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Stephen Harvey studied at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama graduating in 1999 with a Licentiate Diploma in Vocal Performance. He has performed in many Masterclasses with distinguished singers such as Michael Chance, Nancy Argenta and Ashley Stafford and is currently furthering his vocal studies with Nicholas Powell.
Since completing his studies at the RWCMD, Stephen has been building his reputation as a soloist, performing with many choirs and choral societies throughout the country, singing a varied repertoire ranging from Renaissance music in the Bath festival to contemporary music at St. David’s Hall in Cardiff. Stephen currently performs with the recently formed period instrument group, The Bradford Baroque Band in Wiltshire and their work together has so far included four solo recitals along with other major works by Handel, Bach, Purcell and Telemann.
Stephen’s operatic experience includes performing the title role in a stage production of Handel’s oratorio, Solomon and Echo in Purcell’s The Fairy Queen in scenes and performances staged at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff, and he recently performed in Handel’s Alceste with Aestas Musica in Varazdin, Croatia, under Laurence Cummings.
Stephen currently sings with Lichfield Cathedral choir and the professional chamber choir Ex Cathedra. With these and other choirs, Stephen has toured extensively (America, France, Germany, Belgium) and has made various broadcasts for BBC Radio 2 and Radio 3 and numerous C.D recordings.
Future performances include Bach’s Magnificat, Handel’s Foundling Hospital Anthem (Oxford), Alexander’s Feast (Birmingham) and the second in a series of duet concerts covering the music of Steffani and Handel (Bath).

November 2004)

Richard Rowntree studied voice, viola and piano at Trinity College of Music, London. On leaving college, Richard became a tenor Vicar Choral at Wells Cathedral, a post he held from 1999 – 2007. Richard now sings in the choir of the London Oratory and combines this with a flourishing freelance career.
Richard is greatly in demand as a soloist and consort singer and regularly appears with some of the country’s leading groups including The Monteverdi Choir under Sir John Eliot Gardiner, The Gabrieli under Paul McCreesh, The King’s Consort under Robert King and Matthew Halls, The Early Opera Company under Christian Curnyn, The London Handel Festival under Laurence Cummings and The Philharmonia Voices under Richard Hickox and Christoph von Dohnanyi. Richard has also sung on numerous recordings for labels including Deutsche Grammophon, Hyperion, Chandos, Naxos, Regent and has also broadcast regularly on BBC Radio 3 and 4.
Richard regularly gives recitals with the talented composer and pianist David Bednall. As a duo, they are building a fine reputation for their performances of English Song and their first disc together was released by Lammas Records in 2006 which features many works by Michael Head and David Bednall. They have performed together throughout England for numerous music festivals and also gave a recital in the American Church, Paris to critical acclaim.
Recent performances include solos in Monteverdi’s Vespers 1610 with The King’s Consort in the Nuremburg International Festival which was broadcast live on German radio, the role of the Player’s Boy in Britten’s Death in Venice at the Queen Elizabeth Hall with the Philharmonia and many Oratorio performances throughout the UK.
In 2008 Richard will go on tour to Rome, Santiago and Wroclaw with the Gabrieli Consort and to Portugal with The King’s Consort performing Bach’s St John Passion. Richard will also be singing with The Monteverdi Choir under Sir John Eliot Gardiner in Paris, Santiago and London.

2007)

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