University of Greenwich Choir

29/03/2026

Meet the soloists!
We are delighted to welcome our Mezzo-soprano soloist for TODAY’S ‘Magical Menagerie’ concert, Ellie Stamp. Ellie is a London-based mezzo-soprano currently completing a master’s in vocal performance at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. She began her musical training at the Junior Department of the Royal College of Music and was a member of the 2018–19 Genesis Sixteen programme for young singers. Ellie went on to study at the University of York, where she graduated with first-class honours in Music and received the John Paynter Prize. She spent the next year as the first female Lay Clerk with the Choir of New College, Oxford, and now freelances with professional choirs across the UK. Tickets still available!

https://store.gre.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/student-academic-services/choir-event/a-magical-menagerie

28/03/2026

Meet the soloists!
We are delighted to welcome our Baritone soloist for tomorrow’s ‘Magical Menagerie’ concert, Samuel Pantcheff. Samuel, a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music’s Opera Course, studied
with Glenville Hargreaves and Audrey Hyland, winning the Blythe-Buesst Opera Prize in
his first year. He is also a former Britten Pears Young Artist. Recent highlights include
Miles in the Austrian premiere of Anthropocene (Salzburger Landestheater), Mann in
Czernowin’s Zaide/Adama (Theater Aachen), a Schönberg concert with the
Österreichisches Ensemble für Neue Musik, a company and role debut as Sam Trouble in
Tahiti with Mid Wales Opera, and a debut with English Touring Opera in What Dreams
May Come (★★★★★ The Stage). Upcoming roles include a role debut as Giuseppe in
The Gondoliers with English Touring Opera on tour in the UK. As a soloist at Salzburger
Landestheater, his roles included Harlekin (Ariadne auf Naxos), Papageno (Die
Zauberflöte), Valentin (Faust), Sherasmin (Oberon), and Joseph Pitt (Angels in America).
Elsewhere, he has performed Onegin (Eugene Onegin) for OperaUpClose, Leporello (Don
Giovanni), and The King (Eight Songs for a Mad King). Concert work includes Madama
Butterfly with the CBSO, Messiah with the Johannesburg Concert Orchestra, St Matthew
Passion with Israel Camerata, and a European Bach Cantata tour with Sir John Eliot
Gardiner and the Monteverdi Choir, performing as a soloist at major venues including the
Musikverein, Concertgebouw, and Barbican. Tickets available here!
https://store.gre.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/student-academic-services/choir-event/a-magical-menagerie

27/03/2026

Meet the soloists! We are delighted to welcome our Soprano soloist for Sunday’s ‘Magical Menagerie’ concert, Ella Rainbird-Earley. Ella is a London-based soprano and choir leader. Hailing from the West Midlands, Ella experienced a wealth of musical opportunities through Coventry Cathedral, the Coventry Music Service, and later the National Youth Choir of Great Britain. Since graduating from the University of York with a BA in English Literature in 2019, she has worked around the country as a teacher, workshop leader, and choral singer. She has worked with organisations such as NYCGB and Armonico Consort, and with Armonico Consort conducted a choir of 1500 children at the Royal Albert Hall.

Ella now splits her time between working at Future Talent, leading choirs with London Youth Conservatoire, and singing with ensembles such as London Voices, the BBC Singers, and the choirs of St George’s Hanover Square and St Bride’s Fleet Street. Tickets still available to see Ella and our other fab soloists singing in our concert on Sunday, tickets available here: https://store.gre.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/student-academic-services/choir-event/a-magical-menagerie

25/03/2026

Meet the soloists!

We are delighted to welcome our Tenor soloist for Sunday’s ‘Magical Menagerie’ concert, James Micklethwaite. James grew up in Leeds, where he had early experience performing with Opera North. He was a member of The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge and studied at the Royal College of Music. He was awarded the Helen Clarke Award for his contributions to Garsington Opera’s 2025 season, where he performed as Tchaplitsky in The Queen of Spades, and as Grimoaldo for the Opera First performance of Rodelinda. Other highlights include: tenor soloist for the Really Big Chorus’ Messiah from Scratch in the Albert Hall; Beppe (Cover) Pagliacci (English Touring Opera); ApolloSemele (Waterperry Opera Festival); Delmonte Un giorno di regno and Flute (Cover) A Midsummer Night’s Dream (both for Garsington Opera), and Gastone (Cover) The Dead City (English National Opera). James also performs regularly with many leading ensembles, including The Monteverdi Choir, the Dunedin Consort, the BBC Singers and Polyphony.

Tickets still available!

https://store.gre.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/student-academic-services/choir-event/a-magical-menagerie

22/03/2026

We are SO excited to perform Mozart's 'Spatzenmesse', Britten's 'Rejoice in the Lamb', and Delius' 'On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring', and 'Summer Night on the River' with orchestra on Sunday 29th March. Join us for an evening of animals and nature!
Tickets: https://store.gre.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/student-academic-services/choir-event/a-magical-menagerie

26/10/2025

Come and hear us sing!

