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Jean Picton-Bentley

Jean Picton-Bentley

Jean has been a part of the GHO team from the beginning. She was in the cast when the rock…

Carolyn Burnley

mezzo soprano

Carolyn Burnley (mezzo soprano) started her musical life as an instrumentalist winning a scholarship to Trinity College of Music to…

Spiro Fernando

bass/baritone

After completing his Masters in Philosophy at the LSE, bass/baritone Spiro Fernando decided to pursue his love of singing and…

Randolph Grant Nichol

tenor

Canadian tenor Randolph Grant Nichol graduated from Ryerson University, Toronto, before going on to study at the Manhattan School of…

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Paddy Cockshutt

tenor/high baritone

Paddy Cockshutt (tenor/high baritone) is a graduate of Surrey University, where he studied conducting with Richard Stangroom. His conducting experience…

Il Cantagiro - Tonia Szkurhan

Tonia Szkurhan

soprano

Canadian singer Tonia Szkurhan has sung a second song penned by Chris Wood on camera at the Il Cantagiro television…

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Rhys Bowden

tenor

Born in London, tenor Rhys Bowden studied for a degree in music at Girton College, Cambridge. Subsequently, he joined the…

Akiko Enomoto

mezzo-soprano

Award-winning mezzo-soprano, Akiko Enomoto studied under Prof Ryosuke Hatanaka. After graduation from the Kunitachi College of Music in Tokyo, she…

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Margaret Cooper

Soprano

Margaret Cooper (soprano) is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where she studied as a scholarship…

Frances Denney

Frances Denney

soprano

Soprano Frances Denney comes from Oakham in Rutland. She has been part of the Stamford Shakespeare Company - an open…

Timothy Tomkins

Timothy Tomkins

bass/baritone

Timothy Tomkins (bass/baritone) hails from Shropshire and is a graduate in Theology & Religious Studies at Leeds University.It was while…

Lynn-Marie-Boudreau

Lynn Marie Boudreau

soprano

British-born Canadian soprano Lynn Marie Boudreau studied in Toronto at York University, The Royal Conservatory of Music and two opera…

Lost in Life

Lost in Life (dedicated to those who died on September 11) was the most moving piece in the concert. You exactly hit the mood of the time. Congratulations!

John Austin
Fine Arts Sinfonia

Conversation Piece

Great care and thought had obviously gone into the highly atmospheric Conversation Piece by Christopher Wood. The oboe’s announcement of the legato opening subject was well molded, controlled and serious, setting the tone for a warm dialogue with expressive strings. Fluctuations of tempo sounded natural and inevitable and silence was dramatically effective, the parlando musical argument always clear, played with ravishing sound quality. An original twist concluded the dialogue, ensuring an unusual ending to a lovely piece.

Ruth Goslett
Croydon Advertiser

String Quartet

Lovely string playing made the String Quartet by Christopher Wood a joy to hear. Its lyrical opening, with the musical argument effortlessly and eloquently passing from viola, violins and cello, was deeply felt. Pauses were atmospheric and contrapuntal writing cleverly handled. Rhythm was taught and well-sprung in the contrasting middle section and the ending was ethereal.

Ruth Goslett
Croydon Advertiser

Carter in Crisis

Tinged with a deep autumnal melancholy, it tells of an ageing man’s obsession with the bust of a beautiful young Adonis. I found myself mulling over its meaning long after Carter’s valedictory cri de coeur had been sounded.

Donald Madgwick
Croydon Advertiser
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Any singers interested in joining GHO should contact Paddy Cockshutt on 078908 18508

Chris Wood on 077 905 143 77
or 020 8715 4436

Orchestral players should email: newtowncom@gmail.com