Charlotte Tetley: Mezzo soprano

Charlotte studied Music and Education at Homerton College, Cambridge where she sang with Trinity College Choir. After graduating she became a primary school teacher in London for 2 years. She then studied vocal studies at the Royal Academy of Music, London followed by Opera Studies at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow. After graduating Charlotte went to Glyndebourne for the next two years as a member of the chorus in both the Festival and Touring Opera. 

Charlotte is a keen lieder, recital and oratorio singer; she has performed as part of the ‘Leeds Lieder’ festival and is a Creer and Samling Scholar. She has performed Elgar’s Sea Pictures with the Oxford Sinfonia and recitals at both the Dorchester and Holt Festivals. She sings regularly with the Orchestra of St. John’s under John Lubbock OBE. Recent performances have included the St. John and Matthew Passions, Handel’s Messiah, Respighi’s Il Tramonto and the Vivaldi Gloria amongst others.

Charlotte lives in Hampshire with her 4 children and is taught by Christine Cairns.

Edmund Hastings: Tenor.

Originally a King’s College, Cambridge choral scholar, Edmund then went on to study at the Royal Academy of Music.  He has created several new operatic roles, including Gabriel in Hagar in the Wilderness by Sally Beamish for the Presteigne Festival. Other highlights include Arioch in Handel’s Belshazzar (Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse), Sailor in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas (Academy of Ancient Music), and Lysander in Britten’s Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shadwell Opera).

 Appearing with Garsington Opera, he understudied the title role in Offenbach’s Vert-Vert. He has sung for the Aix-en-Provence festival chorus, and for many years he has sung as a member of the Monteverdi Choir, with notable highlights including Berlioz’s mammoth Les Troyens.

In concert, Edmund was the tenor soloist for the first ever performance of Handel’s Messiah in Goa. Together with Tcheky Karyo he helped to create an anthology of songs and poetry from the first World War, on tour across France. In Paris he performed a song recital at the Parisian British Ambassadorial Residence. He appeared on tour across Israel with the Israel Camerata, singing the arias in Bach’s St Matthew Passion. He has performed live on BBC R2, R3 and R4 and has appeared on recordings with the Monteverdi Choir, Gabrieli Consort, Academy of Ancient Music and Fiori Musicali.

Amy Carson - Soprano

Amy Carson began her singing career as a girl chorister at Salisbury Cathedral, and went on to study at Trinity College, Cambridge and the Royal Academy of Music. 

Amy sings with many of the UKs leading ensembles and enjoys appearing regularly as a soloist on the concert platform. Her solo performances include Bach St Matthew Passion and Cantatas in the Barbican, the Royal Albert Hall and Snape Maltings. Recent opera performances include performing Galatea with Music for Awhile in Somerset, singing chorus in Berlioz’s Benvenuto Cellini in Versailles and the Proms, Monteverdi’s Orfeo and Vespers in venues across Europe with Sir John Eliot Gardiner. 

In recent years she has also been performing regularly with The Sixteen, ORA, Solomon’s Knot, The OAE. Recent recordings include two new exciting recordings choral works by James Macmillan with ORA and The Sixteen and featuring on Nick Cave’s new album Carnage.