16/08/2025

Applications for the 2025-26 David Fussey Choral Exhibition are now OPEN! Application form available here: https://www.gre.ac.uk/docs/rep/sas/david-fussey-choral-exhibition-bursary-2025-26-application-form

18/06/2025

We had an amazing time performing our last concert of the academic year at Jam Circus on Friday night, thank you for having us! Thank you to the choir for their wonderful singing, and to Ed, Ollie and Ben for their fantastic playing. It was sadly the last concert for our wonderful accompanist Benjamin Newlove, and for two of our graduating Choral Exhibitioners, Charlotte and Stacie. We will miss them greatly!
See you all in September

25/05/2025

Applications close at midday tomorrow. Come and join us!

Application deadline:
Monday, 26 May 2025 (midday)

Audition date
Wednesday, 28th May 2025 (evening)

Description of vacancy: Accompanist – University of Greenwich Choir (from September 2025).

The University of Greenwich Choir is a 70-strong chorus made up of students, staff, alumni and friends of the University of Greenwich. The choir rehearses on Monday evenings during term-time and gives public performances throughout the year including at the University Carol Services and in large choral-orchestral concerts, as well as less formal settings.
The choir sings a wide variety of music including classical, folk, pop, jazz and musical theatre.

We are looking for an accompanist for our rehearsals (Mondays in term-time, 6:30-8:30pm) and for our four performances a year, usually late October (informal concert on campus), Carol service at the end of November (in the Old Royal Naval College Chapel), spring concert (large choral work with orchestra) and summer concert (informal performance). The choir rehearses on the University of Greenwich campus in Greenwich, and the nearest stations are Greenwich (12 minute walk) and Cutty Sark DLR (7 minute walk).

We are seeking someone with excellent piano skills, experience accompanying choral ensembles, and who is comfortable playing a wide range of repertoire. In the last year, we have performed works from Haydn’s ‘Creation’ and Bach ‘ St John Passion’, to Kate Bush ‘Running up that Hill’. In the past, our accompanist has played the organ in concerts, however this is not essential. Additionally, there are opportunities to conduct the choir in the absence of the Conductor if desired, which will attract an increased fee.

Our accompanist is engaged on a self-employed basis. The fee is £90 per rehearsal.

Please apply with CV, covering letter (maximum 1 page) and details of two referees to our Conductor, Olivia Shotton, at [email protected] by midday on Monday 26th May 2025. Candidates will be notified by 9pm on Monday 26th May with the outcome of their application. Please note, if you would like to apply but are not available for the audition date, please send an application and state this in the email, as we will consider a further audition date for the right candidate.

13/05/2025

Application deadline:
Monday, 26 May 2025 (midday)

Audition date
Wednesday, 28th May 2025 (evening)

Description of vacancy: Accompanist – University of Greenwich Choir (from September 2025).

The University of Greenwich Choir is a 70-strong chorus made up of students, staff, alumni and friends of the University of Greenwich. The choir rehearses on Monday evenings during term-time and gives public performances throughout the year including at the University Carol Services and in large choral-orchestral concerts, as well as less formal settings.
The choir sings a wide variety of music including classical, folk, pop, jazz and musical theatre.

We are looking for an accompanist for our rehearsals (Mondays in term-time, 6:30-8:30pm) and for our four performances a year, usually late October (informal concert on campus), Carol service at the end of November (in the Old Royal Naval College Chapel), spring concert (large choral work with orchestra) and summer concert (informal performance). The choir rehearses on the University of Greenwich campus in Greenwich, and the nearest stations are Greenwich (12 minute walk) and Cutty Sark DLR (7 minute walk).

We are seeking someone with excellent piano skills, experience accompanying choral ensembles, and who is comfortable playing a wide range of repertoire. In the last year, we have performed works from Haydn’s ‘Creation’ and Bach ‘ St John Passion’, to Kate Bush ‘Running up that Hill’. In the past, our accompanist has played the organ in concerts, however this is not essential. Additionally, there are opportunities to conduct the choir in the absence of the Conductor if desired, which will attract an increased fee.

Our accompanist is engaged on a self-employed basis. The fee is £90 per rehearsal.

Please apply with CV, covering letter (maximum 1 page) and details of two referees to our Conductor, Olivia Shotton, at [email protected] by midday on Monday 26th May 2025. Candidates will be notified by 9pm on Monday 26th May with the outcome of their application. Please note, if you would like to apply but are not available for the audition date, please send an application and state this in the email, as we will consider a further audition date for the right candidate.

24/03/2024

Thank you to everyone who came to see us perform yesterday, it went very well! Here are some photos of our 2023/24 Choral Exhibitioners with our conductor, Olivia

22/03/2024

Introducing our soloists for the concert tomorrow:

David read for a music degree at Manchester University, where he was introduced to cathedral music, and has since held lay clerk positions at Manchester Cathedral and Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. Currently freelancing in London, he performs across the UK and internationally with chamber choirs such as Siglo De Oro and Polyphony, directed by Stephen Layton, and regularly sings as an Ad Hoc member of the BBC Singers. His recent solo engagements with choral societies around the country include the bass arias in Bach’s St Matthew and St John Passions and Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana whilst he has performed recitals of Schumann’s Dichterliebe and Finzi’s Earth and Air and Rain. On stage David has performed the role of Figaro in Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro and Angelotti in Puccini’s Tosca with the company of The Athenaem in London.