Our Team

Rosie Howarth - Musical Director

Rosie is a professional choral conductor and vocal coach. In 2016 she graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama with an MA in Choral Conducting, where she received a scholarship from the Worshipful Company of Musicians.

Rosie is the Musical Director of Rainbow Voices LGBT+ Choir in Birmingham. She has worked as a freelance conductor in South Wales, as Musical Director of Cor Bro Ogwr in Bridgend, Caerphilly Community Chorus, and Songbirds LGBT Choir. In 2019 she was one of the Artistic Directors of Hand in Hand Festival, the biggest national LGBT Choir Festival in the UK, and is a patron of South Wales Gay Men’s Chorus.

As a choral singer, Rosie sang with BBC National Chorus of Wales for over 10 years, including two years as a student scholar. With the chorus, she has performed regularly at the Royal Albert Hall for the Proms, as well as St David’s Hall, Bridgewater Hall and many other distinguished venues across the country. She has also appeared on BBC television and radio. In Cardiff, Rosie sang with several local choirs, such as the RWCMD Chamber Choir, Newnam Hall Catholic Chaplaincy and Llandaff Cathedral.

Bob Allen - Accompanist

A versatile musician, Bob Allan enjoys a varied career as a pianist, organist, composer, arranger and music editor. Bob holds degrees in both composition and piano performance from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and with this background is passionate about the weird and wonderful world of experimental music.

 

Bob is much in demand as a choral accompanist across London, regularly playing for Hampstead Chamber Choir, Covent Garden Chorus, Deutscher Chor London and Cantus Ensemble, and is Director of Music at St. Michael’s Church, Stockwell.