When and where was your first experience of music / singing?

Classical music has been around me since I was a newborn as my parents are passionate about music although I have a very slight recollection of seeing the tenor Roberto Alanga sing at the Barbican in London when I was around 3, after which I had a picture taken with him which I still have framed in my room. I then began singing lessons at around 6 or 7 before becoming a chorister at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, and I’ve been hooked since then.

Where did you grow up? Did you have access to classical music?

I grew up in Oxford originally and am very fortunate to have been educated at Christ Church Cathedral School which had a strong emphasis on music, even at nursery level. Later on, I was lucky to have received a fully funded scholarship as a chorister at the cathedral attached to the school, and during this time I took up piano, cello and harp on top of being a chorister. After prep school my family moved to Edinburgh where we have been based since.

What has been your most memorable performance so far?

This is a tough one! Looking back, doing Mendelssohn’s Elijah at The Proms with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra was a phenomenal experience. Although singing old church Slavonic repertoire with a small male vocal group in St Basils Cathedral, Moscow for a week in 2017 is the one that tops the list as it was one of the first performances I did as a newly changed bass.

What would your dream performance be?

This is also a tough one – it’s a tie between Monteverdi’s Vespers, Schoenberg’s Gurre-Lieder or a few of lesser-known 16th century composer, Filippo Nicoletti’s madrigals that I typeset for a project recently – hearing midi sounds doesn’t do the music justice so performing it to people with live voices would be a dream come true.

What are you looking forward to with Genesis Sixteen?

I am really looking forward to creating and performing phenomenal music with other fantastic singers who I am really excited to meet and become friends with, as well as working with Harry Christophers and feeding off his, the coaches, and my peers’ knowledge. But overall, I am particularly looking forward to giving our audiences joy by doing what we love, because at the end of the day, that’s what it’s all about in my opinion.

Outside of singing, what do you like to do in your spare time?

When I have time, I love to go and walk in nature and explore the areas around me that I haven’t been to before, but I also enjoy a run or a ride on my bike. Otherwise, I really enjoy scouring charity shops for sheet music to fill my music library at home as well as cooking, when I’m allowed in the kitchen.

Are you still in education? 

I’ll be going into my 3rd year of my 4-year Bachelors degree doing Vocal Performance at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland come September [2025] whilst being taught by Jane Irwin and Andrew McTaggart.

Outside of performances with Genesis Sixteen, have you got any concerts coming up?

At the time of writing [in June 2025], I will be performing some Bach Cantatas with the Glasgow Bach Cantata Project. I also have some concerts with the National Youth Choir of Scotland Chamber Choir singing repertoire by Eric Whitacre who will also be conducting us at the Ryedale Festival. I’ll also be singing with the National Youth Choir of Scotland in the opening concert to the Edinburgh International Festival with Taverner’s Veil of the Holy Temple as well as later in September soloing in Puccini’s Messa di Gloria on the Isle of Arran.

Any fun facts about you?!

I guess my party trick would be Mongolian throat singing or knowing how to sew, I’m a DIY kind of guy.