After an intense start of the week with two competition semis, I’m soo happy to have joined this tour, getting straight back on that joyful music-making train 🥰

Tonight! Marking the end of a very special year MonteverdiChoir&Orch.

📅 TWO WEEKS TO GO 📅 Our Livery Halls Tour continues in May with a trio of CMF Artists performing in Merchant Taylors' Hall. @EnsembleHesperi's Thomas Allery, @connaughtbrass's Aaron Akugbo and Claire Ward will take to the stage Tickets on sale now 👇 citymusicfoundation.org/product/events…

We are now Making Music UK Phillip and Dorothy Green Young Artists!

Rehearsing today for Monday’s lunchtime concert at Merchant Taylors’ Hall in the city 👋 . City Music Foundation

📅 CONCERT TOMORROW 📅 Not one, but THREE CMF Artists take to the stage at Merchant Taylors' Hall tomorrow - will we see you there? Claire Ward Thomas Allery Aaron Akugbo Grab yourself a ticket now 👇 citymusicfoundation.org/product/events…

Chuffed to be in this super line up with The Portrait Players 😇 looking forward to it all The Stoller Hall

Post concert selfie Thomas Allery Aaron Akugbo thanks City Music Foundation for a great day out Merchant Taylors' Company

Over on our Insta we have been sharing the sonnets of Louise Labé to tell our followers about her poetry and about our crowdfunder to get her words set to music! We are now just £400 away from our target! You can follow along over on Insta and read more about it at the link ⬇️

crowdfunder.co.uk/p/the-lab-song…

Having a ball in (extremely friendly) Manchester rehearsing for The National G&S Opera Company Trial by Jury as the jilted Angelina. Hitting Buxton International Festival at the end of the month 👰‍♀️

Returned from a splendid time in the Peak District, singing The Plaintiff in Trial by Jury for International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival at Buxton Opera House, to a few special days with The Portrait Players at Handel Hendrix House.

Fundraiser with The Portrait Players for new music on the texts of Louise Labé closing in 4 days! We’re so close to our target and would be grateful for any help for the final stretch!! crowdfunder.co.uk/p/louise-labe-…

It’s the last day of our crowdfunder for the Louise Labé Song Project commissioning Clare Elton to write The Portrait Players a mini song-cycle on Labé’s sonnets! We’re £110 off our goal! You can read all about the project on our website/insta/facebook. Thank you for the support! 🤩

Gorgeous day Handel Hendrix House with The Portrait Players

Back to school vibes with some nice upcoming recitals to look forward to 🤓 The Portrait Players Oxford Song (formerly Oxford Lieder)

Can’t wait

The @DurhamMusicon concert series starts on Tuesday with baroque trio The Portrait Players. Their soprano Claire Ward got great reviews from me when she was a Durham undergrad so I'm looking forward to hearing her again. musicdurham.co.uk/events/les-fem…

Fabulous to discover Yvonne Loriod as composer of Grains de cendre Oxford Song (formerly Oxford Lieder) - congratulations Peter Asimov Claire Ward Sirius Chau - Flautist JongSun Woo

‘Sung & played with such bracing lucidity and verve, it offered not overwhelming spectacle, or chamber intimacy, but a satisfying mid-point in between’ ★★★★★ #MESSIAH AAM Seasonal standby returns with heart, zest and grace, says Boyd Tonkin theartsdesk.com/classical-musi…