Who we are

Alexander Smith

Alexander Smith sang as a bass at Merton College, Oxford, learning with Giles Underwood. Highlights included tours to the USA and Denmark, and recording Finzi's Lo the Full Final Sacrifice with the Britten Sinfonia. Now residing in London, he is pursuing various opportunities.

Amelia Smith

Andrew Hannaford

Andrew is a keen choral singer and a Biochemistry Master’s student at Exeter College, Oxford. Outside of Omnium Ensemble, he sings with The Choir of The Queen’s College, Oxford; Schola Cantorum of Oxford; and The Oxford Gargoyles (a jazz vocal ensemble), having previously sung at Exeter College, Oxford, and Peterborough Cathedral. Alongside his singing, his research focuses on key enzymes in plant responses to low oxygen, aiming to improve crop flood resistance. Looking ahead, he hopes to pursue a doctorate in plant science while continuing to make music a central part of his life.

Antonia McClintock

Antonia is in her final year studying music at Merton College Oxford, and sings in the College Choir where she enjoys a busy schedule of services, recordings, concerts a tours. She has also sung with the National Youth Choir of Great Britain and is looking forward to being involved with Omnium’s exciting upcoming projects!

Ben Richards

Ben Richards serves as the Music Administrator and bass Vicar Choral at St. Davids Cathedral, Pembrokeshire. He studied for both his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees at Royal Holloway, University of London, where he was awarded a choral scholarship and the position of Assistant Conductor of the Choir of Royal Holloway. During this time, he also enjoyed a busy schedule of freelance singing work in and around London. Now living back at home in Pembrokeshire, he is Musical Director of The Landsker Singers, a choir of which he has been a member since aged 6.

Charlotte Sleet

Luton-born, Oxford-based mezzo soprano Charlotte Sleet enjoys a busy freelance career performing choral, consort and solo repertoire. Charlotte was a Choral Scholar and Assistant Lay Clerk at Hereford Cathedral, the first female appointment to these roles in their respective histories. She is currently an alto Lay Clerk at Christ Church Cathedral. Charlotte is a graduate of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire where she held a scholarship at St. Chad's Cathedral and with Ex Cathedra. Charlotte is a long-standing member of Venice-based consort L'Offerta Musicale, performing Renaissance and Baroque repertoire as part of an ongoing educational workshop and concert series across Italy. Outside of the quire stalls, Charlotte is a lover of cooking, beer, and the sauna. When she grows up Charlotte wants to be a shepherdess.

Ciara Williams

Ciara Aoife Williams is an Irish-British soprano, she was raised in Eswatini and has recently graduated from Merton College, Oxford with a masters in Medieval Literature. She regularly sings with St Martin’s Voices and the Oxford Bach Soloists. This year, she is also a TENSO Connect intern and has worked with Ensemble AEDES as part of the scheme. Ciara is passionate about early music and was one of Sestina’s 2023-2024 Next Generation Young Artists. Recent highlights as a soloist have included performances at the Sheldonian Theatre, the Barbican, and live on BBC Radio 3. Ciara is taught by Miriam Allan.

Clement Collins Rice

Clement is an award-winning research chemist and tenor based in Oxford. He held a choral scholarship at Merton College, singing over a thousand services and concerts across three continents, from Victoria Hall, Singapore, to the first ever Anglican evensong at the Vatican. He has premiered works by leading choral composers, recorded over a dozen studio albums, and broadcast live on BBC R3, DR P2, and RTHK 4. A former Oxford Bach Soloists choral scholar, he sings regularly in Oxford college chapels, at Ely Cathedral, and has performed with the Britten Sinfonia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Rodolfus Choir, and Ipswich Chamber Choir.

Dorothy Whyte-Venables

Dorothy Whyte-Venables is a soprano currently undertaking her Master's degree at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London under the guidance of Sophie Grimmer and Andrew Matthews-Owen. Educated in Hampshire, Dorothy has had a rich musical upbringing and has expertise in multiple instruments. Having had the pleasure of being a chorister at Portsmouth Cathedral with its rich naval background, Dorothy decided to continue her choral journey and became a Choral Scholar at Royal Holloway, University of London, where she carried out her BMus (Hons). Alongside her developing career as a choral singer, Dorothy is now training to pursue a career as a soloist, with a strong focus on opera and chamber music. Her operatic repertoire includes Ilia in Idomeneo, Anne Trulove in The Rake's Progress, Valencienne in The Merry Widow, Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Melanto in Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria.

