A joy of singing choral works is that you also get the opportunity to work with talented professional soloists from a wide range of musical backgrounds to create inspiring performances. Bingham & District Choral Society would like to recognise that collaboration by including the details of those soloists we have worked with on recent concerts. You can meet some of them here:

Harriet Astbury

Harriet Astbury

November 29, 2010

Harriet Astbury sang solo Soprano in Mozart’s Solemn Vespers with the Bingham and District Choral Society on the 19th November 2016. Click on the photograph to read her full biography.

Vanessa Bowers

Vanessa Bowers

November 20, 2010

Vanessa Bowers sang solo Soprano in Haydn’s Creation with the Bingham and District Choral Society & Mansfield Choral Society on the 25th November 2017. Click on the photograph to read her full biography.

Philippa Boyle

Philippa Boyle

November 15, 2010

Philippa Boyle sang solo Soprano in Verdi Requiem with the Bingham and District Choral Society on the 12th May 2018. Click on the photograph to read her full biography.

Elora Brailsford

Elora Brailsford

November 15, 2010

Elora Brailsford sang Solo Soprano with Bingham and District Choral Society in Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb on 4th November 2023. Click on the photograph to read her full biography.

Abigail Broughton

Abigail Broughton

November 1, 2010

Abigail Broughton sang solo Soprano in Faure’s Requiem with the Bingham and District Choral Society on the 7th May 2016. Click on the photograph to read her full biography.

Roger Bryan

Roger Bryan

October 1, 2010

Roger Bryan played solo Organ in Poulenc’s Concerto for organ, timpani and strings with the Bingham and District Choral Society on the 7th May 2016. Click on his photograph to read his full biography.

Colin Campbell

Colin Campbell

September 15, 2010

Colin Campbell sang solo Baritone in Verdi Requiem with the Bingham and District Choral Society on the 12th May 2018. Click on the photograph to read his full biography.

Caroline Clemmow

Caroline Clemmow

September 10, 2010

Caroline Clemmow accompanied and played solo piano in Springtime of English Song with the Bingham and District Choral Society on the 11th May 2019. Click on the photograph to read her full biography.

Stephen Cooper

Stephen Cooper

September 1, 2010

Stephen Cooper has sung solo Baritone with the Bingham and District Choral Society on two occasions. Firstly in Faure’s Requiem on the 7th May 2016 and secondly in Mozart’s Solemn Vespers on the 19th November 2016. Click on the photograph to read his full biography.

Joseph Doody

Joseph Doody

August 16, 2010

Joseph Doody sang solo Tenor in Handel’s Messiah with the Bingham and District Choral Society on the 30th April 2022. Click on the photograph to read his full biography.

Richard Dowling

Richard Dowling

August 15, 2010

Richard Dowling sang solo Tenor in Verdi Requiem with the Bingham and District Choral Society on the 12th May 2018. Click on the photograph to read his full biography.

Marcus Farnsworth

Marcus Farnsworth

August 1, 2010

Marcus Farnsworth has sung solo Baritone with the Bingham and District Choral Society on two occasions. Firstly in Durufle’s Requiem on the 13th May 2016
and secondly in Vaughan Williams’ Sea Symphony on the 1st April 2023. Click on the photograph to read his full biography.

Matthew Farrell

Matthew Farrell

August 1, 2010

Matthew Farrell sang solo Counter-Tenor in Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb with the Bingham and District Choral Society on 4th November 2023. Click on the photograph to read his full biography.

Emily Hodkinson

Emily Hodkinson

July 20, 2010

Emily Hodkinson sang solo Mezzo-Soprano in Haydn’s Nelson Mass and Gurney’s Songs in Flanders, and Black Stitchel with the Bingham and District Choral Society on the 17th November 2018. Click on the photograph to read her full biography.

Carris Jones

Carris Jones

July 15, 2010

Carris Jones sang solo Mezzo-Soprano in Verdi Requiem with the Bingham and District Choral Society on the 12th May 2018. Click on the photograph to read her full biography.

