JJ Lam formerly held Choral Scholarships at Trinity College, Cambridge and London Youth Choir, and sang with National Youth Choir. As a choral singer, JJ has sung at venues including Royal Albert Hall, Westminster Abbey and Royal Festival Hall. JJ was the soloist in Harlow Chorus’ most recent summer concert of musical theatre and opera numbers.

In 2023, JJ performed a solo recital at St George’s Church Hanworth accompanied by their organist Matthew Ratcliffe. JJ has won prizes in solo singing at Stratford and East London Music Festival and Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts. JJ has recently graduated from the MA Musical Theatre course at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and will be a Choral Scholar at St George’s Church Beckenham in 2024-25.

While at university, Fiammetta sang as Alto Choral Scholar and then Lay Clerk in the Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge.  She also sang in a number of student opera productions, including the roles of Arnalta in Claudio Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea (2018) and Melissa in Francesca Caccini’s La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina (2020).

Since graduating, Fiammetta has returned to support Caius Choir for several concerts and services, including BBC Radio 3 broadcasts in December 2021, April 2023, and September 2024. She has also sung for several Caius album recordings – most recently, Matthew Martin’s Masses, Canticles, Motets (November 2024).

Alongside singing professionally for regular choral services at various churches across London, Fiammetta co-founded Symbel Choir in January 2024.

Arhan Kumar is a tenor originally from New Delhi, who recently moved to London after performing extensively in India and Boston.  A recent graduate of Harvard College, Arhan studied Stem Cell Biology and Music, and as an undergraduate, sang with the Ferris Fellows of the Harvard University Choir, the Harvard Glee Club, Harvard College Opera, and Lowell House Opera. 

After graduating, Arhan worked as a vocal coach and assistant conductor for the Harvard Glee Club, a member of Nightingale Vocal Ensemble, and a freelance tenor in the Boston area. Recent roles include Acis in Händel’s Acis and Galatea, Camille de Rossillon in Lehár’s The Merry Widow, Stephen Dedalus in Benjamin Perry Wenzelberg’s Nighttown, Evangelist in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, and tenor soloist in Mendelssohn’s Erste Walpurgisnacht, receiving glowing reviews.

Arhan sees his move to London as the next step in his musical career, where he hopes to continue singing the music he loves, as he begins postgraduate studies at the Royal Northern College of Music.

Nick McMahon started violin lessons at the age of 4 and was a member of Surrey Arts ensembles, both choral and orchestral, including the Surrey Youth Choir (2000-2006) under James Burton, Greg Beardsell and Rufus Frowde. In 2008, he took part in the world première of Bernard Cavanna’s Messe un jour ordinaire in Grenoble, France. From 2012 to 2018, Nick was Organist and Director of Music at St Nicholas, Alfold and St John the Baptist, Loxwood, during which time he also sang with the New London Singers, one of London’s ‘most exciting vocal ensembles’.

He now sings regularly with the Foundation Singers, the professional membership of the choir at St Nicolas, Guildford.

Benjamin was born into a music family (father a composer and mother a director of music), growing up in rural Norfolk. With a background as a chorister at Norwich Cathedral and music performance award holder at the University of Kent, Benjamin’s first professional experience came as a bass chorus member for a 2017 summer season of Verdi’s Rigoletto, at the renowned Oper im Steinbruch St Margarethen festival in Austria. Subsequently, Benjamin was a choral scholar/lay clerk at St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, and undertook freelance work, including a solo recital of English Song in Holt, Norfolk, and as a bass chorus member for Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Richard Strauss’ Elektra.

Benjamin started a Vocal Performance masters at Trinity Laban Conservatoire in 2020, studying with Neil Baker. Benjamin was the Kathleen Roberts Vocal Scholar and the Trinity College Scholar, singing in the Old Royal Naval College Chapel Choir under Ralph Allwood. A particular highlight included a video recording of a section of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, singing the role of Papageno.

Most recently, Benjamin took part in the Veneto Summer Opera School’s series of performances as part of the Arte Lirica Festival, most notably fulfilling the role of Guglielmo from Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte. Benjamin continues to take on freelance singing work, whilst working as a trainee solicitor.