Ed Chesterman

Ed was born in Australia, and took up singing when he moved to London in 2014. He sang as a baritone and tenor in Merton College Choir, Oxford, where he studied music for his undergraduate degree. Alongside managing Omnium Ensemble, Ed regularly sings around London and is currently scoring a number of short films and documentary projects.

Ellie Ajao

Ellie is a freelance classical musician, author and podcaster with a passion for uncovering marginalised composers who've been neglected from history. She graduated from Royal Holloway, University of London – where she held a choral scholarship – in 2022, and has since worked with the BBC Proms, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and co-founded debut podcasts, a production company focussed on classical music podcast formats by and for younger audiences.

Ellie Stamp

Ellie Stamp is a mezzo-soprano who began her musical studies at the Junior Department of the Royal College of Music. She participated in the 2018-19 Genesis Sixteen programme for young singers before attending the University of York, where she graduated with first-class honours and was awarded the John Paynter Prize in music. Ellie has since worked with professional choirs across the UK including a graduate scholarship with Ex Cathedra, and was the first female lay clerk with the Choir of New College, Oxford. As a soloist, Ellie has enjoyed performing in a wide range of works, from Bach's St. John Passion and Pergolesi's Stabat Mater to modern premieres with contemporary groups like Standard Issue and The Lontano Ensemble. Her operatic experience include performances at Ryedale Festival, Stour Music Festival, and the Grimeborn Opera Festival.

Emily Kemp

Emily is a Glasgow-based soprano in her penultimate year of French and Comparative Literature studies at the University of St Andrews. She is a recipient of the SCO Young Singers’ 2024-25 programme, holds a choral scholarship with St Salvator's Chapel Choir, and founder of the Hepburn IV, a St Andrews-based vocal quartet. Emily is an alumna of the Music School of Douglas Academy, the Junior Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, the twelfth cohort of Genesis Sixteen and is an ex-Leverhulme Scholar with NYCOS Chamber Choir.

Francesca Burbela

Soprano Francesca Burbela, a University of Birmingham graduate (2021, First Class Honours in Music), is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Speech and Language Therapy at UCL. Career highlights include two choral CD recordings, being a member of The Sixteen's Genesis Sixteen program (culminating in a BBC Radio 3 broadcast), and international tours with ensembles including the Royal Academy Chamber Choir. She has also performed in multiple BBC Proms concerts with the NYCGB and the Birmingham University Singers. Currently, Francesca balances her studies with freelance singing, publicity lead for Leicester MusicFest, and singing with the newly formed Omnium Ensemble.

Harry Street

Harry studied at the University of St Andrews, where he achieved a first-class degree in economics. During his time there, he sang in the University’s Chapel Choir, and was also president of St Andrews Madrigal Group. Following a short stint working in ‘Big Finance’ in London, he undertook a master’s at Oxford where he studied health economics, graduating with a distinction, and was also a graduate lay clerk in Merton College Choir. Notable performances included a solo in Gabriel Jackson’s The Christmas Story, which was commissioned for the choir in December 2023. He also performed Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater as the countertenor solo alongside soprano Verity Sawbridge and the Oxford Baroque Players. Since then, Harry now works in Global Health and Development research, whilst also holding a lay clerk position with the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Since its inception, he has co-managed Omnium Ensemble alongside Eddie Chesterman, and ran the group’s finances as treasurer.

Inigo Jones

Inigo began singing chorally aged 8 as a chorister at the Choir of New College, Oxford, where he was head chorister and treble soloist on their recording Mozart: Music for Salzburg Cathedral. As a bass/baritone, Inigo has performed chorally with the Choirs of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge and Merton College, Oxford. He has also performed in productions with Cambridge University Opera Society and Garsington Opera’s Youth Company.

