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Gary was the Musical Director of Amici Chamber Choir for 14 years, from 1993 until this concert, after which he moved on to concentrate on his other musical activities. During his time with the Amici, he conducted more than 50 concerts.Gary studied at Birmingham University and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he trained as a pianist, winning several prizes and two national competitions. He works chiefly as a vocal coach and accompanist, and has a very wide performing experience both in this country and abroad, having worked with Music Theatre London, Opera 80, Birmingham Touring Opera and the European Chamber Orchestra. He has also broadcast for the BBC and has made two recordings. In 1994 he accompanied Montserrat Caballé in Christmas concerts in London.s Royal Albert Hall and in Birmingham Symphony Hall.

Gary is director of music at the Church of the Holy Innocents, Hammersmith. He works in the singing department at LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Arts), and will be conducting the next musical. He also works regularly with West London Opera: the group.s next production is L.Elise d.Amore in May 2008. In summer 2005 and again in early 2006, he went to South Korea to take part in running workshops for young people in Seoul.

Tansy began her musical studies as the Parry Wood Organ Scholar at Exeter College, Oxford before gaining an MMus in Choral Direction and Church Music at the Royal Academy of Music where she won all the major prizes for Choral Direction. Following this, she was appointed Director of the London City University Chamber Choir and Director of Music at Belmont, Mill Hill Prep School.Tansy is currently Director of Music and Organist at St Paul.s Church, Mill Hill, Director of Music at St George.s College, Weybridge and Director of the Intermediate Choir for Finchley Children.s Music Group. She regularly directs day and residential courses for the Royal School of Church Music in Britain and is an Examiner for their national singing awards. Tansy has recorded on the Guild and Priory Labels and is also an Associate of the Royal College of Organists.

David studied composition, piano, organ and conducting at the Royal College of Music, London.After a spell as composer-in-residence at St Edmund.s School, Canterbury, he worked for the Royal National Institute for the Blind, editing and transcribing music into Braille.In 1995, he joined Trinity College London, the international examinations board, where he became Managing Editor.In 2001, he moved to city law firm, Berrymans Lace Mawer as Publications Manager.

David is currently Head of Publishing for music publishers Boosey & Hawkes.He specialises in vocal coaching and musicianship skills, has a considerable reputation for choral training, and works regularly with choirs and vocal soloists.From 1988 to 1995 he was a member of the Musicianship faculty at the Royal College of Music Junior Department.He conducted the BBC Club Singers for several years before joining the Meistersingers in 2001. Recent compositions have included works for the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and commissions for the Vasari Singers, BBC Club Singers, Stephen Cleobury (King.s College Cambridge), and St Edmund.s School, Canterbury.

Jeremy graduated with merit from the Sydney Conservatory of Music in 19993 where he studied piano, conducting and education. He has been vocal coach and accompanist for many opera, cabaret and classical singers in Australia, Britain and the USA.

He is currently Conductor of two London - based choirs: Morley College Choir and Chorus Mundi. He is also Musical Director of the Pleasure for Pleasure Theatre Company for whom he has composed the music for many plays at the Royal Academy, the National Gallery, the New End Theatre, on tour in Florence and Rome and other theatres across London.

Jeremy is chairman of the charity Hafla which organises cultural events that bring together Jews and Muslims and is organising a major London Middle Eastern cultural Festival for 2008/9.

Between 1996 and 2001, Jeremy was the Musical Director of the London Gay Men's Chorus and conducted the choir in front of the Queen and Prime Minister at the opening of the Millennium Dome on New Year's Eve 2000.Jeremy has been guest conductor for several other choirs including Highgate Choral Society, the Esterhazy Singers and the Can't Sing Choir at Morley College. He has also been the Musical Director for several charitable concerts at the Royal Academy of Music featuring a range of Jewish and Arabic classical musicians.

He has worked with major stars including Dame Cleo Laine, George Michael, Elton John, Boy George and Latoya Jackson. He has appeared in several television documentaries and programmes, given live singing workshops on radio for LBC and he has also appeared as a guest on the Big Breakfast, Top of the Pops, TFI Friday, the Today Show on Radio 4, Virgin FM and all the BBC stations as well as featuring in the Observer, the Times and the Guardian.

Duncan works as a freelance conductor, coach and continuo player. He is also Director of Music of the City of Oxford Choir, Musical Director of St. Peter's Singers (West London) and of the Thame Chamber Choir and is Associate Director of Music at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Farm Street, London.

Duncan trained at Cambridge and at the Royal Academy of Music, where he took their choral conducting course.

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