Matthew Keighley

Matthew Keighley

July 7, 2010

Matthew Keighley sang solo Tenor in Haydn’s Nelson Mass with the Bingham and District Choral Society on the 17th November 2018. Click on the photograph to read his full biography.

Thomas Li

Thomas Li

July 7, 2010

Thomas Li sang Solo Baritone with the Bingham and District Choral Society in Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb on 4th November 2023 and in Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem on 5th April 2025. Click on the photograph to read his full biography.

Judy Louie Brown

Judy Louie Brown

July 3, 2010

Judy sang solo Mezzo-Soprano in Handel’s Messiah with the Bingham and District Choral Society on the 30th April 2022 and in the Jubilee Last Night of the Proms Concert on 26th November 2022. Click on the photograph to read her full biography.

Ruth Massey

Ruth Massey

July 1, 2010

Ruth Massey sang solo Mezzo-Soprano in Durufle’s Requiem with the Bingham and District Choral Society on the 13th May 2016. Click on the photograph to read her full biography.

Samuel Mitchinson

Samuel Mitchinson

July 1, 2010

Samuel Mitchinson sang Solo Baritone in Vivaldi’s Gloria with the Bingham and District Choral Society on 9th November 2024. Click on the photograph to read his full biography.

Peter Nicholson

Peter Nicholson

May 1, 2010

Peter Nicholson sang solo Tenor in Mozart’s Solemn Vespers with the Bingham and District Choral Society on the 19th November 2016. Click on the photograph to read his full biography.

Michael Overbury

Michael Overbury

April 15, 2010

Michael Overbury played Continuo in Haydn’s Creation with the Bingham and District Choral Society & Mansfield Choral Society on the 25th November 2017. Click on the photograph to read his full biography.

Robert Parker

Robert Parker

April 8, 2010

Robert Parker played french Horn in Guy Turner’s Lux Aeterna with the Bingham and District Choral Society on the 17th November 2018. Click on the photograph to read his full biography.

Elizabeth Paul

Elizabeth Paul

April 1, 2010

Eizabeth Paul sang solo Mezzo-Soprano in Mozart’s Solemn Vespers with the Bingham and District Choral Society on the 19th November 2016. Click on the photograph to read her full biography.

Stella Radić

Stella Radić

April 1, 2010

Stella Radić sang solo Mezzo-Soprano in Vivaldi’s Gloria with the Bingham and District Choral Society on 9th November 2024. Click on the photograph to read her full biography.

Alison Rose

Alison Rose

March 15, 2010

Alison Rose sang solo Soprano in Vaughan Williams’ Sea Symphony with the Bingham and District Choral Society and Southwell Choral Society on the 1st April 2023. Click on the photograph to read her full biography.

James Savage-Hanford

James Savage-Hanford

March 1, 2010

James Savage-Hanford sang solo Tenor in Haydn’s Creation with the Bingham and District Choral Society & Mansfield Choral Society on the 25th November 2017. Click on the photograph to read his full biography.

India Simpson

India Simpson

March 1, 2010

India Simpson sang Solo Soprano with the Bingham and District Choral Society in Vivaldi’s Gloria on 9th November 2024 and in Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem on 5th April 2025. Click on the photograph to read her full biography.

Matthew Spillett

Matthew Spillett

March 1, 2010

Matthew Spillett sang Solo Tenor with the Bingham and District Choral Society in Britten’s Rejoice with the Lamb and Janáček’s Otčenáš on 4th November 2023. Click on the photograph to read his full biography.

Geoff Williams

Geoff Williams

February 2, 2010

Geoff sang solo Baritone in Handel’s Messiah with the Bingham and District Choral Society on the 30th April 2022. Click on the photograph to read his full biography.

James Williams

James Williams

February 1, 2010

James Williams sang solo Baritone in Haydn’s Creation with the Bingham and District Choral Society & Mansfield Choral Society on the 25th November 2017. Click on the photograph to read his full biography.

Amy Wood

Amy Wood

January 30, 2010

Amy Wood solo Soprano in Handel’s Messiah with the Bingham and District Choral Society on the 30th April 2022. Click on the photograph to read her full biography.