Born in Darlington, Hayley Jenkins began her musical career as a flautist playing in the District Wind Band and later

Christopher O’Gorman is an ensemble singer and a member of the Conductus trio with fellow tenors John Potter and Rogers

Angela Elizabeth Slater is a UK-based composer. She is also the founder and artistic director of the Illuminate – shining a

Jia Chai (1987, Wuhan, China) is a composer and pianist. She received BA music degree from the Wuhan Conservatory of

James Whittle is a composer-performer who devises collaboratively. His work blends music, theatre and movement – often with a satirical

James Cave is a York-based composer and musician. In 2015 he was Composer-in-Residence at the Banff Centre, and participated in the

Desmond Clarke (b. 1989) is a composer and oboist based in the north of England. His music has been performed

Multi award–winning composer Thomas Simaku (b.1958) gained a PhD in Composition from University of York (1996) where he studied with David

Rachael Gibson was born on the Wirral and is currently studying Music/Popular Music at the University of Liverpool, graduating in

Catherine Robson is a composer from Gateshead and is in her final year studying Music at the University of York.

Composers