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Sabine BirchVoice: soprano |
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Margaret Jackson-RobertsVoice: Tenor in mixed choirs; bass with Vivaldi's Women Nationality: British Occupation: Researcher, ad hoc university work Home: Foothills of Hampstead Started singing: School and church choirs, including a school madrigal group Favourite music: Medieval, renaissance and baroque Favourite composers: Bach, Handel, Vivaldi Favourite singers: Any mellifluous tenor, past or present Favourite CML concert: Monteverdi Vespers Hobbies: Medieval history, fine gardens, architecture, learning to play trumpet |
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Mona HessVoice: soprano Nationality: German Occupation: Research Assistan/ PhD student at UCL Home: N16 London Started singing: voice lessons in school, several workshops for early Favourite music: early music, jazz, live music of any kind Fave composer: Monteverdi, Bach, Chopin, Debussy, Ravel. I particularly Fave director: John Eliot Gardiner Fave CML concert: Bach B-minor mass in 2008, my first concert with the CML Hobbies: museums and architecture, 1000 UNESCO heritage sites you must see |
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Jude CowanVoice: Soprano Nationality: British Occupation: Researcher, archivist for media. Writer and songwriter. Started singing: My granddad was a 'cellist with Sir John Barbirolli in the Halle Orchestra, he inspired me. Favourite Music: I love everything. I have been a solo writer and performer for so long that the choral repertoire is a fabulous world of sensation. I'm bringing some influences from the different composers such as Brahms or Jonathan Dove into my new settings of William Blake songs for Hammond Organ and voice. Fave composer: I'm too excited by the range of possibilities to have a fave at the moment. Everything I hear I just think - that's AMAZING. Fave CML concert: I'm a real newbie - but my first concert of Purcell and Handel's Dixit Dominus was just brilliant, with the Belsize Baroque Chamber Ensemble, November 2009. Hobbies: I'm a poet and a songwriter - that's very time consuming. But I do like to run around with my Bedlington terrier and cycle to the local park, hoping I don't come across any bobbies. |
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John BigginsVoice: tenor Nationailty: British Occupation: Professional actor/ freelance graphic/web designer Home: SE London Started singing: at school Favourite music: Most music apart from heavy rock, opera and bagpipes Fave composer: as a former string player, I have to say Beethoven. But chorally, probably Bach Fave singer: Janet Baker/Fischer-Dieskau/Paul Simon Fave CML concert: Hobbies: reading, tennis, Scrabble, Leeds United AFC |
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Liz AramVoice: Soprano Nationailty: British Occupation: Freelance communications consultant specialising in health Started singing: probably in my pram Favourite music: I’ve loved discovering completely new music such as the Latin American repertoire, Whitacre, early English, and modern English eg Jonathon Dove, Maxwell Davies Fave composer: Still can’t beat J S Bach Fave CML concert: The one I organised to benefit the mental health charity Mind of which I am a trustee – I think it’s great that the choir encourages people to bring ideas and connections Hobbies: adventures with my family – this daft picture from a dude ranch in Colorado, literature classic and modern, being outdoors: running, cycling; my house in France (available to let - sorry for plug!)
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Sebastian BorgerVoice: Bass/baritone Nationality: German Occupation: London correspondent for newspapers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland Home: Harringey, North London Where did you start singing? At home with my parents and sisters Favourite piece of choral music: St Matthew Passion Favourite composer: Johann Sebastian Bach Favourite singer: The Baritone Christian Gerhaher Favourite CML concert: B-minor Mass in St James’s, Piccadilly Hobbies and pastimes: Playing football in Finsbury Park with my wife, two sons and lots of neighbours, both parents and children |