Streetwise Opera is a charity which enables people who have experienced homelessness to find inspiration and empowerment through music while they rebuild their lives and identities. Tenebrae and Streetwise Opera have often partnered together in the past, and we are eagerly looking forward to our upcoming collaboration where our Associate Artists will perform with them in… continued

Dom is currently a Lay Clerk at St John’s College, Cambridge. He has recently worked as a Lay Clerk at Ely Cathedral and Clare College, Cambridge, and has been a Choral Scholar at York Minster. He commenced his Associate Artist position with Tenebrae in September 2024. Tell us about your background in music. My singing… continued

Finding Stillness in Sound As both a musician and meditation teacher, I’ve spent years exploring the power of sound. Music, especially when infused with the intention of mindfulness, has the incredible ability to touch us on a deeply personal level, transcending the barriers of language and thought. That’s why I am so excited to be… continued

Anna has just graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, where she studied with Welsh soprano Gail Pearson, and abroad at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki with Päivi Kantola. Anna has enjoyed being a part of many operatic productions including Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Peaseblossom, David Seligman Opera School, 2024); Respighi’s… continued

George Vines is a freelance singer living in London, he is currently in his first year on our Associate Artist programme. We asked him to tell us a bit more about himself and what he’s looking forward to most at the moment: Tell us about your background in music I grew up in rural South… continued

Jonathan grew up in London, singing in a range of choirs in the city and during his studies in German and Italian at university. He spent four successful years singing in the choir of the Queen’s College, Oxford alongside a three-year stint with vocal jazz ensemble The Oxford Gargoyles. Since graduating, he has performed regularly… continued

Anna Semple is a freelance singer and composer living in London, she is currently in her second year on our Associate Artist programme. We asked her to tell us a bit more about herself and what she’s looking forward to most at the moment: Tell us about your background in music I read music at… continued

The first week of September has come as a bit of a shock after a relatively quiet August involving holidays, a house-move and a light smattering of church work. Like most freelancers, singing (though filling most of my time) is not the only work I do. I also work as a freelance composer, and August… continued

Another year is racing away, and I am grasping every opportunity for a rest these days between the many engagements our brilliant team manages to organise for us! At the end of May we were finally able to record some of the great motets by J. S. Bach, alongside some wonderfully dramatic and intense works… continued

Congratulations to pupils and teachers at Clifton and Tudor Primary Schools in Southall, West London, who have undertaken their first full year on our singing programme. We have been so proud to shape their journey over the past 12 months – from hearing a choir for the very first time, to singing along with us…. continued

We were delighted to visit London’s Abbey Road Studios last summer, for a very special recording session with the composer Simon Franglen. Simon is an iconic composer for film and contemporary music, tasked with scoring the Avatar films. We were thrilled to contribute Tenebrae’s vocals to Avatar 2 The Way of Water – which has already become… continued

Nigel shares his memories of the inspirational countertenor James Bowman, who passed away yesterday afternoon. “Immense sadness today to hear of the loss of one of my earliest musical inspirations, countertenor James Bowman. Listening to a recording of James singing the alto arias from Handel’s Messiah on a recording made in King’s College Chapel had… continued