and was awarded various prizes for solo piano, accompaniment and chamber music. He has performed extensively across the UK and broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.

With a passion for smaller-scale and community opera, Panaretos has worked extensively in the fringe, with accolades for productions he musically directed including an Olivier Award nomination and two Off West End Awards (Offies) for best opera production. He is also co-founder and musical director of The Opera Makers, a dynamic opera company aspiring to broaden the reach and potential of fringe and studio opera, as well as champion works by underrepresented composers.

Panaretos (aka Pan) is a vocal coach at Trinity Laban and head of opera studies at Morley College. He has worked extensively with Pegasus Opera, Opera Holland Park, Grimeborn Opera Festival, St Paul’s Opera and the Black British Classical Foundation, among many others. He hails from the Greek island of Thasos, holds a BA in Law and is an avid food lover.

Olivia conducts professional and student ensembles in London Her previous engagements include her role as Assistant Conductor for Handel’s ‘Giustino’ (Royal Ballet and Opera), Assistant Conductor for Puccini’s ‘La Bohème’ (Longborough Festival Opera), Conductor for ‘Dido and Aeneas’ (University of London), Assistant Chorus Master for Mahler ‘Symphony no. 3’ (Royal Academy of Music), Assistant Musical Director for ‘Hansel and Gretel’ (British Youth Opera), and Grand Finalist in the London International Choral Conducting Competition 2024.

Olivia graduated with Distinction from the Royal Academy of Music, London, having received a DipRam award for outstanding performance, and the Sir Thomas Armstrong Choral Leadership Prize. Subsequently, Olivia was appointed as a Fellow at the Academy, where she founded The CONVENTional Project, an early music ensemble specialising in Italian convent music. Olivia has continued to develop her conducting through the RPS Women Conductors ‘Advance’ course, Glover-Edwards Conducting Programme, Genesis Sixteen Conducting Scholarship, Dartington International Summer School Advanced Conductor programme, and as a Fellow of the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain. Alongside her conducting, Olivia sings as an Associate Artist with Tenebrae, and holds a regular position at the Chapel Royal St Peter ad Vincula in the Tower of London.

Jack Stone was a student of Chethams; graduate of the Royal College of Music (receiving the Harold Darke Prize) and is an Associate of the Royal College of Organists. Jack has held accompanist posts at Dean Close School; Tewkesbury Abbey; Carlisle Cathedral; Chelsea Ballet; Morley, Regents & Chelsea Opera. He has performed at notable venues such as St Paul’s, Bristol, Manchester & Southwark Cathedrals; Temple Church & RCM. Jack is currently Director of Music at Catford Parish Church; répétiteur for Lewisham Urban Opera; tutor at Morley College; accompanist of The South London Singers and a freelance vocal coach and teacher.

Martyn is much in demand as a freelance Organist and Pianist in London having previously spent over 10 years working at His Majesty’s Chapel Royal, St. James’s Palace, both as Sub-Organist and (Acting) Director of Music. Roles that included playing/conducting annually for Classic FM's broadcast of Carols from Buckingham Palace, which airs immediately after H.M. The King's speech on Christmas Day and performing and assisting in music for Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee and The Coronation of King Charles III. Martyn is currently Teacher of Organ and Piano Accompanist at the Royal College of Music Junior Department, Accompanist to the London Concert Choir and Musician-in-Residence at Highgate School.

Martyn’s annual appearances include performances for the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music in London and as Organist for Evensong at the Hooglandsekerk in Leiden (The Netherlands). During Summer 2023, he gave the opening concert at Himmerod Abbey’s ‘Orgelsommer’ in Germany and in 2018, deputised for several shows as ‘Keyboard 2’ for the UK tour of ‘Miss Saigon’ the musical as they performed at the Alhambra Theatre in Bradford and the Theatre Royals in Plymouth and Norwich.

His recital appearances include Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Canterbury, St Paul's and both Liverpool Cathedrals. He has also played in Paris, The Netherlands, Budapest, Brussels, Germany and Northern Ireland. In February 2020, he had his debut with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, playing the organ for Beethoven's Missa Solemnis in the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.

In 2015, Martyn graduated with a first class Bachelor of Music degree from London's Royal College of Music, and completed his Fellowship of the Royal College of Organists (FRCO) and Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music (LRSM) diplomas in Organ Performance in 2023 and 2011 respectively. Martyn has appeared live on BBC Radios 3 and 4 and has recorded for Novello, Boosey & Hawkes and for choral CDs with Priory, Delphian and Signum records.

As a composer, Martyn has composed several choral works as well as some organ pieces too, all of which have received premieres. His pieces have been premiered at St James's Palace, Exeter University, the Royal College of Music, Highgate School and in The Netherlands. His music has also been performed in The King's Chapel of the Savoy, St. Magnus-the-Martyr, London and the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music.

Jamie Rogers is Assistant Director of Music at Canterbury Cathedral, where he is principal accompanist to the Cathedral’s choirs, and assists in running all other musical aspects of the Cathedral’s work.

Jamie grew up in the seaside town of Deal in Kent. He studied Music at Canterbury Christ Church University with David Rees-Williams, and pursued further study in Organ Performance at the Royal Academy of Music in London with David Titterington and Bine Bryndorf, graduating with an MA, DipRAM in 2019. During his time at the Academy, he was awarded the Eric Thiman Organ Prize, William John Kipps Scholarship, the C.H. Trevor prize, and the Norman Askew Prize; he was also generously supported by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust, having been granted the Derek Butler Award. Jamie has performed regularly on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4, and has maintained an international performance profile alongside his work as a Cathedral musician.

Jamie was previously Assistant Director of Music at St Marylebone Parish Church, and Head of Jazz Studies at Queen Mary University of London. He took up his current appointment at Canterbury Cathedral in 2022.