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

I grew up in Kent, which has an amazing and well established county music service, with lots of county singing and orchestral groups. From the age of 7 my mother shipped me off to the annual Summer Schools at Benenden Schools, and I joined the Kent County Junior Singers, where I sang all sorts of music from sheet music and also from memory. I worked my way up through the countless County Choirs, and eventually joined the Kent Youth Choir, which I continued to sing in until I turned 18. I also played percussion at my local music centres, and eventually also joined the Kent County Youth Orchestra and Kent Youth Wind Orchestra.

What has been your most memorable performance so far?

Is it bad if this isn’t necessarily singing? Because I’d say my most memorable performance would be playing the Timpani in Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius at the end of my undergraduate degree in York Minster with the University of York Symphony Orchestra and the University Choir. I LOVE all things Elgar, and so playing his self-proclaimed best work was so epic, and an incredible way to end a degree.

What would your dream performance be?

Complete works of Kenneth Leighton? Maybe that’s The Queen’s College student coming out in me, but I just love all his music, and it’s so fun to sing.

What are you looking forward to with Genesis Sixteen?

I’m really looking forward to meeting and learning from other singers who all love doing similar things from me, but come from so many different places and backgrounds. It’s always really interesting hearing people’s stories, and I have no doubt that Genesis will be exactly the same

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

I also play percussion, and dabble in a bit of conducting and musical theatre MDing at university. I’m also very involved in student representation, and I’m the president of the Middle Common Room at my Oxford college, which takes up quite a lot of time. I also row at Oxford, which means lots of early mornings (don’t ask me why I do it… I still don’t know).

Are you still in education?

I am a DPhil candidate at The Queen’s College at the University of Oxford, where I’m also a Choral Scholar, singing evensong three times a week with the best chapel choir in Oxford, under the incredible Owen Rees.

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

The Queen’s College Oxford has its regular host of concerts throughout the year – including a whole raft of Christmas concerts, and a performance of the Messiah in the Sheldonian Theatre. We are also releasing a new album in March 2026, which has got lots of Leighton, Darke, and other English twentieth-century music that hasn’t been recorded much, if at all.