Issie Davis

Issie Davis discovered her passion for singing as the mouse in Roderick Williams’s Alice in Wonderland with a local youth choir. She studied History at Royal Holloway, University of London, where she held a Choral Scholarship. During this time, she performed a duet on Decca’s commemorative album for Queen Elizabeth II and a solo on Ola Gjeilo’s single, A Spotless Rose. After graduating, Issie secured a Choral Scholarship with Oxford Bach Soloists and a permanent role at St Columba’s, Knightsbridge. She currently works in Business Development within the Music Publishing Team at Oxford University Press.

James Edgeler

James is currently in the final year of his vocal masters at the Royal Academy of Music where he studies under the expert tutelage of Mark Wildman. Beginning his career as a precocious cathedral chorister in Chichester, James went on to sing with Gloucester Cathedral before becoming a choral scholar at Royal Holloway and now works a professional singer across the UK. Alongside his choral work, James regularly appears as a concert soloist, performing in prestigious venues including St Martin-in-the-Fields and St George’s Bristol. When not singing, James enjoys playing hockey, co-parenting two extremely needy cats and relishes in the rollercoaster life of supporting Brighton and Hove Albion.

Jordan Berry

Jordan has been singing since the age of eight where he was a chorister at Sherborne Abbey. He went on to Sherborne School as a music scholar before becoming a choral scholar with the Chapel Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London. Now based in London, he sings freelance, including as a choral scholar at St Stephen’s Church, Dulwich. Alongside his ensemble work, Jordan enjoys performing as a soloist across Lieder, oratorio, and light opera. He is a Licentiate of Trinity College London.

Joseph Jae-Sung

Joseph is a science teacher based in Oxford who loves singing in the choral world. As a former choral scholar in the Chapel Choir of Winchester College and the Merton College Choir, Oxford, he has performed in Singapore, Hong Kong, Denmark, Germany and New York, recorded multiple studio albums and has broadcast live on BBC R3, DR P2 and RTHK 4. Currently when time permits, he enjoys linking up with choirs across the UK, depping at services in Oxford and regularly sings in the back row with the Merton College Girl Choristers, Oxford.

Joshua Kenney

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Joshua McCullough

Scottish-Maltese Bass Joshua McCullough graduated with an Honours Music degree from the University of Glasgow in June 2022, and is now studying for his MMus in Vocal Performance at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Joshua is a Samling Artist, was a Young Artist with Dunedin Consort and Genesis Sixteen, and is now delighted to be a member of the Omnium Ensemble and the Mancunium Consort. Recent opera credits include Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), Le Roi (Cendrillon), and Neptune (Idomeneo) at the RCS, and a professional debut in the role of The Notary (Gianni Schicchi) at Grange Park Opera. As well as future opportunities with the Omnium Ensemble, Joshua looks forward to his debut with British Youth Opera and Wexford Festival Opera later this season.

LucyAnne Fletcher

LucyAnne began singing as a chorister at Manchester Cathedral, and then as a choral scholar at Merton College, Oxford while studying History & English. On graduating from university, she undertook a Diploma in Acting at the London School of Dramatic Art, and now works as a freelance mezzo-soprano and an actress. Recent engagements include Duruflé's Requiem, touring concerts with Andrea Bocelli, Blow's Venus and Adonis (chorus), Bach's Magnificat in D, Lully’s La Naissance de Vénus, Vivaldi’s Gloria and singing in Alan Bennett's upcoming feature film The Choral.

Lula Horton

Lula began playing the harp and singing in her local church choir aged five, before winning a major music scholarship to Downside School to become a chorister at thirteen. Studying under Rachel Bevan, Lula discovered her love for ensemble singing, which led her to pursue music at Durham University as a Vice Chancellor's Scholar for Music. After an undergraduate degree plagued by the pandemic, Lula moved down to Oxford as a Clarendon Scholar to study for a Master’s in Musicology, while singing as a choral scholar at the queen’s college, Oxford, and with Genesis Sixteen. Lula is so excited to be working with such talented colleagues and friends with Omnium, and can’t wait for the year ahead!

