Unlike other ensembles of its type, Stile Antico has no conductor. Its twelve members work as chamber musicians, rehearsing intensively together to arrive at the group’s musical interpretations, and listening closely and responding to one another’s voices in performance.
Soprano
Helen sings with a variety of ensembles in the UK including the Brabant Ensemble and The King’s Consort. She is also a member of the choirs of Royal Hospital Chelsea and St Margaret’s Westminster, London. She has recently taken up the post of Singing Teacher to the girl choristers of St Margaret’s, Westminster Abbey, and studies with Jenevora Williams. When not singing, Helen is usually researching upcoming Stile tour locations to find the best restaurants.
Soprano
Kate enjoys a busy career as a professional singer specialising in early music. She spent 11 years as a member of the choir of All Saints’, Margaret Street, and still regularly sings in churches and cathedrals around London. Alongside performing, Kate is active as a singing teacher, both at Orchard House Prep School and St Cecilia’s School in Wandsworth. In addition, she coaches the choristers of St Mary’s, Merton Park and is a Trustee of the Rodolfus Foundation.
Soprano
Becky studied English Language and Linguistics at the University of York, before working in music publishing, then moving into full-time singing, performing with ensembles such as Tonus Peregrinus and The Sixteen. She lives in South East London with her husband and teenage children and their excitable cockapoo Gus. Some of her leisure pursuits include gardening, baking and playing the violin in a local chamber orchestra.
Alto
Originally from Belfast, Cara studied Music at the University of York and Trinity College of Music. As well as solo oratorio work she has performed with groups such as Philharmonia Voices, Britten Sinfonia Voices, and is a member of the choir of St Mary Abbots, Kensington. She is also the Director of Music at Ravenscourt Park Prep School in West London. When not singing she can usually be found eating and drinking, or tending to her rather excessive menagerie.
Alto
Emma sings regularly with various ensembles in the UK, including the Tallis Scholars, the Brabant Ensemble and the Oxford Camerata, and increasingly enjoys working as a soloist. As well as enjoying the busy touring lifestyle of a choral singer, she is passionate about teaching both singing and cello, which she does privately and at Summer Fields school in Oxford, where she lives.
Alto
Rosie graduated with a Masters in Solo Voice Ensemble Singing from the University of York, before taking up a Lay Clerkship at Peterborough Cathedral. She now works with many of the UK’s finest vocal groups, including The Marian Consort, Chamber Choir of London, SANSARA and The Carice Singers. Rosie also works in fundraising for a food charity, a cause particularly close to her heart; when not singing, she can generally be found stirring a risotto or two.
Tenor
Andrew works widely as a conductor, vocal coach, keyboardist, and singer. He has conducted for The Royal Ballet & Opera, Welsh National Opera, Opera North, Early Opera Company, Royal Northern Sinfonia and Orchestra of the Swan, and regularly directs the BBC Singers. He is Head Coach at the National Opera Studio, and Musical Director of Londinium and Kingston Choral Society. Solo engagements include all the Bach Evangelists.
Tenor
Benedict works with many of the UK’s finest vocal ensembles as well as groups in Belgium, the Netherlands and the USA. As a soloist he is in demand as the Evangelist in Bach’s Passions, but has also performed works such as Purcell’s Fairy Queen, Britten’s Serenade and Arvo Pärt’s Passio. He is also passionate about the piano, and his Debussy medleys during Stile Antico breaks have been known to empty some of the world’s greatest concert halls.
Tenor
Jonathan works as both a soloist and ensemble singer. Particularly recognised for his Bach, he appears frequently in this repertoire with John Eliot Gardiner, the Freiburg Barockorchester, and Irish Baroque Orchestra. As an ensemble singer he performs regularly with Constellation Choir, Tallis Scholars and Vox Luminis. On performance days he can often be found exploring on a run, later undoing all his good work with a pre-concert ice cream!
Bass
Gareth read Music and was a choral scholar at Jesus College, Cambridge. Since moving to London in 2014, he has worked with a variety of choirs such as Tenebrae, BBC Singers and Recordare. He is also a member of the choir of HM Chapel Royal Tower of London and the choir of Holy Sepulchre (the National Musicians’ Church). Alongside performing, he publishes editions of early music, teaches singing at Harrow School and enjoys exploring the world by train.
Bass
James read Music at the University of Durham, where he was also a Cathedral Choral Scholar. After Vocal and Opera studies at the RSAMD he embarked on a varied career in London encompassing singing at major churches and with a variety of ensembles. As a member of HM Chapel Royal in 2022 he sang at the Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey. He became a permanent member of Stile Antico in 2018, and when not singing can usually be found making friends with dogs.
Bass
Nathan read music at Cardiff University with the piano as his first study. Whilst there he discovered a love of choral music, and he hasn’t looked back. An alumnus of the Genesis Sixteen and the NYCGB Fellowship programme, he regularly sings with some of the UK’s leading ensembles such as Tenebrae, The Cardinall’s Musick, The Sixteen, and The Carice Singers.