Our People
Amy Carson
photo ©Emma Lewis
Amy Carson was the youngest of the first girl choristers at Salisbury Cathedral. She went on to be a choral scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge. She has made highly acclaimed appearances on the opera stage and screen, most notably starring as Pamina in Kenneth Branagh’s film of The Magic Flute when she was only 21. She has performed internation- ally both as a soloist and ensemble singer with many professional groups, including The Sixteen, the Monteverdi Choir, The Gabrieli Consort and the OAE.
Timothy Dickinson
Noted for his “wonderfully warm, round, powerful tone” (Early Music Today), Bass-Baritone Timothy Dickinson enjoys a diverse career, ranging from recitals across the UK to Operatic roles at Glyndebourne, Scottish Opera, Longborough and elsewhere. Timothy is also very active as an Oratorio soloist, embracing a broad repertoire including Bach’s Passions, the Requiems of Verdi, Faure and Duruflé, and Haydn’s ‘The Creation’. He has sung with ensembles including The Sixteen, Dunedin Consort, BBC Singers and La Nuova Musica. Additionally, he enjoys a deeply rewarding association with the education department of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, engaging with young people across the country. In 2021, he released a disc of Christmas-themed English Songs - The Holy Boy: Christmastide in Albion - with pianist Duncan Honeybourne.
Patron
Professor Margaret Faultless MA Hon Ram Hon FBC FCTL ARCM
Regular contributors
Margaret (Maggie) Faultless
(Patron & violin, leader of Music for Awhile)
Acis & Galatea 2022
The Fairy Queen 2023, 2025
Messiah 2023, 2024, 2025
Edmund Hastings (tenor)
Messiah 2023 & 2024
BirdSong 2024
https://www.edmundhastings.com/
photo: ©Seb Charlesworth
Andrew Skidmore (‘cello)
Acis & Galatea 2022
Messiah 2023, 2025
The Fairy Queen 2023, 2025
photo © Robert Piwko
Natalie Manning (alto)
BirdSong 2024
photo: ©Joe Deery
Nicola Rose (piano)
Opera Gala 2021
Opera in the Orchard 2024, 2025
Anna Curzon (violin & viola)
Messiah 2023 & 2025
photo © Mark Pickthall
Francesca Gilbert (viola)
Messiah 2023, 2024
The Fairy Queen 2025
Rachel Stroud (violin)
Acis & Galatea 2022
Opera in the Orchard 2023
Messiah 2024
Gwendolen Martin (soprano)
BirdSong 2024
https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Martin-Gwendolen.htm
photo: ©
David de Winter (tenor)
Messiah 2023 & 2024
Rebecca Leggett (mezzo-soprano)
Messiah 2023 & 2024
Dido & Aeneas 2026
http://www.rebeccaleggett.com/
photo ©Olivia de Costa
Charlotte Tetley (mezzo-soprano)
Opera in the Orchard 2024, 2025
Katie Lodge (trumpet)
Messiah 2023, 2024, 2025
photo: © Mark Pickthall
Emily Vine (soprano)
Messiah 2023, 2024, 2025
Opera in the Orchard 2024
The Fairy Queen 2025
Dido & Aeneas 2026
Frederick Long (bass-baritone)
Messiah 2023, 2024
https://www.frederick-long.com/
photo ©Joey Thompson
Thomas Hobbs (tenor)
The Fairy Queen 2023
Dido & Aeneas 2026
https://www.intermusica.com/artist/Thomas-Hobbs
photo: ©Benjamin Ealovega
O-J Ruthven (harpsichord)
Messiah 2023 & 2024
photo: ©
Jonathan Rees (‘cello)
Acis & Galatea 2022
Messiah 2024