Marcus Coleridge

Marcus Coleridge is a young baritone who recently graduated from Royal Holloway University of London where he was a choral scholar under Rupert Gough. He has studied singing with Stuart Macintyre for the past 4 years. Since leaving Holloway Marcus has become a member of the Omnium ensemble and a Deputy Layclerk at the Oxford colleges of Merton, Magdalen, New college and Christ Church Cathedral. Most recently Marcus was awarded a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music to study a Masters in performance starting in September 2025.

Rachel Howe

Soprano, Rachel Howe, holds a first class Music degree from The Queen’s College, Oxford. Whilst studying, she was recipient to the Hildburg Williams Lieder senior choral scholarship and an academic award. Since graduating, Rachel has performed with numerous notable groups, including Genesis Sixteen where she met Olivia and several other members of Omnium! Now based in London, Rachel balances her job as a product manager in a tech startup with lots of music, continuing to perform regularly in ensembles and as a soloist.

Robert Murray John

Roberts choral journey began as a chorister at St John’s College Cambridge from the age of 8. Once he left the choir after his last year as Head Chorister, he carried on his vocal studies in Cambridge and The Netherlands until 2019, when he sang as Tenor Choral Scholar at Gloucester Cathedral. Robert graduated from Royal Holloway, University of London in 2023, where he was a Tenor Choral Scholar, and also sang at St Bartholomew The Great in Central London. During his time in the Choir of Royal Holloway, he had the opportunity to perform solos in Handel’s Messiah at St George’s Hall Bristol. Outside of the choir, Robert sang with the Raven Opera Company as chorus in Bernstein’s production of Trouble in Tahiti. Since leaving University, Robert continues to sing regularly in both Cambridge and London and performing regularly with vocal groups; Hemiola and Omnium Ensemble.

Steph Garrett

Steph is an Oxford based mezzo-soprano and a recent graduate of the University of Oxford having studied Classics at Somerville college, where she was also a choral scholar for the duration of her degree. She is currently a Graduate Choral Assistant at Keble College Oxford. She is an accomplished soloist, having recently performed as a featured soloist in a variety of works, including Bach’s St John Passion with the Instruments of Time and Truth and Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle with the Choir of Somerville College as well as the world premier of Ethel Smyth’s previously unpublished cantata The Song of Love. Steph’s true passion however is jazz music, having been a member of the university’s renowned vocal jazz ensemble the Oxford Gargoyles with whom she performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival two years running, and she is now part of the up and coming jazz collective Little Kitchen. Steph receives vocal tuition from Carys Lane.

Zachary Smith

Zachary Smith is a tenor from West Yorkshire who became a Chorister at Bradford Cathedral at a young age before studying in the Sixth-Form at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester. Zach is currently in his first year of postgraduate study at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, under the tutelage of Professor Stephen Robertson having spent last year as a Choral Scholar at Canterbury Cathedral. He previously completed his undergraduate degree in music at Royal Holloway, where he sang in the Chapel Choir directed by Rupert Gough. Zach was a member of Genesis Sixteen in 2022/23 and spent last summer as a Young Artist of the Lyrique-en-Mer Opera Festival in Belle-Île, France.

Louis Morford

Louis is a freelance tenor and professional chef based in London. His musical career began as a chorister at Tewkesbury Abbey, where he took part in regular services and recorded several albums with Delphian Records. He went on to study at the University of Oxford, where he achieved a first-class degree in Music. During his time there, he held a Choral Scholarship at Merton College under Benjamin Nicholas, singing a wide range of repertoire in services, concerts and broadcasts, including performances at venues around the world, from Singapore to New York. He continues to sing regular services at Holy Trinity Church, Brook Green, and frequently deputises for performances and recordings, including two albums of Orchestral Anthems, with Britten Sinfonia.

Joseph Morris

Joseph is currently a Master of Music student at Royal Holloway, University of London, where he has been a choral scholar in the Choir of Royal Holloway since September 2021. He was also the 2023/24 Tenor Choral Scholar at St. Bartholomew the Great in West Smithfield. Highlights as a soloist include Messiah and Bach’s St John Passion at St George’s, Bristol; Five Mystical Songs; and featuring in the recording of Paul Mealor’s ‘A Welsh Prayer’ on Decca’s HM Queen Elizabeth II – The Commemorative Album.