Dixit Dominus

Jeremy ClitheroeBaritone

Rosie CoadSoprano

Rosie Coad is currently in her fourth year as a scholar at the Royal College of Music, studying with Ashley Stafford. She has performed in several masterclasses, working with Sarah Walker, Patricia MacMahon, James Oxley, Edith Wiens, Stephen Varcoe, Peter Harvey, Marc Bordeaux and Michael Chance. Rosie’s solo work includes Rutter’s Magnificat and Requiem under Derek Beck and the Monteverdi Christmas Vespers under Peter Bassano, as well as operatic roles Marie Antoinette (Roger Waters’ Ca Ira), Fausta (Scarlatti’s Marco Attilio Regolo) and the title role in Hasse’s Siroe. In March 2006, Rosie won the Discretionary Thelma King Award in Bath, and was highly commended in the Royal College of Music English Song Competition. Rosie’s recital performances often include contemporary works, most recently Haris Kittos’ Orthros for Rarescale and Thomas Adès’ Life Story for The Contemporary Consort.

Alison CookeSoprano

Paul RichardsonTenor

Harriet WebbMezzo-soprano

Harriet Webb read music at Manchester University where she studied violin with Ronald Birks of the Lindsay Quartet and singing with Diane Matthews at the Royal Northern College of Music. She currently studies with Sarah Dunstan. She has sung and made numerous recordings with several of the top London chamber choirs and groups such as the BBC Singers, Polyphony and the King’s Consort and her own five voice group Amici. Solo work has included performances of Bach’s St Matthew Passion, St John Passion, Christmas Oratorio and Magnificat, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Handel’s Messiah, Israel in Egypt and Dixit Dominus, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Brahms’ Alto Rhapsody, Elgar’s The Music Makers, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Mozart’s Requiem, Duruflé’s Requiem, Bruckner’s Requiem, Liszt’s Via Crucis, Charpentier’s Messe de Minuit and Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb and Christ’s Nativity. Harriet has also participated in a masterclass on English song with Ian Partridge. Harriet was until recently Director of Music at Newstead Wood School for Girls.

Jonathan MurphyLeader