We thoroughly enjoyed our Fear No Evil concert, the third in our 2014 Sloane Square Series. One audience member commented, "That was the best performance of 'Sleep' I've ever heard. Gave me goose bumps on my goose bumps!" Massive thanks to our amazing army of helpers, guest artist Calum Huggan, and our inspirational Composer in Residence, Richard Bates. Most importantly, thank YOU for supporting us! 

Rosemary began her musical training as a violinist, before taking up place as choral scholar at Clare College, Cambridge. After graduating with a degree in mathematics, Rosemary studied for a Masters in Music at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, specialising in Historical Performance, and was made an Artist Fellow for 2011-12. Rosemary currently learns privately with Mhairi Lawson and Leandros Taliotis. Recent solo appearances include Pergolesi Stabat Mater, First Woman in Handel's Solomon, Haydn's Creation and Nelson Mass, Filia in Carissimi’s Jepthe, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and Vivaldi’s Gloria. Operatic roles include Ilia Idomeneo, Foreign Woman in Menotti’s The Consul, Anne in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Daphne in Peri’s Euridice, and Dido Dido and Aeneas. 

Rosemary is the soprano soloist with early music ensemble Poeticall Musicke, with whom she performs a wide range of repertoire from Caccini to Bach. She recently made her Platinum Consort debut.

Rosemary's Website - http://www.rosemarygalton.co.uk/
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Rose was born in Kent, and studied at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester. She read Music as a choral scholar at King's College London and studied voice with Julie Kennard at the Royal Academy of Music. Upon graduating, Rose was accepted on the inaugural year of The Sixteen's training programme, Genesis Sixteen, where she was privileged to learn from Harry Christophers and Eamonn Dougan. Rose now pursues a busy ensemble career, enjoying singing with Platinum Consort, and other groups including The Sixteen and the Gabrieli Consort. As a soloist, Rose has performed Schumann's Frauenliebe und Leben  and Britten's Charm of Lullabies in the Chipping Campden Festival, and Grove Park festival, and has sung with Ryedale Festival Opera. She is also regularly engaged as an oratorio soloist.  

Rose teaches singing and piano in two prep schools, and often takes a leading part in educational workshops in schools and with youth choirs, with Platinum Consort and Fieri Consort.

Rose's Website - http://rose-martin.squarespace.com/
Rose on Twitter 

Simon Ponsford (countertenor) graduated with an MA Distinction from the Royal Academy of Music, where he was also awarded a Diploma for outstanding performance. He is a Lay Vicar in the choir of Westminster Abbey, alongside which he regularly appears as a recitalist and soloist. Simon began his musical training as a chorister in Gloucester Cathedral Choir, before taking up a Choral Scholarship at King’s College, Cambridge, where he read English Literature. Simon has sung with many professional choirs including Polyphony, the Monteverdi Choir and Tenebrae, and is a founder member of the Platinum Consort. Recent solo engagements include Handel’s Jephtha (Whitehall Choir, St John’s Smith Square), Bach’s Weihnachts-Oratorium (Platinum Consort, King’s Place) and Handel’s Messiah (English Symphony Orchestra). He has also had a CD of Elizabethan and Jacobean songs released by Nimbus Records. 

Simon's Website: www.sjhponsford.com
Simon on Twitter

Benjamin Clark is a tenor, conductor and animateur. He studied music in Durham, Vienna and London, and has sung with the Platinum Consort, Stile Antico, Tenebrae, the Brabant Ensemble and was a member of the inaugural Genesis Sixteen programme run by Harry Christophers. As a soloist he has sung the role of the Evangelist in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with the Platinum Consort in King’s Place and Tamino in Mozart’s Magic Flute, alongside other oratorio and operatic solos. As a conductor he conducts two children’s choirs and a choral society, and as an animateur he runs the Westminster Cathedral Chorister Outreach Programme alongside running Platinum Consort’s education project 'Platinum in Schools' and other education organisations.



Benjamin's website: http://www.benjaminrdclark.co.uk/
Benjamin on Twitter

From Choral Scholar at Wells Cathedral to Music graduate at Bristol University, Bass Baritone Timothy Murphy moved to Ripon Cathedral as Bass Lay Clerk and since the autumn of 2010 has been freelancing in London. He is currently studying for his Masters with Mark Wildman and Audrey Hyland at the Royal Academy of Music.  Currently in his first year, he was granted the Marjorie Gould Award Scholarship and is also supported by the Josephine Baker Trust and the Kathleen Trust.  Timothy is in demand as a soloist throughout the UK and, as part of choral ensembles, has toured parts of Europe and America.  During the past few years he has recorded several critically acclaimed albums with Platinum Consort, Stile Antico, The Brabant Ensemble and The Eric Whitacre Singers. Originally from Belfast, his passion for music is accompanied by a great enthusiasm for tennis and bookbinding.

Timothy's website: www.tjwmurphy.com
Timothy on Twitter

Nick has enjoyed the varied world of freelance singing since graduating from the University of York  five years ago. Alongside singing with the Platinum Consort he performs extensively as a soloist, and also with many vocal ensembles including The Tallis Scholars, BBC Singers, I Fagiolini, and Stile Antico. He is also a keen composer, and has had works recorded by ensembles including Exaudi. From performing solos in the Royal Albert Hall, to recording film sound tracks, to discovering new music of all genres, and constantly getting to trot the globe, there is never a dull moment.